A crash at IH-10 East Westbound at IH-45 North has shut down all mainlanes early Tuesday morning. The incident was verified at 12:30 AM by Houston TranStar.
This location sits in a corridor with significantly elevated crash activity. Over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, 25 incidents have occurred here—22 of them major. The 90-day count stands at 93 total incidents, including 74 major crashes and 1 fatality. Since January 2020, state crash records show 1,402 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this interchange, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 590 crashes at this location. The hit-and-run rate here is 11.5% of all units involved over the past six years.
Alternate routes include the Hardy Toll Road, SH-249 to the northwest, or local routes via Airline Drive.
Check Houston TranStar for real-time updates on clearance and traffic flow restoration.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 27, 2026.
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