A Toyota Camry and Nissan Maxima collided on Interstate 10 westbound at Exit 768A on Sunday, July 19, 2026, around 12:32 PM, triggering a major traffic delay in the afternoon heat.
The crash sent both vehicles off the roadway. Responding officers worked the scene as drivers crawled past on one of Harris County's busiest stretches. The wreck occurred under broken clouds with temperatures at 94 degrees.
This exit has become a crash hotspot. Over the past 30 days, the I-10 W corridor at Exit 768A recorded 28 incidents, with 21 classified as major, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. The problem deepens when you zoom out: the same location saw 122 total incidents over 90 days, 92 of them major. In the past 12 months, 260 crashes occurred here—168 rated as major. Since January 2020, state crash records show 1,362 crashes within a quarter-mile of this exit, with 5 fatalities.
Crashes here happen throughout the day, though the single busiest hour is 5–6 PM, when the corridor typically sees 10 crashes. Fridays have been the highest-incident day over the past 90 days, with 20 crashes recorded. Sundays, historically less volatile, still produce collisions—as today's wreck demonstrates.
According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the most common contributing factor recorded by investigating officers at this corridor is "Failed To Control Speed," cited in 492 crashes since 2020. The Toyota make appears frequently in crashes here—343 instances since January 2020, the highest of any vehicle manufacturer at this location.
Hit-and-run incidents are also persistent: 11.0% of all vehicle units involved in crashes here simply leave the scene, equating to 324 hit-and-runs among the 2,941 units involved over that span.
Today's two-car wreck added to a Sunday afternoon that already tested patience on Harris County roads. The county recorded 18,063 incidents in the past 30 days, including 41 fatalities.
The road cleared following standard incident response. If you're heading west on I-10 at Exit 768A in the coming hours, expect lingering slowdowns as the corridor recovers.
**Update (8:35 PM CT):** The major crash at Interstate Highway 10 W & Exit 768A, first reported at 12:32 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
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