A motor vehicle incident closed lanes on State Highway 225 outbound near the Richey exit ramp in Harris County at 6:24 AM on Saturday, May 02, 2026.
The crash occurred during off-peak hours on a Saturday morning under clear skies with temperatures at 56°F. According to LTA data, vehicle collisions dominate this location's incident profile over the past 90 days, with Wednesday mornings recording the highest frequency of crashes at this corridor section.
The SH 225 outbound corridor at Richey has produced a sustained pattern of motor vehicle incidents. LTA's 90-day incident analysis shows this location experiences collision activity across multiple times of day, though off-peak periods account for the dominant share of crashes here. Peak collision risk at this specific exit ramp occurs between 5 PM and 6 PM, when three incidents were recorded in the most recent quarter.
Harris County recorded 19,016 total traffic incidents over the past 30 days, including 37 fatalities, according to LTA's real-time incident database covering the 13-county Houston-Galveston region.
Lane closures and congestion affected SH 225 outbound traffic in the immediate area. No alternate routes were specified in incident data at this time.
The severity of this incident and extent of injuries remain under investigation. Motorists traveling SH 225 in this corridor should monitor real-time traffic conditions for updated lane and closure information.
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**Note on Data Context:**
LTA tracks 67,152 incidents across the Houston-Galveston region with updates every two minutes. TxDOT publishes comprehensive crash data annually through its Crash Records Information System (CRIS), which provides government-level validation of regional traffic patterns. This incident adds to the 90-day profile at this specific SH 225 exit ramp location.
The location's 30-day count stood at 2 before this incident.
13 more crashes have been recorded at this location in the time since. Of the crashes since, 13 were classified as major.
Several of the crashes occurred back-to-back within days of each other.
That places this location among the highest-incident segments in the county.
Current through July 06, 2026.
SH225OB-SCARBOROUGH SH 225 FWY @ RICHEY EXIT RAMP
Harris County, Texas
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.