A motor vehicle incident at Exit 25 on IH-610 East near Gellhorn brought the morning commute to a standstill around 6:40 AM on Wednesday, August 26. Responding officers worked the scene as traffic backed up significantly through the affected corridor.
This is the 22nd incident recorded at this exact location over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. The Exit 25 corridor has become a flash point for crashes: 66 total incidents in the past 90 days, with 28 classified as major. Over the past 12 months, the location has logged 139 incidents, 59 of them major—a pattern that underscores the real-world volume of disruption drivers face at this interchange.
The 6-7 AM hour is the single busiest window for crashes at this location, with 7 crashes recorded during that window in recent weeks, though incidents here occur throughout the day rather than concentrating in one narrow peak. Wednesday morning's incident landed squarely in that high-traffic window.
According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records, this corridor has experienced 364 crashes since January 2020 (within approximately a quarter-mile). Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show
**Update (2:40 PM CT):** The major crash at EXIT 25 N IH 610 FWY E @ GELLHORN EXIT RAMP, first reported at 6:40 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
EXIT 25 N IH 610 FWY E @ GELLHORN EXIT RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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