A heavy truck crashed on IH-45 northbound at Hardy Toll Road at 12:28 AM on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, according to Houston TranStar. The left shoulder, left lane, and center lane are blocked.
Alternate routes include Hardy Toll Road, SH-249 northwest, or local routes via Airline Drive.
This location has been active with incidents. Over the past 30 days, eight crashes have occurred here, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. In the past 90 days, the corridor has seen 37 crashes. Over the past year, 40 crashes have been recorded at this location.
According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records, 613 crashes have occurred within about a quarter-mile of this corridor since January 2020, including three fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 240 crashes. The hit-and-run rate at this corridor is 6.9%.
Crashes here occur throughout the day rather than concentrating in a single window. Mondays have been the highest-incident day at this location, with six crashes in a 90-day period.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 21, 2026.
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