A crash at International Plaza Drive and Greens Road at 6:08 AM Thursday morning snarled traffic during the early hours, with responding officers working to clear the scene.
The incident, classified as major, occurred under broken clouds and 82-degree temperatures. While specific lane closure counts and vehicle details weren't immediately available, the intersection has become a notable trouble spot in Harris County's incident data.
According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the intersection has recorded 15 total incidents in the past 30 days, including the major crash Thursday morning. Over the past 90 days, the location has seen 55 total incidents with 17 classified as major. The 12-month count reaches 101 total incidents, 29 of them major.
State crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation paint a more detailed picture of the location's history. Since January 2020, the corridor has recorded 92 crashes with no fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Yield Right Of Way - Stop Sign" as the leading factor, cited in 40 crashes.
Though Thursday's early-morning timing falls outside the intersection's peak traffic window, the data shows a distinct pattern: most crashes here occur outside weekday commute peaks, with the single busiest hour being 3–4 PM, which has recorded 6 crashes over the 90-day tracking period. Tuesdays have historically been the highest-incident day at this location, with 9 crashes recorded in the past quarter.
For commuters heading through the area Thursday morning, conditions were clear, but the intersection's recent activity suggests caution remains warranted. Traffic flow was expected to normalize once the scene was cleared, though specific timing for full reopening wasn't immediately confirmed.
Harris County recorded 17,668 total incidents in the past 30 days countywide, including 39 fatalities.
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