A crash on I-10 eastbound at Blalock Rd/Echo Ln early Thursday morning — 1:06 AM on July 23 — sent crews to the scene and tied up traffic in the pre-dawn hours.
This stretch of Katy freeway is running hot. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, 29 crashes have hit this corridor in the past 30 days alone, with 17 of those rated major. Over the past 90 days, the count climbs to 97 total incidents, 64 of them major. The location has seen 157 crashes in the past 12 months.
Thursday's incident arrived during an off-peak window. Most crashes here fall outside the weekday commute rush, though the single busiest hour at this location is 3–4 PM, when six crashes occurred over the 90-day span.
If you need to move through the area, I-610 loop, the Westpark Tollway (west), or Washington Ave/Memorial Dr offer inner-loop alternatives while crews clear the roadway.
Looking at the long history, the data tells a clear story. Since January 2020, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, this quarter-mile corridor has logged 1,195 crashes with zero fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 426 crashes. The hit-and-run rate sits at 7.7 percent — 191 of 2,480 units involved in crashes here simply left the scene.
Weather at the time of the crash was clear — broken clouds and 85 degrees — so conditions weren't a factor in this particular incident.
Stay tuned to LocalTrafficAccidents.com for updates on clearance time and traffic flow restoration.
IH-10 Katy Eastbound at Blalock Rd/Echo Ln
Harris County, Texas
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