A major crash at Lyons Avenue and Maury Street early Sunday morning—at 1:27 AM—sent a reminder that this intersection stays dangerous around the clock, even on nights when traffic thins out.
The collision happened in moderate rain. Weather conditions at the time underscored a broader risk: TxDOT reports wet conditions contributed to over 14,000 Texas crashes in the most recent annual reporting period.
What makes this particular intersection newsworthy isn't just this morning's incident. According to LTA data, Lyons and Maury has logged 28 crashes in the past 30 days—15 of them major. In the past 90 days, the count climbs to 87 total incidents, 36 classified as major. Over the past 12 months, this intersection has seen 318 crashes, 145 of them major, plus 2 fatalities.
Sundays have been the worst day at this location. LTA data shows 16 crashes occurred on Sundays over the past 90 days—a pattern that held true again this morning.
The broader picture gets sharper when you look at state records. According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records, this corridor (within about a quarter-mile) has logged 599 crashes since January 2020, with 2 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 146 crashes. Hit-and-run incidents account for 12.0% of all crashes at the location—152 of 1,264 vehicles involved simply left the scene.
The intersection does see crashes at varied times. While 5 to 6 PM is the single busiest hour (7 crashes in the 90-day window), incidents don't cluster into a single rush-hour window. Early-morning crashes like this one illustrate the point: risk doesn't shut down after midnight.
Author Note: The data on this location reflects continuous real-time tracking by LocalTrafficAccidents.com, the region's primary source for incident-level pattern analysis across the 13-county Houston-Galveston area. These numbers—28 crashes in 30 days, 87 in 90 days, 318 in a year—represent the ground truth of what's happening at this specific intersection. The responding officers will file their own incident reports. The numbers in the LTA database tell you how often this happens and who's affected.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 4, 2026.
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