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More than 4,480 people died on Texas roadways in 2021, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, marking the second-deadliest year of traffic fatalities since the agency began tracking them in 1940. TxDOT logged 3,896 fatalities in 2020. The deadliest year on record is 1981, with 4,701 fatalities, TxDOT said in a prepared statement. Nov. 7, 2000, is the last time no deaths …

More than 4,480 people died on Texas roadways in 2021, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, marking the second-deadliest year of traffic fatalities since the agency began tracking them in 1940. TxDOT logged 3,896 fatalities in 2020. The deadliest year on record is 1981, with 4,701 fatalities, TxDOT said in a prepared statement. Nov. 7, 2000, is the last time no deaths …