An injury accident on I-45 northbound near Conroe early Wednesday morning, October 14, has disrupted traffic. Crews responded around 6:48 AM to reports of a crash with injuries. Entrapment was reported at the scene.
This is the sixth incident on this stretch of I-45 in the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over a 90-day period, the corridor has logged 11 total incidents. The most common incident type here remains vehicle accidents, with Wednesdays historically the highest-incident day at this location, averaging five crashes per Wednesday.
State crash records show a long history at this corridor. Since January 2020, TxDOT CRIS data documents 262 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this area. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 112 crashes across that span.
Montgomery County reported 630 total incidents over the same 30-day window, with no fatalities across the county during that period. Conditions at the time were broken clouds and 79 degrees.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 14, 2026.
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