Roughly one wreck every 2.5 days since 2016 is the rate of vehicle incidents along U.S. Highway 290 in the Dripping Springs area, according to a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) report.

The data, requested by the News-Dispatch, recorded vehicle wrecks from 2016 to the present on U.S. 290 from RM 165 in the Henly area to Fitzhugh Road near the Hays and Travis county line. A total of 430 wrecks were logged by TxDOT officials during that timeframe.

According to the report, 2017 was one of...