Motor vehicle incident on S Wayside Drive early Sunday

A motor vehicle incident on S Wayside Drive sent responders to the residential corridor early Sunday morning at 2:36 AM.

The incident occurred on what's historically the most active day for crashes at this location. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, Sundays account for five of the past 90 days' incidents on S Wayside Drive—the highest count of any day of the week.

This early-morning crash is part of a broader pattern at the corridor. Over the past 12 months, S Wayside Drive has recorded 72 total incidents, including 31 major crashes, per LTA data. The past 30 days alone showed six incidents, with four classified as major. The stretch also logged two fatal crashes in that 12-month window, underscoring the recurring nature of serious collisions here.

The timing of this incident contrasts with the corridor's busiest window. While crashes at S Wayside Drive occur at varied times rather than clustering in a single period, the single busiest hour is 4–5 PM, when four crashes were recorded over the 90-day sample.

Conditions at the time were clear, with temperatures at 78 degrees. Weather was not a contributing factor to this incident.

State crash records offer additional context on the broader corridor. According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records covering approximately a quarter-mile around this location since January 2020, there have been 355 crashes in the area. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 101 crashes. The corridor also registered a hit-and-run rate of 12.2%, with 90 of 739 involved units leaving the scene, per state records.

Responding officers handled the incident. Details on injuries or lane closures are not available at this time. Authorities cleared the scene and traffic resumed normal flow on the residential street.