[MaxMax]

Worst states for deer collisions based on total number of claims
filed with one of the countries largest auto insurers: 2004-05

Deer Accident Statistics

1) Pennsylvania
2) Michigan
3) Illinois
4) Ohio
5) Georgia
6) Minnesota
7) Virginia,, HUH?
8) Indiana
9) Texas
10) Wisconsin

I can't imagine the stats have changed much for 2009.

/Salute

[marsh2]

We have a new million dollar unfinished project that is supposed to warn drivers when deer walk across the road in a one mile stretch of highway. After they installed all the fancy poles and sensors, they never did activate it. I guess the state ran out of money.

The state is a laughing stock to locals. They wasted all that money on foolishness while the county is experiencing a 20% unemployment rate.

[Hunton Peck]

Virginia doesn't surprise me at all. I lived in and near the Blue Ridge Mountains there for many years and had hundreds of near-encounters (plus two impactful encounters) with deer.

Not only are the mountain forests packed with them, but there are lots of tight turns where your headlights don't point in the direction you're going, giving the bastids plenty of opportunity to get in your way.

[kaylar]

I am amazed SD isn’t in that list : We vacationed there last July (loved it, BTW) and every day, we saw MULTIPLE deer run out on the highway in front of traffic. Here in MO there’s tons of deer, but it can be months if not years between sightings...I guess our deer are smarter than SD deer.:-D