A major crash at 13801 Galveston Road sent at least one person to the hospital Sunday morning. Responding officers arrived around 4:47 AM to find a damaged vehicle at the residential location in Harris County. The incident was cleared by early morning, but it's the latest in a cluster of crashes that's been hammering this corridor.
This is the tenth major or minor crash LTA data has logged here in the past 30 days. The location's history runs deeper than that—over the past year, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, 118 total incidents have occurred at this address, including 53 major crashes. That's a pace well above typical for a residential street.
When crashes do happen here, they're spread across the week and around the clock. Sunday at 4:47 AM is an unusual time for a collision—this location's single busiest hour is between 7 and 8 PM, when six crashes have occurred in recent weeks. But crashes at Galveston Road happen at varied times, suggesting the problem isn't confined to any one rush period.
Most crashes at this location have been classified as traffic hazards over the past three months, a category that includes debris, disabled vehicles, and situations that create risk for following traffic.
State crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation show that within roughly a quarter-mile of this address, 205 crashes have been documented since January 2020, with no fatalities recorded. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 64 crashes. The most common vehicle involved was a Toyota, appearing in 60 crashes at the corridor.
Harris County as a whole logged 15,793 incidents over the past 30 days, including 21 fatal crashes. Weather at the time of Sunday's incident was clear, with temperatures around 79 degrees.
The road remained passable after the crash was cleared. Drivers heading through this stretch of Galveston Road should remain alert, particularly during the evening peak hours.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through September 13, 2026.
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