IH-10 eastbound ramp crash at McCarty entrance early Thursday

A motor vehicle incident closed the eastbound IH-10 ramp at the McCarty entrance early Thursday morning. The crash happened at 1:31 AM on the IH-10/IH-610 interchange, affecting drivers headed toward downtown.

Responding officers worked the scene in the pre-dawn hours. The roadway experienced lane closures during the incident response. Conditions at the time were clear — broken clouds and 80 degrees — but the crash still created a significant disruption during what's typically a lighter traffic window.

This location has a substantial crash history. According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, 562 crashes have occurred within a quarter-mile of this corridor since January 2020, including 2 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 210 crashes at this location. The hit-and-run rate here stands at 10.9%, with 133 of the 1,215 units involved in crashes over the period fleeing the scene.

According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, this ramp and corridor experience crashes at varied times throughout the day, though the single busiest hour is 5–6 PM, which has seen 9 crashes. Thursdays are the highest-incident day at this location, with 24 crashes recorded over the past 90 days.

Harris County saw 14,178 traffic incidents in the past 30 days, including 9 fatalities. This particular incident was a major-severity motor vehicle crash on a freeway classification road.

Clearance details were not immediately available. Drivers using the IH-10 eastbound ramp at McCarty should expect delays during the investigation and recovery phase. If you were in the area and witnessed the incident, local authorities may be seeking information from witnesses.