A crash blocked the right shoulder of SH-288 southbound at Reed Road around 12:58 PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The incident occurred in clear, 82-degree conditions.
SH-288 southbound at Reed has seen sustained crash activity. According to LTA data, the corridor logged 22 incidents over the past 30 days, with 19 classified as major. Over 90 days, that count reached 72 total incidents, 57 of them major. According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, the quarter-mile corridor has recorded 523 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 157 crashes.
Crashes occur at varied times throughout the day here, though the single busiest hour is 6–7 PM, which has logged 7 crashes over the analysis period.
If you're heading south, consider Almeda Road, South Main, or IH-69/US-59 as alternate routes.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 20, 2026.
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