Right shoulder, right lane, and center lane are blocked on SH-249 Tomball Parkway southbound at W. Greens Road following a crash verified at 4:16 PM on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
If you're heading south on 249, Kuykendahl Road or Stuebner Airline offer alternate routes around the affected segment.
This stretch of 249 has logged 17 incidents over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past year, the corridor near W. Greens has recorded 223 total incidents, with 128 classified as major. The busiest single hour at this location historically falls between 7 and 8 AM, though crashes here occur at varied times throughout the day.
According to TxDOT CRIS public crash records dating back to January 2020, this quarter-mile corridor has seen 643 crashes. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 227 crashes.
Update (5:45 PM CT): The major crash at SH-249 Tomball Parkway Southbound at W. Greens Road, first reported at 4:16 PM, has cleared after approximately 1 hour and 29 minutes. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 17, 2026.
SH-249 Tomball Parkway Southbound at W. Greens Rd
Harris County, Texas
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