A major accident shut down SH 6 south at Bissonnet Street in Sugar Land at 11:25 AM on Sunday, October 18. Unit 22P20 responded to the scene.
This stretch of SH 6 south has become a high-frequency incident location. According to LTA data, 21 crashes occurred here in the past 30 days, with 17 classified as major. Over the past 90 days, the corridor recorded 57 total incidents, 50 of them major.
Since January 2020, TxDOT CRIS public crash records show 696 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this location. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 312 crashes.
Conditions at the time of the crash were clear, with temperatures around 71°F. The road remained under emergency response.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 18, 2026.
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