Houston’s highest reported pedestrian-crash hour in this analysis was 6 PM. TxDOT records used in this analysis list 6,379 pedestrian involved crashes in Houston from 2022-01-01 through 2026-08-31, subject to the filters described in the methods. 6 PM recorded 480 of the crashes included in this analysis. 6 PM recorded the most crashes among the categories shown. 6 PM accounts for 7.5% of the 6,379 crashes included in this analysis.
The leading hour was ahead of the next-highest hour shown, 4 PM, but the larger pattern is an extended late-afternoon and evening concentration rather than an isolated peak. 6 PM recorded 480 crashes compared with 433 for 4 PM, a difference of 47 crashes. From 4 PM through 9:59 PM, the records list 2,441 crashes—38.3% of the 6,379 crashes in the analysis.
Crash counts and severe outcomes do not peak together
6 PM had the highest crash count, but it did not lead the displayed hours in fatal or suspected serious-injury crashes. 8 PM recorded 133 fatal or suspected serious-injury crashes compared with 111 for 6 PM—about 1.2 times the count. This comparison is between the categories shown. That distinction matters: the hour with the most reported crashes is not necessarily the hour with the largest count of crashes involving the most severe outcomes.
The contrast is even sharper for fatal crashes. 10 PM recorded 48 fatal crashes compared with 32 for 6 PM—about 1.5 times the count. This comparison is between the categories shown. The later-evening hours therefore warrant attention alongside 6 PM, even though their overall crash counts were lower in the displayed ranking.
These are reported crash counts by hour, not measures of an individual’s risk at a given time. The records do not account for how many people were walking or how much vehicle traffic was present at each hour, and they cannot establish why crashes occurred or who was at fault.