What Happened
A crash on westbound I-495 in Suffolk County closed the right shoulder on Monday, August 24, 2026. The incident is classified as minor. No additional details on the vehicles involved, the collision type, or exact time of the crash were available in the initial report.
No injuries have been publicly confirmed. The right shoulder closure was the only lane impact reported; through traffic on the westbound Long Island Expressway was not fully blocked at the scene.
Location & Road Context
I-495, the Long Island Expressway, is among the busiest freight and commuter corridors on Long Island, running east-west through Suffolk County before reaching the Queens border. According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, I-495 has recorded 106 incidents in the past 30 days and 404 incidents so far in 2026, making it the most incident-dense corridor tracked in the registry. The most recent prior fatal crash on the corridor was recorded on August 11, 2026.
Monday’s right-shoulder crash was not the only incident on or near I-495 that day. A vehicle fire on I-495 was reported separately on August 24, and a six-vehicle crash in Dix Hills on the same expressway injured three people. A crash on Southern State Parkway and an overnight ramp closure on westbound Sunrise Highway in Southampton rounded out a busy 24-hour period on Suffolk County roads.
Suffolk County’s incident database tracks 828 recorded accidents in 2026, per Long Island Traffic’s local registry.