Deer Related Fatalities Doubled in Last 15 Years

October 30, 2008, WASHINGTON (AP). A study by a car insurance-funded highway safety group finds deaths from vehicle crashes with deer and other animals have more than doubled over the last 15 years.

The report by the Highway Loss Data Institute says 223 people died in animal-vehicle crashes last year. That's up from 150 in 2000 and 101 in 1993.

South Dakota had three such traffic deaths last year and 36 over the past 15 years.

Since 1993, Texas had the most deaths from such crashes, with 227, followed by Wisconsin with 123 and Pennsylvania with 112.

Let's all be careful out there!

Source: http://www.ktla.com/landing_national/?Study-finds-more-fatal-deer-vehicle-cras=1&blockID=121236&feedID=23