A crash occurred on Tomball Parkway during nonpeak hours Tuesday under broken cloud conditions, with visibility reduced to 6.2 miles. The corridor has recorded 41 incidents over the past 30 days, with crashes concentrated during the 3 PM–4 PM window on weekdays and Fridays seeing the highest activity. Kuykendahl Road or Stuebner Airline offer alternate routing for affected drivers in the Tomball and Cypress area.
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Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
This location had logged 40 crashes in the month before this incident occurred.
The location continued to accumulate incidents — 146 more after this crash. Major-severity crashes accounted for 99 of those incidents.
Multiple crashes occurred at this location within a tight time window.
Together, the incidents make this stretch one of the most active in the county.
Counts are current through October 05, 2026.
North Sam Houston Tollway Westbound at SH-249 Tomball Parkway
Harris County, Texas
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