A car crash with injuries tied up I-45 South near Griggs Road around 3:07 AM on Saturday, July 4th. Responding officers worked the scene in clear conditions as traffic moved around the wreckage.
This stretch of I-45 South has become a recurring problem. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the corridor logged 44 incidents in the past 30 days—29 of them major crashes like this one. Over the past 12 months, 186 total incidents have been recorded here, including 113 major crashes and 3 fatalities. The pattern extends deeper: TxDOT CRIS public crash records show 897 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this intersection since January 2020, with 8 of those fatal.
The I-45 South and Griggs location sees crashes across all hours, though the single busiest window is the 4–5 PM period. Saturdays tend to be the heaviest incident day at this corridor, with 14 crashes logged over the past 90 days—making early-morning wrecks like this one part of a broader, 24-hour pattern.
State crash records reveal the most commonly recorded contributing factor at this corridor is
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