What Happened
A crash closed the left lane of the westbound Long Island Expressway HOV lane in Nassau County on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Nassau County authorities classified the incident as minor. No injuries were reported.
The lane closure affected the HOV lane in the westbound direction. One lane remained blocked at the time of the initial report. No vehicle types, collision mechanism, or parties involved were identified in the incident record.
Location & Road Context
The westbound I-495 HOV lane runs through Nassau County, one of the most congested corridors on Long Island. According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, this corridor recorded 105 incidents in the past 30 days and 486 incidents so far in 2026. The most recent prior fatal crash on this corridor occurred August 26, 2026; details are in this report.
Four separate minor crashes were recorded on I-495 the day before this incident, on September 15, 2026: incident one, incident two, incident three, and incident four. Nassau County has logged 1,310 recorded accidents in Long Island Traffic’s local incident database in 2026.