A major crash at 3299 W Loop S early Tuesday morning at 1:53 AM sent one person to the hospital and underscored a corridor struggling with repeated collisions.
Responding officers worked the scene as traffic moved cautiously through the area. The crash itself wasn't during peak commute hours—this stretch of Loop South typically sees its heaviest traffic around midday, according to LTA data—but the incident still disrupted the early-morning flow.
This corner has become a collision hotspot. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, the location recorded 63 crashes in the past 30 days alone, with 35 classified as major incidents. Over the past 90 days, the tally reached 316 total crashes, 220 of them major. The 12-month picture is starker: 686 incidents, 456 major, and 5 fatal.
Looking at the broader state record, TxDOT CRIS public crash records document 2,245 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this location since January 2020. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 975 crashes. Hit-and-run incidents account for 13.7% of collisions here, a notably high rate.
The stretch attracts crashes across all days and times, though Fridays have historically seen the most: 59 crashes over the past 90 days. That frequency doesn't follow typical commute-hour patterns. Most crashes at this location fall outside the weekday peak travel times, making it a round-the-clock risk zone rather than a peak-hour bottleneck.
Weather conditions at the time of Tuesday's crash were overcast and mild at 81 degrees—not adverse—so visibility and road surface were likely not contributing factors. Authorities cleared the scene and the road reopened to normal traffic flow. The injured party's condition hadn't been disclosed by late Tuesday morning.
If you use Loop South regularly, this corridor warrants extra caution regardless of time of day. The numbers speak for themselves.
Update (9:55 AM CT): The major crash at 3299 W LOOP S, first reported at 1:53 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through September 12, 2026.
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