A motor vehicle incident shut down the Katy Freeway outbound Wednesday, October 14, 2026, around 12:40 PM in Harris County.
The Katy Freeway outbound corridor has recorded 26 incidents over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over a 90-day period, the stretch logged 98 total incidents with 60 classified as major. Historically, the corridor saw 385 crashes in the past 12 months, per LTA data.
Wednesdays see the highest incident frequency at this location—21 crashes recorded over the past 90 days—though crashes here occur throughout the day rather than concentrating in a single peak window. The busiest hour remains 4–5 PM, with 14 recorded crashes, though incidents are spread across all hours.
According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT CRIS), the corridor has logged 1,202 crashes since January 2020. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 426 crashes. The hit-and-run rate stands at 9.3 percent.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 14, 2026.
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