Two cars crashed at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Shepherd Drive at 2:43 AM on Friday, August 28, marking another incident at a location where crashes have become routine.
Responding officers secured the scene. The exact nature of injuries, vehicle count, or lane closure status was not detailed in initial reports.
This intersection has recorded 41 incidents over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past 90 days, the intersection logged 201 total incidents, 106 of them major crashes. Since January 2020, TxDOT CRIS public crash records show 1,144 crashes within a quarter-mile of this location.
The timing pattern here skews toward weekends rather than weekday commutes. The single busiest hour historically is 7–8 PM, when 14 crashes have occurred. Sundays see the highest incident count, with 35 crashes in the past 90 days.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Yield Right Of Way - Stop Sign" as the leading factor, cited in 268 crashes at the corridor. Hit-and-run incidents account for 11.6 percent of crashes here over the past six-plus years.
Weather conditions at the time of the crash were overcast and 83 degrees—not adverse. The road surface condition was not reported.
This location has recorded 2 fatal crashes since January 2020, per state records. Harris County overall saw 17,842 incidents in the past 30 days, including 16 fatalities.
The scene has been cleared.
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