A crash closed lanes on Sam Houston Parkway E near Telephone Road around 7:40 Wednesday morning. Details on injuries and lane closures are still being confirmed.
This intersection sits in a high-incident corridor. According to LTA data, the location has logged 15 crashes in the past 30 days, with 7 classified as major. Over the past 90 days, 74 total incidents have occurred here, 29 of them major.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 127 crashes at this location since January 2020. State records document 684 total crashes within a quarter-mile of this intersection over the same period, including 4 fatalities.
Sam Houston Parkway E experiences crashes at varied times throughout the day, though the single busiest hour is 3–4 PM. Drivers should expect continued delays while crews clear the scene and investigate.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 21, 2026.
7801 S SAM HOUSTON PKWY E @ 11397 TELEPHONE RD
Harris County, Texas
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.