An early-morning crash on FM 521 Road near Four Corners sent crews scrambling just before dawn Wednesday. The accident happened at 4:54 AM on July 08, and emergency responders were called to the scene to manage the incident.
This stretch of FM 521 in Brazoria County has seen repeated incidents recently. Over the past 30 days, seven crashes have been recorded at this location, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, with five of those classified as major. The pattern extends further back — in the past 90 days, 14 total incidents occurred here, 12 of them major. That's a significant concentration of crashes in a relatively short window.
Conditions at the time of the crash were clear, with temperatures around 76 degrees. The incident was handled by responding officers, and the roadway was cleared following standard incident response procedures.
Brazoria County overall recorded 25 incidents in the past 30 days with no fatalities, placing this particular location as a notable hotspot within the broader county picture. Looking back further, state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation show four crashes near this corridor since January 2020, with no fatalities recorded.
For drivers heading through the Four Corners area on FM 521, conditions are back to normal following this morning's incident. The early-morning timing — just before the start of the commute day — meant the crash occurred outside peak traffic hours, limiting broader regional impact.
**Update (12:55 PM CT):** The major crash at Fm 521 Rd, Four Corners, TX, first reported at 4:54 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
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