One person is dead after a crash on FM 1960 in Harris County on Thursday, July 09, 2026 at 10:15 AM.
Emergency crews responded to the scene. The victim's identity has not been released.
FM 1960 has recorded 132 incidents in the past 30 days according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. The corridor saw 311 total crashes over the past 90 days, with vehicle accidents as the most common incident type. Crashes here occur at varied times throughout the day, though the single busiest hour is 4 to 5 PM, when 21 crashes were recorded.
This is the second fatal crash on FM 1960 in the past 12 months. In Harris County overall, 36 fatal crashes occurred in the past 30 days among 18,039 total incidents.
Information on lane closures and clearance time has not yet been released. Drivers should expect delays in the area and consider alternate routes if possible. Check LocalTrafficAccidents.com for the latest updates.
Update (6:20 PM CT): The fatal crash at FM 1960, first reported at 10:15 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
The four weeks before this crash brought 150 other incidents to this location.
In the period since this crash, 48 additional incidents have occurred here. 17 of the subsequent crashes were classified as major.
Several of the crashes occurred back-to-back within days of each other.
Adding those counts together places this location in the upper tier of county crash counts.
Data through September 29, 2026.
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