A crash with injuries shut lanes on northbound I-45 at West Little York Road around 8:16 AM Monday, July 6, backing up traffic during the start of the workweek.
Responding officers worked to clear the scene. The extent of injuries wasn't immediately available, and the duration of the closure remained fluid as crews managed the wreckage.
This stretch of I-45 North near Little York has become a persistent problem corridor. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the intersection logged 60 crashes in the past 30 days—43 of them major incidents. Zoom to the past 90 days, and the count climbs to 206 total crashes, 131 classified as major. Over the last 12 months, state records show 7 fatal crashes at this location alongside 205 major incidents overall.
Monday proved typical for this corridor: the single busiest hour here historically falls between 1 and 2 PM, but crashes scatter across the day. Monday itself ranks as the highest-incident day of the week at this intersection, with 26 crashes logged in the past 90 days.
State crash records paint a deeper picture. Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the intersection and surrounding quarter-mile recorded 1,849 crashes since January 2020, including 4 fatals. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common entry—appearing in 778 of those crashes over the six-plus-year span. Hit-and-runs account for 10.5% of the incidents at this location.
Weather at the time of the crash was scattered clouds and 85 degrees—clear conditions that didn't contribute to this morning's collision.
Commuters heading north on I-45 should expect delays until the roadway clears. No alternate routes were provided at the time of reporting, so monitor real-time traffic before heading into or through the area. The Harris County Sheriff's Office and responding agencies will update incident status as the scene is processed.
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