A major accident struck Misty Morning Trace in Richmond at 2:43 AM on Friday, April 17, 2026, marking the ninth significant incident on the residential street in the past month.
The accident occurred during off-peak hours on a Friday morning, when traffic volumes are typically low. The severity classification and incident count, however, signal a sustained problem on the corridor that extends beyond typical residential-area crash patterns.
LTA's exclusive database shows Misty Morning Trace recorded nine major incidents over the past 30 days. Over a 90-day window, the street logged 12 major incidents—a rate that has remained consistent when extended to a full 12-month analysis, also showing 12 major incidents. The dominant incident pattern at this location is off-peak accidents, though roughly 30 percent of crashes occur during rush hour periods.
The Friday morning crash is consistent with the corridor's established incident profile. Accidents are the most common incident type on Misty Morning Trace over the past 90 days, representing the full incident count at the location.
Fort Bend County recorded 1,331 total traffic incidents over the same 30-day period, with two fatal crashes. The Misty Morning Trace cluster represents less than one percent of the county's incident volume but reflects a concentration of major events on a single residential street.
The timing of Friday's accident—early morning, off-peak—aligns with when the majority of crashes on this corridor occur. The 30 percent rush hour share indicates that while the street experiences daytime congestion-related incidents, the dominant pattern remains off-peak collisions.
Residential streets across the Houston-Galveston region typically record lower incident frequencies than major arterials and freeways. The sustained major-accident count on Misty Morning Trace over 12 months suggests factors specific to the corridor's geometry, sight lines, speed patterns, or driver behavior warrant investigation.
The incident is part of Fort Bend County's broader traffic landscape. With 1,331 incidents recorded countywide in 30 days, the county continues to process high volume across its road network, though fatal incidents remain statistically rare at two per month.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
8 incidents had occurred at this location in the 30 days prior.
14 more crashes have been recorded at this location in the time since. Of the crashes since, 9 were classified as major.
Three of those crashes fell within a single week.
Combined, those numbers put the location among the most active in the county.
Counts run through October 05, 2026.
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