A motor vehicle incident at Westheimer Road and Black Locke Lee Lane early Monday morning — 5:36 AM on July 27 — added to an already troubling crash pattern at this intersection.
Responding officers cleared the roadway, but the incident underscores a persistent collision problem. According to LTA data, this intersection has recorded 41 crashes in the past 30 days, with 18 of those classified as major incidents. Over the past 90 days, the count climbs to 100 total crashes, 53 of them major. The 12-month picture is starker still: 193 crashes since mid-2025, including 83 major incidents and 2 fatalities.
What makes this location distinct isn't rush hour congestion — it's when crashes don't follow typical commute patterns. Most collisions here occur outside the traditional weekday morning and evening peaks. The single busiest hour for crashes is 10 to 11 PM, when 8 incidents were recorded over the 90-day window. Thursdays saw the highest incident count at 16 crashes in the same period. Monday's early-morning wreck broke the pattern, occurring well before dawn.
State crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation document 515 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this intersection since January 2020, including 10 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 132 crashes. Hit-and-runs account for 15.8% of all incidents at this location — 171 of 1,082 units involved in crashes fled the scene.
Weather was clear at the time of Monday's incident, with temperatures around 79 degrees. The early hour and dry conditions didn't prevent the collision, suggesting the crash risk at this intersection persists regardless of time of day or atmospheric conditions.
The road was clear and traffic resumed normal flow following the response.
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.