An exit ramp on IH-45 Gulf Northbound at Bay Area Blvd is blocked following a crash verified at 4:49 AM on Friday, November 6th.
This corridor has been active. In the past 30 days, 13 incidents have occurred at this location, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past year, the area has logged 136 total incidents, with 78 classified as major. The crash type most commonly reported here is minor-property-damage collisions, though the current incident registers as major severity.
Harris County saw 13,440 incidents over the past month, with 5 fatalities. On this particular stretch of northbound 45, contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading recorded factor, cited in 404 crashes since January 2020.
If you're heading north on I-45, consider Hardy Toll Road, SH-249 to the northwest, or local routes via Airline Drive as alternatives while this incident is being cleared.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through November 6, 2026.
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