A crash at Westpark Tollway eastbound at Hillcroft tied up traffic on the right side of the freeway at 4:31 PM on Tuesday, October 20. Responding officers confirmed the right shoulder and right lane were blocked.
This stretch of Westpark has seen consistent incident activity. According to LTA data, 34 crashes hit this corridor in the past 30 days — 17 of them major incidents. Over the past year, the location's recorded 500 total incidents, including 284 major crashes and 4 fatalities, per LTA's real-time incident database.
Historically, most crashes at this location fall outside the typical weekday commute peaks, though the 3–4 PM hour is the corridor's single busiest window, accounting for 12 crashes in the past 30 days. Saturdays see the highest incident volume at this intersection, with 21 crashes recorded over the past 90 days.
According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 483 crashes at this corridor since January 2020. The location's recorded 1,110 total crashes over the same period, including 7 fatal incidents.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 20, 2026.
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