A traffic stop on FM 1463 Road in Katy at 3:30 AM on Monday, April 27, 2026, added to an extreme pattern of incidents at the location. The stop occurred in mist conditions at 77°F.
The incident marks the 17th reported on FM 1463 over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over 90 days, the corridor has recorded 27 total incidents, with 24 classified as major. The concentration of incidents at this location significantly exceeds typical Fort Bend County patterns—the county recorded 1,273 incidents over the same 30-day period.
FM 1463 exhibits distinct timing patterns. While Monday's 3:30 AM stop occurred during off-peak hours, 28 percent of the corridor's crashes over 90 days have occurred during rush hour. Analysis of the past 90 days shows Tuesdays as the highest-incident day at this location, with six recorded incidents. The 5 PM to 6 PM hour represents the peak crash period, with three incidents during that window.
Accident-type incidents dominate the corridor's incident profile over the 90-day window. The specific nature of Monday's traffic stop and its contributing factors remain under investigation.
Fort Bend County experienced one fatal incident over the past 30 days among its 1,273 total incidents. Statewide, TxDOT reports crashes across Texas with annual comprehensive data available through the Crash Records Information System (CRIS).
Mist conditions were present at the time of the FM 1463 incident. TxDOT reports wet conditions contributed to over 14,000 Texas crashes in the most recent annual reporting period.
The LTA real-time incident database tracks 63,487 incidents across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region with updates every two minutes, providing granular corridor analysis not available through government annual reporting cycles.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
Before this crash, the location had recorded 16 other incidents in 30 days.
In the days and weeks following this crash, the location recorded 73 more incidents. 61 of the crashes that followed were major.
The location's incident pace has stayed close to its prior rate.
Multiple crashes piled up over consecutive days.
That combined total ranks the location high among county incident sites.
Data updated as of October 07, 2026.
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