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National Deer-Vehicle Collisions Project

www.deercollisions.co.uk

A Project administered by The Deer Initiative

Did you know?

  • that the toll of deer involved annually in traffic collisions in the UK is estimated to lie between 42,000 to 74,000
  • such deer related RTAs result in several hundred human injuries and several human fatalities each year.
  • six main species of deer live wild in Britain with a combined population of over 1.5 million head .
* NEW *
Highways Agency and Deer Initiative Launch "DeerAware" Driver Information Programme (press release)
With increase of wild boar in the countryside, traffic incidents with boar can now also be logged here.

(updated 1 / 08 / 2010)

Use the links to find out more about the project, why it exists and how to contribute directly to this important study
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