ANIMAL COLLISIONS
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA CAMPAIGN to reduce the growing number of collisions between road vehicles and deer on Britain's roads has called on both drivers and highways officials to deal with this potentially deadly risk.The Deer Initiative estimates that between 30,000 and 50,000 deer are hit by cars, vans and lorries in the UK annually, with 10-20 people being killed in such accidents. Data is sketchy, because there is no legal requirement for motorists to report collisions with wild animals. Also, said the campaign's eastern region liaison officer David Hooton, ...
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