A vehicle blocking the exit ramp after a crash brought the North Freeway at Crosstimbers Street to a standstill Thursday morning. The incident happened at 7:32 AM, and responding officers worked to clear the disabled car from the ramp.
This wreck lands on a corridor that's seen extraordinary incident density. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the North Fwy at Crosstimbers has logged 70 incidents over the past 30 days—47 of them major events like this one. Over the past 90 days, the count climbs to 203 total incidents, with 113 classified as major and 2 fatal. Since January 2020, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the area has sustained 1,788 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this intersection, including 13 fatalities.
Thursday's crash arrived during the morning commute window, though this location doesn't follow a single peak-hour pattern. LTA data shows the single busiest hour at this corridor is 5–6 PM, with 22 crashes recorded during that window over the tracking period, but crashes here occur at varied times rather than concentrating in one window. Saturdays have been the highest-incident day, with 34 crashes logged over a 90-day span.
Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 703 crashes at this location since 2020. Hit-and-run incidents account for 13.3 percent of all crashes here—528 of the 3,959 vehicles involved in those crashes.
Weather conditions at the time of the incident were overcast with temperatures around 85 degrees. The ramp was cleared and traffic resumed normal flow after crews removed the vehicle from the roadway.
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.