A major crash at Hillcroft Avenue and Westpark Drive at 2:18 AM on Sunday, October 11 has added to a troubling incident count at this intersection. Responding officers found the crash scene clear, but the numbers tell a larger story: this location has recorded 36 incidents in the past 30 days alone, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data.
The early-morning timing—just after 2 AM on a Sunday—falls outside the typical commute peaks at this intersection. LTA data shows the single busiest hour here is 3-4 PM, when crashes spike to 11 in a 90-day window. Yet crashes happen around the clock. Over the past 12 months, this intersection has recorded 480 total incidents, 274 of them major.
According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, the Hillcroft-Westpark corridor has seen 1,110 crashes since January 2020, with 7 fatalities recorded. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 483 crashes at this location. Hit-and-runs also occur at this intersection at a rate of 12.6%, representing 299 of 2,376 units involved in crashes on record.
Saturdays emerge as the highest-incident day at this location over a 90-day span, with 15 crashes recorded on that day alone. Sunday mornings like the one that produced today's crash remain active times for collisions, even in the pre-dawn hours.
The intersection sits in Harris County, which has recorded 11,697 incidents in the past 30 days across all locations—2 of them fatal. This single Hillcroft-Westpark location accounts for a significant fraction of that countywide activity.
Conditions at the time of the crash were clear, with temperatures around 71 degrees. The road surface and visibility did not present obstacles. Yet the crash occurred nonetheless, consistent with the year-round pattern at this intersection.
The incident has been cleared. Drivers heading through the Hillcroft-Westpark area should remain alert, particularly during the 3-4 PM window when crash frequency peaks, and exercise caution regardless of time of day or day of week.
Update (3:25 AM CT): The major crash at 4095 HILLCROFT AVENUE at 7701 WESTPARK DRIVE, first reported at 2:18 AM, has cleared after approximately 1 hour and 7 minutes. 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 October 11, 2026.
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