A major crash shut down IH-610 North Loop eastbound at McCarty Street and US-90 Alternate around 2:38 AM on Sunday, June 28, snarling the predawn commute and forcing early-morning travelers onto surface streets.
Responding officers cleared the roadway after the incident, but the timing hit a corridor that's already seeing outsized crash activity. According to LTA real-time incident data, this stretch of the North Loop has recorded 28 incidents over the past 30 days—nine of them major crashes like Sunday's. Over the past year, the corridor has tallied 138 total incidents, with 35 classified as major.
The crash's 2:38 AM timing places it well outside the typical weekday rush-hour window. LTA data shows the single busiest hour at this location is noon to 1 PM, when nine crashes have occurred in recent months. Weekends and overnight hours tend to see a different pattern of incidents here, though the volume across all hours remains significant.
If you were heading eastbound on the loop early Sunday, surface streets offered relief: Westheimer, Richmond, or Bellaire paralleling the west loop, or Irvington and Fulton for northbound traffic.
State crash records paint a broader picture of this corridor's history. Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records dating back to January 2020, the area within a quarter-mile has logged 735 crashes. The most common contributing factor as recorded by investigating officers is "Failed To Control Speed," cited in 206 of those crashes. The hit-and-run rate at the corridor stands at 10.2%, with 170 of the 1,665 vehicles involved in incidents leaving the scene.
Weather wasn't a complicating factor Sunday morning—clear skies and 81 degrees at incident time.
The North Loop eastbound at McCarty continues to be a focal point for incident activity. Anyone traveling this stretch during the coming week should remain alert and consider surface-street alternatives during periods of heavy traffic or when checking real-time incident reports.
IH-610 North Loop Eastbound at Mc Carty St/US-90 Alternate
Harris County, Texas
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