An accident at W Airport Boulevard and northbound SH 99 in Richmond drew emergency response around 2:55 PM on Thursday, October 15th. Unit 23P35 was assigned to the scene.
The W Airport and SH 99 corridor has logged 15 incidents in the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past year, the intersection has recorded 66 total incidents, with 60 classified as major. Thursdays have been the highest-incident day at this location, averaging 4 crashes over the past 90 days.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 230 crashes at this corridor since January 2020. The broader corridor has seen 916 crashes in that period, per state records.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 15, 2026.
W Airport Blvd/Nb Sh 99, Richmond, TX
Fort Bend County, Texas
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