A motor vehicle incident shut down westbound IH 10 at the Eldridge entrance ramp Thursday morning around 9:44 AM, backing up traffic during a stretch of roadway that's seen escalating crash activity in recent weeks.
Emergency crews responded to the scene as traffic queued in the affected lanes. The incident forced drivers heading west on the freeway to navigate around the disruption during the mid-morning period.
This crash marks the latest in a troubling concentration of incidents at this exit. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, 21 incidents have been recorded at this location over the past 30 days—12 of them major crashes. Over the past 90 days, the corridor logged 95 total incidents, with 52 classified as major. The 12-month record shows 165 incidents at this location, including 95 major crashes and 5 fatalities.
The location sees crashes throughout the day, though per LTA data, the single busiest hour is 5 to 6 PM (averaging 8 crashes), with incidents occurring at varied times rather than concentrating in one peak window. Thursdays have been the highest-incident day at this exit over the past 90 days, with 22 recorded crashes.
Looking at a broader scope, three-quarters of a mile around this exit has been particularly active. In the 30 days before Thursday's incident, per LTA's proprietary database, 59 crashes were recorded in that radius. Since this incident, 3 additional crashes have occurred within that same radius.
Historically, this corridor has a long record of collisions. Texas Department of Transportation CRIS public crash records show 994 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this location since January 2020, including 3 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common factor, cited in 320 crashes at the corridor. The hit-and-run rate at this exit stands at 11.2%, with 239 of 2,131 vehicles involved in crashes leaving the scene.
Weather conditions at the time of Thursday's incident—scattered clouds and 88 degrees—were clear. The roadway has since been cleared and traffic flow restored.
EXIT 754 W IH 10 FWY @ ELDRIDGE ENTR RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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