North Fwy crash near Mount Houston; 37 incidents in 30 days

A major crash on the North Freeway outbound near Mount Houston brought a jolt to overnight traffic early Monday morning. The wreck happened at 1:12 AM on July 13, and while no fatalities were reported, the collision underscored a persistent pattern at this location.

The North Fwy at Mount Houston outbound is in a different traffic world than the daytime rush. Most crashes here happen outside the weekday commute peaks—in fact, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the single busiest hour for crashes at this location is 1 to 2 AM, when seven incidents occurred over the past 30 days. Early Monday's wreck fell squarely in that window.

The broader picture is stark. Over the past 30 days, this stretch of the North Fwy has logged 37 total incidents, with 22 classified as major. Step back further and the numbers climb: 108 crashes in the past 90 days, 67 of them major. Over a 12-month span, the corridor recorded 215 incidents with 132 major.

According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, the area near Mount Houston has seen 1,303 crashes since January 2020 within about a quarter-mile—with four fatal. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show that "Failed To Control Speed" accounts for 547 of those crashes, per TxDOT CRIS. The hit-and-run rate at the corridor stands at 12.6 percent.

Conditions at the time of early Monday's crash were partly cloudy with temperatures around 80 degrees—clear and dry. Responding officers handled the incident in the pre-dawn hours when traffic volume is lighter than peak periods, though the North Fwy outbound still moves steady freight through the overnight shift.

For drivers heading outbound on the North Fwy in the hours after the crash, expect residual delays as crews clear the scene and the roadway returns to normal flow. If you're planning an early Monday run on that corridor, allow extra time or monitor traffic updates before heading out.