SH-288 northbound crash at Coale Rd early Thursday

A crash brought SH-288 northbound to a halt at Coale Road early Thursday morning. The incident happened at 1:14 AM and tied up the corridor for several hours. It's the 29th crash at this stretch in just 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data.

This location has become one of the busier crash zones in the region. Over the past 90 days, LTA records show 50 total incidents here — 40 of them major. In the past 12 months alone, 88 crashes have occurred within about a quarter-mile of this intersection, with 65 classified as major.

Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records dating back to January 2020, the corridor has seen 418 crashes in that span. "Failed To Control Speed" was the most common contributing factor recorded by investigating officers across those crashes, appearing in 137 separate incidents. Hit-and-run reports account for 10.7% of the cases — 88 of the 826 units involved in crashes at this location over that six-year window.

Conditions at the time of Thursday's crash were clear, with temperatures around 81 degrees. Responding officers handled the scene and worked to clear the roadway.

If you're headed northbound on SH-288 through this area during your commute, consider Almeda Road, South Main, or IH-69/US-59 as parallel routes. The timing pattern for crashes here is unusual — most don't occur during the typical weekday rush. The single busiest hour at this intersection is 12 to 1 PM, when five crashes have been recorded historically.

This corridor remains one to watch. The volume of incidents over the past month and quarter makes this a persistent flashpoint for drivers moving through Brazoria County on SH-288.