A major crash on Richmond Avenue in the early morning hours Thursday—at 4:41 AM on July 30—sent at least one vehicle off the roadway. The incident happened on a residential stretch that's become a persistent flashpoint for collisions.
Respecting officers arrived to find a scene that required significant effort to clear. No information is available at this time regarding specific lane closures or how long crews spent managing the debris, but the incident tied up the area during what would normally be a lighter traffic window.
The bigger story here is the corridor itself. According to LTA data, 11101 Richmond Avenue has absorbed 47 crashes in the past 90 days—25 of them major. That's not a one-off bad morning. That's a pattern. In the past 30 days alone, four incidents have struck this same location, two classified as major. The sheer volume of collisions at this address distinguishes it sharply from typical residential streets in Harris County, where the 30-day incident count stands at 17,335 across the entire county.
Historically, this corridor shows no single peak hour—crashes here occur throughout the day and night. However, when they do concentrate, the busiest window is 5 to 6 PM, which saw five crashes in the past 90 days. Wednesdays have been the worst day of the week at this location, with six incidents in the past 90 days.
Looking at the longer view, state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation show 265 crashes at this location since January 2020—all property damage or injury incidents, with no fatalities recorded. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 78 crashes. The hit-and-run rate at this location stands at 15.7 percent, meaning roughly one in six involved drivers left the scene.
Weather conditions at the time of this morning's wreck were overcast skies and 79 degrees—neither rain nor fog. Conditions were clear.
The incident cleared by early morning. Traffic has since returned to normal on Richmond Avenue.
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