Person killed in crash on Moline Street early Wednesday

A person died in a crash on Moline Street in Harris County at 7:38 AM on Wednesday, August 19. Responding officers and emergency crews arrived to find a single-vehicle crash at that location.

The crash occurs in a residential area that has seen substantial incident activity in recent weeks. According to LTA data, Moline Street recorded 22 crashes in the past 30 days, with 9 classified as major incidents. Over the past 90 days, the location has experienced 77 crashes, 43 of them major. This marks the second fatal crash at this address in the past 12 months, during which 183 total incidents were recorded here.

Wednesday is historically the busiest day at this location. Over a 90-day period, 11 crashes occurred on Wednesdays — more than any other day of the week. The timing pattern at Moline Street shows the single busiest hour is 8–9 AM, though crashes here occur at varied times rather than concentrating in one window.

TxDOT CRIS public crash records show that within a quarter-mile of this address, 389 crashes have occurred since January 2020, with one fatality recorded in that dataset. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Yield Right Of Way - Stop Sign" as the leading factor, cited in 90 crashes at this corridor. Hit-and-runs account for 10.8 percent of incidents here — 86 of 793 units involved in crashes.

The Harris County total for August's first three weeks includes 18,036 incidents, 19 of them fatal. Weather at the time of the crash was clear, with few clouds and a temperature of 81 degrees.

Authorities continue their investigation.

**Update (3:40 PM CT):** The fatal crash at 7399 MOLINE ST, first reported at 7:38 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.