A major crash at Southwest Freeway and Imogene Street knocked out lanes early Thursday morning, June 25, at 6:52 AM, backing up traffic during a window when this intersection typically sees lighter volume.
Responding officers cleared the scene by mid-morning, but the incident marks the 20th crash at this location in the past 30 days alone, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past year, the corridor has logged 163 total incidents, including 87 major crashes and 5 fatalities, per LTA's real-time incident database.
The early-morning timing is notable here. While most crashes at Southwest and Imogene fall outside the weekday commute rush, the data shows the single busiest hour is 1-2 PM, when the intersection has recorded 9 crashes. Saturdays are the highest-incident day, with 16 crashes recorded in the most recent 90-day period.
State crash records paint a detailed picture of this corridor's history. According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the area within a quarter-mile of Southwest and Imogene has logged 864 crashes since January 2020, including 4 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common factor, cited in 246 crashes. Hit-and-run incidents account for 12.7% of crashes here—229 of 1,802 units involved.
Weather conditions at the time of Thursday's crash were favorable—few clouds and 78 degrees—so visibility and road surface were not factors in this incident.
This intersection sits in Harris County, which recorded 17,796 incidents and 17 fatalities over the same 30-day period. The concentration of crashes at Southwest and Imogene underscores the unique risk profile of this specific location compared to the broader county picture.
Drivers using Southwest Freeway in the area should remain alert, particularly during peak afternoon hours when crash frequency spikes. Clear conditions are expected to continue throughout the region.
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.