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Matthew Branch and Hailey Harbor accident in Richmond

October 21, 2026 at 12:54 AMBy Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor📍 Fort Bend County

An accident at Matthew Branch Drive and Hailey Harbor Drive in Richmond brought emergency response to the area at 12:54 AM on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Unit 24P7 was assigned to the scene.

The residential intersection has seen 26 crashes since January 2020, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Backed Without Safety" as the leading factor, cited in 4 crashes at the corridor. Among vehicles involved in crashes here, Toyota appears most frequently, accounting for 13 of the crashes documented.

Fort Bend County recorded 979 incidents over the past 30 days, including 1 fatal. Conditions at the time of this incident were overcast, with temperatures near 70 degrees.

📊 Accident History at Matthew Branch Dr/Hailey Harbor Dr, Richmond, TX

LTA incident record
Past 30 days2 incidents (2 major)
Past 90 days4 incidents (4 major)
Past 12 months5 incidents (5 major)
TxDOT crash record
Since January 202026 crashes

Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 21, 2026.

📍 Incident Location

Matthew Branch Dr/Hailey Harbor Dr, Richmond, TX

Fort Bend County, Texas

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This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.

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