A sedan crashed into the guardrail on US-290 westbound near Gessner Road at 7:43 AM on Sunday, June 21st, leaving the right shoulder blocked during the incident response.
The impact forced westbound traffic to merge into the center lanes. Authorities worked to clear the scene and reopen the corridor. By mid-morning, traffic had returned to normal flow on this stretch.
This crash is the latest in a string of incidents at this intersection. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, US-290 W at Gessner has seen 23 crashes in the past 30 days alone, with 19 of those classified as major. Over the past three months, the corridor has recorded 92 major crashes out of 132 total incidents. Since January 2020, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the area has experienced 713 crashes, including 4 fatalities.
State crash records show that "Failed To Control Speed" is the most common contributing factor recorded by investigating officers at this location, cited in 245 crashes since 2020. The corridor also sees a 9.7% hit-and-run rate, with 145 of 1,494 units involved in crashes leaving the scene, according to TxDOT data.
While crashes here occur throughout the day and week, LTA data shows the single busiest hour is between 5 and 6 PM, though incidents are distributed across varied times rather than concentrating in one narrow window.
If you're heading westbound on 290 through this area, FM 1960 or Cypress-Rosehill Road offer alternative routes to the northwest. For inner segments, Hempstead Road can serve as a bypass. Conditions were clear at the time of this incident—scattered clouds and 78 degrees—so weather was not a factor in the crash.
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.