A crash at SH-288 southbound near Reed Road brought heavy traffic to the corridor Friday afternoon around 12:28 PM. Responding officers worked to clear the scene as drivers backed up through the area during what should have been a lighter-traffic window.
The wreck hit at a location with a significant crash history. Over the past 30 days alone, SH-288 southbound at Reed Road has logged 30 incidents, with 21 classified as major, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. That pace makes this one of the hotter spots in the region right now—and a Friday afternoon crash adds to an already troubling weekly pattern. Friday is the single busiest day at this location over the past 90 days, with 11 recorded incidents.
This corridor's long-term record is even more striking. Texas Department of Transportation crash records show 511 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this intersection since January 2020, with 2 fatalities on record. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 153 crashes at the location. Hit-and-run incidents account for 11.4% of all crashes here—118 of 1,037 vehicles involved fled the scene.
The timing of Friday's crash falls outside the typical weekday commute peaks. Most crashes at this location happen in off-peak hours, though the single busiest hour across the corridor is 2–3 PM, when the data shows 5 crashes recorded in the 90-day window. Friday's 12:28 PM incident landed just before that window.
Weather at the time was overcast with temperatures near 94 degrees—hot but not a precipitation factor. However, TxDOT reports that wet conditions contribute to over 14,000 Texas crashes annually, and this corridor's speed-control issues underscore how quickly conditions can deteriorate regardless of weather.
If you need to avoid this area, consider Almeda Road, South Main Street, or IH-69/US-59 as parallel routes while crews work the scene. Traffic should return to normal flow once the incident clears, but expect residual delays until then.
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