A crash at the intersection of W Orem Drive and Almeda Road caught responding officers' attention at 1:45 AM on Tuesday, July 28. The incident, classified as major, arrives against a backdrop of repeated collisions at this location that underscores a persistent pattern demanding scrutiny.
According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, this intersection has logged 23 incidents in the past 30 days—14 of them major. Over the past 90 days, the count climbs to 60 total incidents, with 39 classified as major. In the past 12 months, 98 crashes have occurred here, 56 of them major.
The early-morning timing of Tuesday's wreck is atypical for this location. While crashes here occur throughout the day at varied intervals, the single busiest hour is 4 to 5 PM, when the intersection has seen 5 crashes in a recent 30-day period. Fridays rank as the highest-incident day over the past 90 days, with 12 reported crashes.
Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the intersection and surrounding quarter-mile corridor have experienced 184 crashes since January 2020, including 3 fatal collisions. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 45 crashes at the location. The hit-and-run rate at the corridor stands at 10.4 percent, with 39 of 374 units involved in unreported departures.
Conditions at the time of Tuesday's incident were clear, with temperatures near 79 degrees. Weather was not a factor in the collision.
Harris County overall recorded 17,376 incidents in the 30-day period, including 32 fatalities. The county's incident volume provides context for the concentration of crashes at W Orem and Almeda—this single intersection represents a disproportionate share of the regional traffic burden.
Responding officers documented the incident and cleared the roadway. No further details regarding vehicle count, injury status, or lane closures are available at this time.
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