A major crash shut down Spur 5 at 3:29 AM on Sunday, October 18, 2026. Details on injuries and lane closures remain unclear at this hour.
Spur 5 has seen six major crashes in the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past year, the corridor has logged 61 total incidents, with 30 classified as major. Since January 2020, state records show 312 crashes within a quarter-mile of this location.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 75 crashes at the corridor. The hit-and-run rate stands at 9.0% across units involved in crashes here.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 18, 2026.
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