A major crash brought traffic to a standstill on the Katy Freeway inbound at 11701 near Beltway 8 at 4:33 PM on Monday, October 19, 2026.
This stretch of the Katy corridor has seen consistent crash activity. According to LTA data, the location recorded 11 incidents in the past 30 days, with 2 classified as major. Over the past 90 days, the corridor logged 49 total crashes, 15 of them major. The 12-month trend is even steeper: 212 crashes with 97 major incidents.
Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the corridor has recorded 704 crashes since January 2020. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 345 crashes at this location.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 19, 2026.
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