A major accident shut down Tamarron Parkway at Botticelli Drive around 1:38 PM on Sunday, October 18. Emergency crews responded as unit FLE441 was assigned to the scene.
This intersection has seen eight major crashes over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past 90 days, the location logged 17 major incidents, with accidents as the predominant incident type. Since January 2020, TxDOT CRIS public crash records show 43 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this intersection. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 8 crashes at this location.
Fort Bend County reported 1,001 total incidents over the past 30 days, including one fatal.
Conditions at the time of the crash were favorable, with few clouds and temperatures around 73 degrees.
Update (9:40 PM CT): The major crash at Tamarron Parkway at Botticelli Dr, Katy, TX, first reported at 1:38 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. 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 18, 2026.
Tamarron Pkwy/Botticelli Dr, Katy, TX
Fort Bend County, Texas
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