Traffic deaths on Austin roads unchanged year-to-year

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It was early Saturday morning when Daniel Joseph Rayos, 31, was driving his silver 2008 Nissan Sentra down Farm to Market 2222 when Austin police say he drifted off the right side of the roadway and struck the end of the guard rail head-on. He died at the scene. His death marked the 33rd traffic fatality Austin has seen in 2017 – it’s the exact same number of deaths at this time last year.
In an effort to curb the number of deaths that happen on Austin roads, th