Person struck by car on S Sam Houston Pkwy W

A pedestrian was hit by a car at 11650 S Sam Houston Pkwy W Monday morning at 7:51 AM, sending one person to the hospital with serious injuries. Responding officers closed lanes while crews worked the scene.

The incident marks a major collision on a stretch of Sam Houston Parkway that's been busy throughout the year. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the area has logged 8 incidents in the past 30 days, with 4 of those classified as major. Over the past 90 days, the corridor recorded 30 total incidents, 13 of them major. When you zoom out to the full year, the numbers climb higher still—70 incidents recorded in the past 12 months, with 36 classified as major.

That pattern isn't unique to LTA tracking. Texas Department of Transportation crash records from January 2020 to the present show 158 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this location, including 4 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 62 crashes at this corridor. The hit-and-run rate here runs 8.8 percent—29 of the 328 units involved in crashes over that six-year window left the scene.

Mondays have been the single busiest day at this location. LTA data shows 7 incidents on Mondays over the past 90 days, though crashes here occur at varied times throughout the day rather than concentrating in one window. The most common incident type remains crashes, not pedestrian strikes.

At the county level, Harris County saw 17,880 incidents in the past 30 days, with 15 classified as fatal. Weather at the time of this morning's incident was clear, with temperatures at 81 degrees.

Lanes remained affected while investigations continued into the cause of the pedestrian strike. Check current conditions before heading toward Sam Houston Parkway this morning.