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.
I've hit five moose. In 1970, I hit two at one time. In 1983 I hit one with a Camaro. In 2001, I ran over a dead one. It was laying in the highway. On Jan2, 2003, I hit one wwith a Pontiac Grand Am. A mild hit, only $3,000.00. All of those were after dark. I had a close call in 2008. So close, the moose kicked the front fender with a rear hoof. minor dent.
In all these cases, I only spent one night in the hospital, total. Three moose died, onr was already dead, one ran off. The last one also ran off(with a red toenail)