What Happened
A crash on eastbound I-495 in Nassau County closed the right lane on Thursday, September 17, 2026. The incident was classified as minor. No injuries or fatalities were confirmed in initial reports, and no additional vehicle or driver details were available at the time of filing.
The right lane closure on one of Long Island’s most heavily traveled corridors had the potential to produce backups during the Thursday travel period. No specific cross-street, exit number, or mile marker was included in the initial incident record.
Location & Road Context
I-495, the Long Island Expressway, runs east-west across Nassau and Suffolk counties and carries some of the highest daily traffic volumes on Long Island. According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, the corridor has logged 106 recorded incidents in the past 30 days and 490 so far in 2026, making this crash one of the most active stretches for incidents on the island. The most recent prior fatal crash on this corridor occurred on August 26, 2026.
Nassau County has recorded 1,320 accidents in Long Island Traffic’s local incident database. Thursday also saw moderate crashes on the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway, along with a second Northern State Parkway incident earlier that day. Two minor crashes on I-495 the previous day preceded this one.
This is a developing report based on initial incident data. No external agency press release or named sourcing was available at time of publication. Additional details will be added as they are confirmed.