Deer 'cause up to 74,000 traffic accidents per year'RSS Feed
Deer on the roads may cause up to 74,000 traffic accidents each year, according to worrying figures from the Deer Initiative.
The organisation estimates that there were at least 42,000 traffic accidents involving deer last year, with the true number potentially being as high as 74,000, as many collisions go unreported.
New figures show that deer numbers in Britain have nearly doubled in the past ten years, with warmer winters, the introduction of new species, a lack of predators and a fall in hunting contributing to this.
Dr Jochen Langbein, the project leader, told the Telegraph that drivers are most at risk of a collision with deer during the autumn.
"The autumn peak is between about now and the end of November, especially at this time because we have the change in daylight savings when the rush hour suddenly clashes with dawn and dusk when the deer are most active," he explained.
In other news, dangerous motorists are to get tougher prison sentences and more severe fines, in a new government initiative.
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Posted by M E Dixon
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