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IQ: Deer-Vehicle Collisions in U.S. on Steady Decline

For the third year in a row, the number of deer-vehicle collisions in the U.S. had decreased and the downturn is accelerating. State Farm used its claims…

By Industry IQ | Updated on October 31, 2011

For the third year in a row, the number of deer-vehicle collisions in the U.S. had decreased and the downturn is accelerating. State Farm used its claims data to estimate that 1.09 million collisions between vehicles and deer occur in the U. S. between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011. This represents a decrease of 9 percent from 3 years ago and 7 percent during the past year.

Of the states reporting at least 2,000 deer-vehicle collisions per year, Vermont (24 percent), Michigan (23 percent), West Virginia (22 percent) and Connecticut (22 percent), experienced the largest one-year percentage declines. There were 23,000 fewer deer-vehicle altercations in Michigan alone. Michigan is second on the list of states with the highest total number of these collisions (78,304), well behind Pennsylvania (101,299).

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