Authorities verified a crash on the West Sam Houston Tollway southbound at Bellaire Boulevard at 7:09 PM on Thursday, November 5, blocking the right shoulder and right lane.
This location has seen major incident activity over the past 30 days. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, 47 crashes have occurred at this stretch in that span, with 30 classified as major. Over a 12-month period, state crash records show 573 total crashes here, including 273 major incidents and 2 fatalities.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 417 crashes at this corridor since January 2020. Hit-and-run incidents account for 10.2% of crashes here, according to state records.
Thursday is historically the highest-incident day at this location, with 17 crashes recorded over the past 90 days. While the single busiest hour is typically 4–5 PM with 9 crashes, incidents here occur at varied times rather than concentrating in one window.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through November 6, 2026.
West Sam Houston Tollway Southbound at Bellaire Blvd
Harris County, Texas
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.