A motor vehicle incident shut down the northbound US 59 freeway at the Lyons exit ramp early this morning at 2:32 AM on Tuesday, October 20. Responding officers worked to clear the scene.
The Lyons exit ramp on northbound US 59 sits in one of Harris County's most active crash corridors. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, this location has logged 13 incidents over the past 30 days—10 of them major. Over the past 12 months, 289 total crashes occurred here, with 191 classified as major.
TxDOT CRIS public crash records show that within a quarter-mile of this corridor since January 2020, "Failed To Control Speed" accounts for 433 crashes, the leading contributing factor recorded by investigating officers. The corridor has seen 1,266 total crashes and 4 fatalities over that six-year span.
Though this location experiences crashes at varied times rather than concentrating in a single window, the single busiest hour is 8–9 AM, when six crashes have occurred. Thursdays see the highest incident count at 11 crashes over the past 90 days.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 20, 2026.
NUS59OB-IH10 N US 59 FWY @ LYONS EXIT RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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