The Most Dangerous Roads in Granbury and Hood County

Short answer: Granbury and the area within 15 miles of its city limits, 2021–2025: 7,707 crashes and 118 deaths. On roads in Granbury or within 5 miles of its city limits, US 377 had the most crashes, followed by SH 144 and FM 4. Inside city limits, US 377 had 1,122 of Granbury’s 2,179 crashes from 2021 to 2025.

In Granbury, one road dominates the crash data: US 377. It carries traffic through town and across Hood County, and more than half of all crashes inside city limits were on it. SH 144 and FM 4 come next.

Source for crash figures on this page: Original analysis of TxDOT CRIS data, 2021–2025, Granbury and the area within 15 miles of the city limits. How it was done.

Roads with the most crashes in and near Granbury

US 377 had the most crashes on roads in Granbury or within 5 miles of its city limits from 2021 to 2025. This view sticks to roads close to Granbury: 3,807 crashes and 37 deaths in five years.

Intersections with the most crashes near Granbury

Where two highways meet, the "intersection" is the whole interchange, including frontage roads, as police recorded it.

Inside Granbury city limits

Inside city limits alone, Granbury had 2,179 crashes, 16 deaths and 90 suspected serious injuries from 2021 to 2025.

City-limits crashes by year, top roads and intersections

	Crashes	Injury crashes (K/A/B/C)	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Suspected serious injuries
2021	415	194	6	6	17
2022	434	193	3	3	20
2023	436	157	1	1	20
2024	436	189	4	4	20
2025	458	207	2	2	13
Total	2,179	940	16	16	90

Share of crashes with any injury (K/A/B/C): 43.1%

	Crashes	Injury crashes (K/A/B/C)	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Suspected serious injuries
US 377	1,122	496	8	8	36
SH 144	291	144	1	1	13
FM 4	133	59	4	4	11
Business 377	111	44	0	0	3
FM 51	93	45	0	0	10
Loop 567	72	39	1	1	6
Meander Rd	43	12	0	0	2
FM 167	39	18	1	1	0
Acton Hwy	25	10	0	0	4
Old Granbury Rd	23	11	0	0	2

Intersection	Crashes	Injury crashes (K/A/B/C)	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Suspected serious injuries
SH 144 & US 377	77	39	2	2	5
FM 4 & US 377	54	22	1	1	0
Business 377 & US 377	45	20	0	0	1
FM 167 & US 377	36	19	2	2	3
US 377 & Waters Edge Dr	27	13	0	0	0
Hill Blvd & US 377	23	10	0	0	0
Harbor Lakes Dr & US 377	22	10	0	0	1
Acton Hwy & US 377	21	9	0	0	0
Loop 567 & US 377	19	9	0	0	0
Acton Hwy & FM 4	18	7	0	0	4

Granbury and the area within 15 miles of its city limits, 2021–2025

Across Granbury and the area within 15 miles of its city limits, police reported 7,707 crashes from 2021 to 2025, with 118 people killed and 529 suspected serious injuries. Crashes by county: Hood 4,353, Parker 1,098, Johnson 1,061, Somervell 815, Tarrant 310, Erath 69, Palo Pinto 1.

21.8% of crashes in Granbury and the area within 15 miles of its city limits happened in the dark on roads with no street lights (1,679 crashes).

Top roads and intersections across Granbury and the area within 15 miles of its city limits, how crashes happen, and road conditions

	Crashes	Injury crashes (K/A/B/C)	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Suspected serious injuries
US 377	1,900	749	19	20	93
SH 144	585	239	8	9	42
FM 4	471	166	8	8	45
FM 51	465	187	5	5	47
US 67	461	162	18	27	63
SH 171	362	116	9	12	27
FM 167	277	93	3	3	17
FM 1187	181	53	1	1	5
FM 917	168	51	3	3	19
FM 2331	114	44	3	3	10

Intersection	Crashes	Injury crashes (K/A/B/C)	Fatal crashes	Deaths	Suspected serious injuries
FM 167 & US 377	116	40	2	2	5
FM 1187 & US 377	111	43	2	2	7
SH 171 & US 377	107	31	1	1	8
FM 4 & US 377	107	35	2	2	2
SH 144 & US 377	79	39	2	2	5
SH 144 & US 67	70	19	0	0	10
FM 2425 & SH 144	61	25	0	0	7
FM 1902 & FM 917	54	16	0	0	6
FM 2331 & SH 171	48	18	0	0	2
FM 56 & US 67	47	14	1	1	5

Rear-end type (same direction with one vehicle stopped, or both going straight, rear end): 1,717 (22.3%)

• One Motor Vehicle - Going Straight: 2,840 (36.8%)
• Same Direction - One Straight-One Stopped: 1,018 (13.2%)
• Same Direction - Both Going Straight-Rear End: 692 (9.0%)
• Angle - Both Going Straight: 597 (7.7%)
• Angle - One Straight-One Left Turn: 474 (6.2%)
• Opposite Direction - One Straight-One Left Turn: 452 (5.9%)
• Opposite Direction - Both Going Straight: 366 (4.7%)
• Same Direction - Both Going Straight-Sideswipe: 253 (3.3%)

Light

• 1 - Daylight: 5,332 (69.2%)
• 2 - Dark, Not Lighted: 1,679 (21.8%)
• 3 - Dark, Lighted: 383 (5.0%)
• 6 - Dusk: 154 (2.0%)
• 5 - Dawn: 129 (1.7%)

Weather

• 1 - Clear: 5,801 (75.3%)
• 2 - Cloudy: 995 (12.9%)
• 3 - Rain: 762 (9.9%)
• 6 - Fog: 71 (0.9%)
• 4 - Sleet/Hail: 34 (0.4%)

Surface

• 1 - Dry: 6,466 (83.9%)
• 2 - Wet: 1,082 (14.0%)
• 6 - Ice: 75 (1.0%)
• 3 - Standing Water: 32 (0.4%)

US 377: what TxDOT and Hood County found

A 2021 TxDOT corridor analysis found that 33% of fatal crashes on US 377 happened between Stephenville and Granbury, and that 55% of US 377 has a crash rate above the statewide average (City of Granbury, US 377 corridor update). Hood County’s 2025 Master Thoroughfare Plan names US 377, SH 144, Fall Creek Hwy and Old Granbury Rd among locations of frequent crashes. TxDOT plans to rebuild US 377 through Granbury as a six-lane road with a raised median from Pirate Dr to Overstreet Blvd (TxDOT).

Crash counts include only police-reported crashes with an injury or at least $1,000 in damage. They aren't adjusted for how much traffic each road carries.

Emergency rooms near Granbury

Lake Granbury Medical Center on Paluxy Road is Granbury’s hospital emergency room. For the most serious injuries, call 911 and let paramedics choose the hospital. JPS in Fort Worth is the region’s Level I trauma center. Call 911 in an emergency and let paramedics choose the hospital. Trauma levels come from the Texas DSHS trauma facility list.

How to get a Granbury crash report

Granbury Police handle crashes inside city limits; on county roads and highways outside the city, the report may come from Texas DPS or the Hood County Sheriff’s Office. Reports are sold through TxDOT's Crash Report Online Purchase System (CRIS) for $6, or $8 for a certified copy, and officers have 10 days to file them. See the crash report guide.

Why distraction makes these roads worse

Busy roads mix turning, merging and stopping traffic, and a few seconds of distraction is enough for a crash.

Hurt on one of these roads, or anywhere else in Texas? Start with what to do after a car accident in Granbury, or recreate how your crash happened.

How this analysis was done, and its limits

Original analysis of TxDOT CRIS data, 2021–2025, Granbury and the area within 15 miles of the city limits. We used TxDOT CRIS crash-level records for 2021–2025 from the counties in and around Granbury, removed duplicate crash IDs, and grouped crashes by location: Granbury and the area within 15 miles of its city limits, roads in Granbury or within 5 miles of its city limits, and crashes coded inside Granbury city limits. An injury crash is one with a fatal, serious, minor or possible injury (CRIS severity K, A, B or C). Deaths and serious injuries are the totals of the CRIS count fields. Road names were cleaned up so highway codes read as plain names (for example, IH0820 becomes I-820). Intersections count only crashes where police recorded a cross street.

• CRIS includes only police-reported crashes with an injury or at least $1,000 in damage.
• Counts aren't adjusted for traffic volume, so busy highways naturally rank high.
• 2025 data may still be incomplete.
• Neighboring cities' areas overlap, so the same crash can count for more than one city.
• Freeway "intersections" are whole interchanges, including frontage roads.

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Last reviewed October 31, 2026. Medical review: pending. Sources are linked in each section and collected on our research library.