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**HEADLINE:** Crash at Southwest Freeway and Exxon; 57 in 30 days

An injury crash at Southwest Freeway and the Exxon gas station backed up traffic on Sunday morning, June 14, 2026. Responding officers arrived at 9:55 a.m. to find a major wreck that left at least one person hurt.

The incident hit a corridor that's become a persistent flashpoint for crashes. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the Southwest Freeway at this location logged 57 total incidents over the past 30 days—35 of them major. Over a 90-day stretch, that number climbs to 222 incidents, with 153 classified as major. In the past 12 months alone, state records show 337 crashes at this location, including two fatalities.

The timing of today's wreck is notable. While crashes occur here at varied hours rather than concentrating in a single rush-hour window, the single busiest hour at this corridor is 3–4 p.m., when 17 crashes have been recorded. Today's 9:55 a.m. incident landed well outside that peak, yet the injury toll and lane disruption still made an immediate impact on Sunday drivers navigating southwest Houston.

Broader context from TxDOT CRIS public crash records shows the Southwest Freeway at the Exxon location has seen 1,543 crashes since January 2020—4 of them fatal. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" appears in 571 of those crashes, a dominant pattern suggesting drivers struggle with velocity management at this stretch. The corridor also logs a 12.5% hit-and-run rate (407 of 3,264 units involved), well above typical intersections.

Conditions at impact time were warm and partly cloudy—85 degrees with broken clouds—so wet pavement wasn't a factor in this particular wreck. Authorities cleared the scene as crews worked through the morning.

The corridor's 57 incidents in 30 days places this location among the higher-traffic-volume hotspots in Harris County. Drivers heading southwest on the freeway should anticipate potential delays and exercise caution when approaching this intersection.