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NOTE: Data below is related to all reported animal-vehicle crashes, and not just deer-vehicle crashes

YearFatal CrashesFatalities
1994122131
1995111123
1996139153
1997126136
1998162165
1999144152
2000144150
2001165177
2002158170
2003203212
2004195204
2005174180
2006206222
2007215223
2008204210
2009175184
2010205213
2011183199
2012172176
2013180191

NOTE: Data below is related to all reported animal-vehicle crashes, and not just deer-vehicle crashes

1994 | 1995 | 1996

1994 State1994 Fatalities1995 State1995 Fatalities1996 State1996 Fatalities
Texas12California9Texas19
Pennsylvania11Wisconsin9Kansas9
Georgia8Michigan7Illinois8
Illinois7Minnesota6New York7
Oklahoma7Montana6California6
California6Oregon6Michigan6
Mississippi6Pennsylvania6Wisconsin6
Tennessee6Indiana5Alabama5
Florida5North Carolina5Indiana5
Wisconsin5Texas5Minnesota5
Pennsylvania5

 

1997 | 1998 | 1999

1997 State1997 Fatalities1998 State1998 Fatalities1999 State1999 Fatalities
Texas18Texas18Missouri8
Wisconsin10New York12Ohio7
Montana7Arizona7Colorado6
Kansas7Florida6Florida6
Florida6Illinois6Michigan6
Missouri6Indiana6Texas6
California5Washington6Virginia6
New York5Colorado5Wisconsin6
Georgia4Maine5California5
Iowa4Ohio5Illinois5
Michigan4Oklahoma5New York5
Nebraska4Pennsylvania5North Carolina5
South Carolina4Wisconsin5Oklahoma5
South Carolina5
Utah5
Washington5

 

2000 | 2001 | 2002

2000 State2000 Fatalities2001 State2001 Fatalities2002 State2002 Fatalities
Texas15Texas14Texas15
Missouri6Wisconsin11Pennsylvania13
New Jersey6Michigan9California9
Ohio6South Carolina9Georgia9
Oklahoma6California8Minnesota8
Wisconsin6North Carolina7Colorado7
Colorado5Colorado6Missouri7
Illinois5Georgia6Ohio7
Mississippi5Illinois6Oklahoma7
New York5Indiana6South Dakota6
West Virginia5Minnesota6
Pennsylvania6

 

2003 | 2004 | 2005

2003 State2003 Fatalities2004 State2004 Fatalities2005 State2005 Fatalities
Texas20Texas18Texas14
Pennsylvania16Wisconsin13Illinois11
Iowa11Minnesota9Ohio11
Wisconsin11Ohio8Wisconsin10
Georgia9Illinois7Pennsylvania9
Florida8New Mexico7Michigan8
Michigan8North Carolina7Montana8
Ohio8Oklahoma7Oklahoma8
Illinois7Utah7Colorado6
Minnesota7Washington7Kentucky6
Missouri7New York6
New York7Virginia6

 

2006 | 2007 | 2008

2006 State2006 Fatalities2007 State2007 Fatalities2008 State2008 Fatalities
Texas27Texas17Wisconsin16
Ohio14Wisconsin15Michigan13
Pennsylvania13Iowa11Minnesota12
Michigan12Michigan11Pennsylvania12
Iowa10Ohio10Texas12
Oklahoma8North Carolina9Georgia9
Wisconsin8Pennsylvania9California8
California7Georgia8Iowa8
Montana7Kansas8Ohio8
South Carolina7Minnesota8Kansas7

 

2009 | 2010 | 2011

2009 State2009 Fatalities2010 State2010 Fatalities2011 State2011 Fatalities
Texas20Texas18Texas21
Iowa9Wisconsin16Indiana13
Michigan9Michigan14Wisconsin12
Wisconsin8Illinois13Pennsylvania10
Arizona6California9Georgia8
Florida6Georgia9North Carolina8
Illinois6New York9South Carolina8
Kansas6Pennsylvania9Virginia8
Ohio6Florida8Illinois7
Oklahoma6Minnesota8Michigan7
South Dakota6Missouri7
New York7
Ohio7

 

2012 | 2013

2012 State2012 Fatalities2013 State2013 Fatalities
Wisconsin16Texas18
Texas15Pennsylvania15
Indiana9Montana10
Minnesota8Michigan9
Ohio8Minnesota8
Pennsylvania7Ohio8
Tennessee7Tennessee8
Michigan6Colorado7
Alabama5Kansas7
Florida5Wisconsin7
Missouri5
North Carolina5
South Carolina5

Fatality Information from FARS
Download the 1994–2013 Fatalities by State spreadsheet (XLS)

State Animal-Vehicle Crash Fatality Data
Year

Total Crashesa, b

Animal- Vehicle Crashesa, b, c

Percent Animal- Vehicle Crashes

Fatalitiesc

Injuriesc, d

Post-Hunt Deer Population Estimates

Deer Kill Incident Reportse

1993—————49,000—
1994———————
199572,513——————
199678,348————54,0002,875
199774,735—————2,612
199872,555—————2,263
199978,3151,1651.490175—2,674
200082,7771,2571.52017276,0003,098
200183,2491,2551.511154—3,038
200278,6731,0491.332127—2,434
200380,8961,2171.50111662,0002,778
200481,7701,2131.480152—2,620
200580,8961,0701.322129—2,667
200671,7231,0021.40113463,0002,029
2007113,0651,8011.590116—1,967
2008104,1873,3433.211243—2,188
2009103,7193,3013.181292—1,902
2010101,6252,9272.883307—1,456
201178,4372,3873.041349—1,683
201295,5152,9903.130350—1,177
201395,8262,8863.012292—1,212

Notes:

a A reportable motor vehicle crash involves one or more vehicles and results in death, injury, or property damage of at least $1,000.

b From April 1, 992 to December 31, 2006 the crash data does not include property damage incidents reported on non-state-maintained roadways.

c From 2008 to 2012, the crash data include the crashes related to animal or foreign object in road.

d In some cases a fatality may result from what is initially reported as an injury.

e Report sometimes completed by law enforcement whenever an animal-vehicle incident occurs.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Deer- Vehicle CrashesPercent Deer- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuriesPre-Hunt Deer Population EstimatesSalvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcasses
1993

418,915

16,504

3.94

3796——
1994

452,895

17,118

3.78

5778——
1995

462,049

17,573

3.80

1856——
1996

145,050b

11,010b

7.59b

1606——
1997

145,710c

17,076c

11.72c

1776——
1998

150,160c

18,066c

12.03c

3833——
1999

157,660c

20,468c

12.98c

4933——
2000460,17219,7314.295831——
2001443,29322,9335.175916750,000—
2002438,99023,6755.392976——
2003437,28925,6605.8761,245800,000—
2004433,03225,8625.9761,069——
2005421,52224,2015.7411902——
2006408,67025,4916.241939——
2007422,77824,9995.915846——
2008408,25824,2095.932759——

2009d

292,10618,8316.456711——
2010289,26017,1325.9210634——
2011281,78818,0376.406613——
2012274,11115,4885.654608——
2013285,47715,3345.376617——

Notes:

a Defined as an occurrence which originates on public roadways involving a moving motor vehicle producing death, injury, or property damage in excess of $500.

b Only crashes occurring on state maintained roadways and fatal crashes were recorded in crash database.

c Data for crashes investigated by the City of Chicago were excluded.

d The law regarding the reporting threshold for property damage was amended, effective January 1, 2009as follows: “When all drivers involved in crash are insured, the amount of damage to any one person’s property that must be reported increased from $500 to $1,500. If any driver does not have insurance, the threshold remains at $500. The change did not affect the reporting of injury or fatal crashes.”

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Animal- Vehicle CrashesPercent Animal- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuries

Post-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesb

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcassesc

199373,6087,0129.530461289,6669,576
199474,0487,1389.641467298,62510,438
199576,2038,05210.571516307,86111,167
199678,3578,61410.993620317,38212,276
199771,5128,09711.324884327,19813,148
199864,0417,56411.812761337,31812,427
199964,4857,78712.082779347,75011,366
200064,3647,55611.741795358,50511,114
200157,1036,05710.614617369,59314,243
200259,6668,64114.482600381,02412,377
200359,4408,39614.1310582392,80813,720
200459,1928,48114.337590404,95715,361
200558,6437,32012.484633417,48114,364
200654,8158,33615.2111536427,99914,940
200758,8097,68913.0712473430,68513,730
200859,8907,06411.799446418,11710,961
200955,4887,65513.89376403,52113,518
201054,3906,49311.944377383,68210,153
201148,7746,45313.231296359,99310,626
201247,8526,24113.042320338,56910.358
201349,7985,96411.984322309,2579,174

Notes:

a Traffic crash defined as Iowa law requires motorists to report any motor vehicle crash which involved one or more vehicles and results in death, injury or property damage of at least $1,000.

b Total deer herd size post-hunt population estimates based upon simulation models.

c Salvaged kill recorded by DNR conversation officers and unsalvaged kill reported by DOT (Supplied by Iowa DNR).

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Animal- Vehicle Crashesb

Percent Animal- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuriesPre-Hunt Deer Population Estimates

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcassesc

199385,285————154,990

—

199496,8521,1871.232271193,052

—

199596,6541,2921.341276249,781

—

199699,3481,3901.400292228,808

—

199796,1201,3991.461367234,361

—

199894,0391,3351.420332246,151

—

199997,0091,3641.413333264,229

—

200099,3021,2681.282317286,378

—

2001101,4111,4151.401319286,794

3,061d

2002104,8431,3621.301332294,208

4,599

2003109,1301,4901.371326275,609

5,873

2004104,1031,2931.241235225,574

6,388

2005102,6081,3561.321291230,519

6,343

2006101,8902,1172.083535217,875

6,764

2007100,9471,9621.942458240,936

6,532

2008—————255,775

6,283

2009—————251,913

7,426

2010—————234,718

8,119

2011—————233,011

7,369

2012—————223,458

5,937

2013—————227,343

6,036

Notes:

a A reportable crash is an incident causing an injury or fatality or enough vehicle property damage to tow (a crash fatality must occur within 30 days of the incident).

b Animal-vehicle crashes before 2006 are defined by an animal as the first harmful event. From 2006 to the present these incidents are defined by an animal as a first harmful event or as a first or second contributing factor.

c Carcass removal data from Maryland State Highway Administration Large Animal Removal Reporting Systems (LARRS). Data from state-maintained roadways only.

d 2001 carcass data fro part of the year.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Deer- Vehicle CrashesPercent Deer- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuries

Pre-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesb

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcasses
1993363,63647,87913.1751,7121,630,000—
1994398,05056,66614.2452,0431,760,000—
1995421,07362,53514.8582,1932,171,000—
1996435,47768,23315.6762,2212,026,000—
1997425,79365,45115.3732,2261,759,000—
1998403,76665,39716.2042,3812,031,000—
1999415,67567,66916.2862,2342,007,000—
2000424,85265,00515.3082,1471,950,000—
2001400,81366,99316.71112,1091,913,000—
2002395,51563,13615.9652,2201,962,000—
2003391,48567,76017.31111,9131,776,000—
2004373,02862,70716.8131,6471,853,000—
2005350,83858,74116.7491,7001,702,000—
2006315,32260,87519.30121,6761,673,000—
2007324,17461,90719.10111,6141,892,000—
2008316,05761,01019.20121,6481,918,000—
2009290,97861,48621.13101,5711,786,000—
2010282,07555,86719.76111,4331,662,000—
2011284,04953,59218.8781,4641,681,000—
2012273,89148,91817.8681,3291,780,000—
2013289,06149,02516.96121,212——

Notes:

a Motor vehicle crash defined as a crash that involves a motor vehicle in transport on a public traffic way (in Michigan) and results in injury, death or at least $400.00 in property damage.

b Pre-hunt white-tailed deer herd population estimated from Deer Management Units. Rounded to the nearest thousand.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Deer- Vehicle CrashesPercent Deer- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuries

Pre-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesb

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcassesc

1993100,9076,5226.471352—15,066
199499,7015,8875.901406912,00015,268
199596,0225,2665.483426921,000

8,679d

1996105,3324,9434.692370788,00010,633
199798,6254,8914.963350733,00010,465
199892,9265,3345.742412793,00011,712
199996,8135,5965.782537899,00012,079
2000103,5915,3095.122453952,00010,856
200198,9845,5205.5854971,001,00010,828
200294,9695,5575.8555231,058,0009,806
2003———5—1,098,0009,171
200491,2744,9005.3784891,105,0008,798
200587,8134,1764.7624741,097,0007,344
200678,7454,1385.2534861,225,0006,995
200781,5053,1443.8663821,225,000—
200879,0952,5383.2193601,050,000—
200973,4982,6433.604342982,000—
201074,0732,5703.4763711,013,000—
201172,1172,4263.365352938,000—
201269,2362,4883.595342982,000—
201377,7072,0962.7083021,004,000—

Notes:

a Motor vehicle crash defined as a crash that involves a motor vehicle in transport on a public traffic-way in Minnesota and results in at least $1,000.00 ($500 before 8/1/94) in property damage.

b Pre-hunt white-tailed deer herd population estimates.

c Sum of information from MN DOT Monthly Unsalvageable vehicle-killed report and possession permits obtained from MN law enforcement. Total numbers are believed to not include data from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

d Lower than expected data point. Cause unknown.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Animal- Vehicle Crashesa

Percent Animal- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuries

Pre-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesb

Reported Deer Road-Killc

200234,3121,4864.33211295,8701,229
200336,6871,6164.4410796,6311,297
200435,6081,5904.47210684,5121,188
200536,1961,5344.24111389,8041,182
200629,1111,2984.46111998,3681,388
200732,9421,6034.871111106,0881,562
200831,9581,5454.83094106,5421,467
200931,8681,7175.3938389,9301,441
201030,7321,6055.2219887,0161,175
201130,8611,5735.1009294,5231,343
201228,3361,5945.6308193,2401,337
201329,7211,7996.05061100,1181,548

Notes:

a A motor vehicle crash in New Hampshire is defined as one resulting in a fatality, injury, or property damage of at least $1,000.00.

b Deer population estimates from New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

c Information provided by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Deer carcasses for which road-kill slips are received.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa, b

Animal- Vehicle Crashesa, b

Percent Animal- Vehicle Crashesa, b

Fatalitiesa, b

Injuriesa, b

Post-Hunt Deer Population Estimates

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcassesc

1993257,2092,5160.981609—n/a
1994259,1842,6991.042684730,000n/a
1995253,1363,1241.232796—n/a
1996250,5213,2621.301844750,000n/a
1997263,6045,5232.103934940,000n/a
1998306,6469,7413.185917930,000n/a
1999356,98112,6413.541939970,000n/a
2000392,24514,2083.6209921,060,000n/a
2001331,9799,3902.8338831,050,00024,551
2002

253,710d

3,9581.5617511,090,00028,965
2003246,9265,2892.145752940,00030,519
2004232,7585,7352.462517810,00024,637
2005245,08411,2404.5951,357780,00020,808
2006294,68620,1136.8341,376780,00019,590
2007352,30723,9616.8051,332840,00020,911
2008340,98724,5557.2031,368940,00019,700
2009600,26834,8195.821,200850,000—
2010603,18335,3965.8771,139920,000—
2011556,12635,1616.3241,311920,000—
2012425,45434,8188.1831,2511,050,000—
2013417,71036,6138.7731,080960,000—

Notes:

a Reportable crashes in New York are those resulting in death, personal injury, or more than $1,000 in property damage. Property damage crash reports are primarily filed by the motorist involved pre-1997 and 2000 to 2005. Property damage crash reports were primarily filed by the investigating police agency involved from 1997 to 2000 and 2006 to 2008. From approximately 2008/2009 to 2011 the NYSDOT database included “non-reportable” crashes (i.e., property damage crashes with under $1,000 in damage). Crash data from 2009 to 2013 includes New York City. In July 2001 the crash reports in New York started to include deer-involvement (rather than just animal-involvement) as a potential contributing crash factor.

b Animal-vehicle crash data from New York State Department of Motor Vehicles as provided to New York State Department of Transportation is for state-maintained roadways only (1993 to 2004). It has been estimated that these crashes represent, on average, about 53 percent of the reported animal-vehicle collisions statewide (1994 to 2004). Data from 2009 to 2013 includes New York City.

c Includes only deer carcass removals by New York State Department of Transportation and their contractors along state-maintained roadways.

d Does not include police-reported property-damage only crash reports.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Deer- Vehicle Crashesa, b

Percent Deer- Vehicle Crashes

Fatalitiesb

Injuriesb

Post-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesc

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcassese

1993362,063————358,145—

1994d

370,37326,6477.1931,850385,581—

1995d

383,38325,8106.7301,840385,751—
1996395,11326,7046.7642,259371,774—
1997386,85225,3766.5622,256383,580—
1998377,92026,1586.9252,327397,287—
1999385,70428,7167.4572,579428,660—
2000386,12229,6737.6821,561475,101—
2001387,07531,5868.1671,279507,00011,953
2002386,07630,3067.8571,217561,94112,125
2003392,68331,7298.0871,158600,26614,954
2004381,63929,8747.8351,141638,75216,227
2005358,12727,3667.64——630,45117,160
2006334,20628,2408.45121,187659,37617,860
2007328,74226,3048.00111,166700,00018,711

2008e

320,87624,5907.6661,125700,00015,345
2009298,64625,1468.4231,137—18,217
2010300,16423,2037.7341,063—15,748
2011297,83122,7337.6371,032—15,585
2012287,05020,9967.3161,014—14,139
2013269,07920,2017.518968——

Notes:

a A crash in Ohio is defined as an occurrence involving a moving motor vehicle that produces bodily injury (including fatal injury) and property damage. Ohio law requires that a crash be reported if more than $150 (pre-1997) and $400 in property damage occurs (1997 to present).

b Number of one-vehicle-involved animal crash type for property damage crashes, fatalities, and injuries noted in Ohio Traffic Crash Facts (1994 to 1999), total/fatal/injury non-driver error animal action crashes (2000), and number of deer-vehicle crashes, fatalities, and injuries (2001 to 2013). Change in crash report form in 2000.

c Estimates from Ohio Department of Natural Resources model. Estimates for 2007 and 2008 are rounded off results from model.

d Crash, fatality, and injury data were recorded on 7/1/94 for 1994 and 7/1/95 for 1995.

e Number of unsalvageable deer carcasses removed by the Ohio Department of Transportation along state-maintained roadways.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa, b

Animal- Vehicle CrashesPercent Animal- Vehicle CrashesFatalities

Injuriesc

Post-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesd

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcasses
1993194,7503,1901.646823——
1994207,0383,3181.6011878——
1995180,5272,6481.4751,089——
1996161,9912,6021.61181,429——
1997169,5202,4431.44171,345——
1998171,2452,9211.71171,463——
1999172,7302,8711.6651,432——
2000174,4752,6591.52141,301——
2001175,5822,8101.60121,379——
2002———————
2003459,7255,9081.29201,451——
2004447,0375,7341.28211,406——
2005463,8306,3111.36151,4153,367,200—
2006437,1876,7531.54231,4992,911,500—
2007458,3736,2491.36181,2593,005,200—
2008438,9737,2351.65141,2743,695,200—
2009428,3107,3501.72201,3693,791,700—
2010392,0256,6031.68161,1333,658,900—
2011384,4586,9691.81211,2623,601,100—
2012417,6846,7601.62151,2083,635,600—
2013444,4686,9151.56181,1533,804,500—

Notes:

a Crash data for 2001 and earlier includes incidents with a fatality, injury, and/or property damage of $1,000 and at least one vehicle is towed.

b Crash data for 2003 and after includes incidents with a fatality. injury, and/or property damage of $1000.

c Consists of the sum of incapacitating injuries, non-incapacitating injuries, and possible injuries.

d Estimates based on distance sampling survey methdology by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Year

Total Crashesa

Deer- Vehicle CrashesPercent Deer- Vehicle CrashesFatalitiesInjuries

Post-Hunt Deer Population Estimatesb

Salvaged and Unsalvaged Deer Carcassesc, d

1993142,28522,81916.0435671,152,00036,787
1994148,32524,57316.5747941,383,00039,249
1995148,86423,92216.0798221,665,00046,443
1996136,69819,93114.5838051,423,00046,239
1997129,95419,16714.7577351,226,00044,210
1998125,83119,59515.5757831,494,00041,829
1999130,95021,28916.2668411,663,00044,897
2000139,51020,46814.6758061,818,00047,555
2001125,40319,91415.8898011,503,00045,702
2002129,07220,47015.8667101,345,00045,278
2003131,19121,66616.51137921,663,00047,841
2004128,30819,84615.47116891,643,00048,316
2005125,17417,55514.02126641,624,00041,687
2006117,87717,87815.1776331,809,00036,900
2007125,12317,97714.37145911,816,00035,685
2008125,10315,82112.65105251,524,00031,951
2009109,99116,33814.8574741,368,00028,374
2010108,80816,94715.58143891,551,00026,595
2011112,51618,17616.1554271,547,00026,114
2012109,38518,89517.27144311,700,000—
2013118,28518,33815.5084021,516,400—

Notes:

a A reportable crash is defined as a crash resulting in injury or death of any person, any damage to government-owned non-vehicle property to an apparent extent of $200 or more, or total damage to property owned by any one person to an apparent extent of $1000 ($500 before 1/1/96) or more.

b Estimated statewide pre-hunt white-tailed deer population size.

c Sum of deer carcasses removed by contractors of Wisconsin DNR and salvaged with free permits. Fiscal year data, from the beginning of July of previous year to the end of June in the year recorded.

Users of this information are advised to contact their local state departments of transportation and natural resources to confirm and verify the above information.

Additional Information
2000 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2001 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2002 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2003 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2004 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2005 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2006 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2007 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2008 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2009 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2010 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2011 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)
2012 Deer Crash monograph (PDF)

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