An accident on SH 36 westbound at FM 1489 tied up traffic in Waller County around 7:18 AM on Monday, June 29. Authorities responded to the scene and cleared the roadway, though the incident added to a growing pattern of crashes at this location.
According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, SH 36 westbound at FM 1489 has recorded 5 major accidents in the past 30 days. That's a notable cluster for a single freeway segment. Over the past 90 days, the corridor has seen 12 major incidents, all of them accidents. The pattern extends deeper into the historical record: 25 major accidents have occurred at this location over the past 12 months.
Monday's incident came during clear skies and 82-degree conditions—weather that posed no obvious hazard to drivers. Responding officers cleared the road and traffic resumed normal flow.
For context, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, no crashes had been recorded at this location between January 2020 and the present—a gap that ended with the incident surge now being tracked by LTA. Waller County as a whole has seen 10 incidents in the past 30 days with no fatalities.
Drivers heading westbound on SH 36 in that area should remain alert. Wednesdays have historically been the highest-incident day at this location over the past 90 days, with 3 crashes recorded on that day.
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.