A crash at McKinney Street and Bagby Street in downtown Houston early Wednesday morning — around 2:16 AM — adds to a staggering concentration of incidents at this intersection. It's the 68th crash at this location in the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data.
Details on injuries and lane closures from this specific incident aren't yet available, but the sheer volume of crashes at this intersection tells a stark story. Over the past 90 days, LTA data shows 283 total incidents at McKinney and Bagby, with 143 classified as major. In the past 12 months, the intersection has recorded 842 total incidents, 437 of them major, along with 2 fatal crashes.
This downtown intersection sits well above the countywide average. Harris County logged 15,302 incidents in the past 30 days, with 16 of those fatal. McKinney at Bagby alone accounts for a disproportionate share of that traffic violence.
The data also shows crashes here don't follow a single peak window — they happen at varied times. The single busiest hour is 4 to 5 PM, when 18 crashes have occurred in recent tracking, but incidents cluster throughout the day and night. Mondays historically see the highest count with 34 incidents over a 90-day period.
According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 574 crashes at this location since January 2020. Over that same period, TxDOT data indicates 2,467 total crashes within roughly a quarter-mile of McKinney and Bagby, including 6 fatal crashes. The hit-and-run rate at this corridor stands at 11.2% — 568 of 5,078 units involved in crashes here left the scene without remaining at the location.
Weather at the time of this morning's crash was clear, with temperatures around 81 degrees. Conditions don't appear to have been a factor in this particular incident, though that's not true for all crashes at this intersection or across the region.
Responding officers cleared the scene and traffic resumed normal flow. The incident underscores why this intersection, with its near-daily crash history, remains one of the most incident-prone in the Houston-Galveston region. For commuters navigating downtown routes, particularly during the 4 to 5 PM window when this location sees its heaviest crash concentration, extra caution remains warranted.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through September 16, 2026.
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