US-59 northbound crash at Exit 128; 43 incidents in 30 days

A major crash tied up traffic on US-59 northbound at Exit 128 on Wednesday, July 1st at 1:16 PM, adding to an already high-incident stretch on this corridor.

The afternoon timing hit during the single busiest hour at this location. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, Exit 128 and US-59 North have seen 43 total incidents in the past 30 days—30 of them major crashes. Over the past 90 days, the corridor logged 126 incidents, with 86 classified as major. That pattern extends back further: in the last 12 months, responding officers documented 233 incidents at this location, 153 of which were major crashes.

Wednesday's crash arrived on a day when temperatures reached 94 degrees under clear skies. Contributing factors at this location, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most commonly recorded factor, appearing in 397 crashes since January 2020 within about a quarter-mile of the site. State records also indicate a hit-and-run rate of 13.9% at this corridor—316 of 2,276 units involved in crashes over that same period left the scene.

The broader picture shows Exit 128 sits on a stretch where crashes cluster outside typical weekday commute peaks. The busiest single hour at this location falls between 1 and 2 PM—the exact window when Wednesday's incident occurred. Saturdays rank as the highest-incident day across a 90-day span, with 19 crashes recorded on that day alone.

In Harris County overall, the past 30 days brought 17,946 total incidents, including 29 fatalities, according to LTA's real-time incident database. Exit 128 and US-59 North represents a concentrated hot spot within that broader countywide picture.

Autorities worked to clear the scene and restore traffic flow. Drivers heading through the area should expect residual delays as crews completed their response.