A crash took out the right shoulder on IH-10 Katy eastbound at Heights Boulevard at 7:52 AM Friday, October 23rd. Responding officers and crews were on scene.
This stretch of IH-10 eastbound at Heights has logged 20 incidents in the past 30 days—12 of them major—according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past year, the corridor has recorded 317 total incidents, including 149 classified as major and 2 fatal.
If you're heading eastbound through this area, consider I-610 loop, Westpark Tollway to the west, or Washington Avenue and Memorial Drive for inner-loop alternatives. The right shoulder typically sees the heaviest crash activity between 5 and 6 PM at this location, though incidents occur throughout the day.
According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 193 crashes at this corridor since January 2020.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 23, 2026.
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