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Three lanes blocked on SH-146 northbound at Fairmont

November 03, 2026 at 05:06 PMBy Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor📍 Harris County

Three lanes are blocked on SH-146 northbound at Fairmont Parkway after a crash at 5:06 PM on Tuesday, November 3. The right shoulder, right lane, and center lane are affected, according to Houston TranStar verification.

This stretch of SH-146 has seen four major crashes in the past 30 days, per LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past 12 months, the corridor near Fairmont has recorded five total incidents, with four classified as major severity.

Historically, the SH-146 corridor near this location has experienced 562 crashes since January 2020, according to 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 111 crashes at the location. The hit-and-run rate at this corridor stands at 5.2 percent.

Conditions were overcast at the time of the incident, with temperatures around 71 degrees. Additional incident details remain under investigation.

📊 Accident History at SH-146 Northbound at Fairmont Pkwy.

LTA incident record
Past 30 days4 incidents (4 major)
Past 90 days4 incidents (4 major)
Past 12 months5 incidents (4 major)
TxDOT crash record
Since January 2020562 crashes, 1 fatal

Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through November 4, 2026.

📍 Incident Location

SH-146 Northbound at Fairmont Pkwy.

Harris County, Texas

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How This Report Was Produced

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.

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