A crash at SH-288 northbound at Reed Rd has left the left shoulder, left lane, and two center lanes blocked as of 9:43 AM Friday, October 30, 2026, according to Houston TranStar.
The incident is affecting a corridor with significant crash history. Over the past 30 days, LTA data shows 25 incidents along this stretch of SH-288 northbound at Reed Rd, with 21 classified as major. Over 90 days, the count reaches 61 total incidents, 45 of them major.
Since January 2020, state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation show 523 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this location. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 157 crashes.
Alternate routes around the closure include Almeda Rd, South Main, or IH-69/US-59 as a parallel freeway option. Conditions at the time of the crash were overcast with temperatures around 78°F.
This corridor sees crashes throughout the day rather than concentrating in a single peak window, though the single busiest hour is typically 6–7 PM, when seven crashes have occurred during recent busy periods.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 30, 2026.
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