A crash on North Freeway outbound at Greens Road shut down the corridor at 3:13 AM on Friday, October 16. Responding officers cleared the scene, and traffic resumed normal flow.
This stretch of North Freeway outbound has logged 29 incidents in the past 30 days—19 of them major—according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past 12 months, the corridor has seen 326 total incidents, including 167 major crashes and one fatality.
State crash records show that "Failed To Control Speed" remains the leading contributing factor at this location, cited in 393 crashes since January 2020, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records. The hit-and-run rate here stands at 12.0%.
Saturday is the single busiest day for crashes at this location, with 16 incidents recorded over the past 90 days. Most crashes here occur outside weekday commute peaks; the heaviest hour is 2–3 PM.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 16, 2026.
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