Americans seem to be seeing fewer deer in their headlights. A new study shows that for the third year in a row, the number of crashes involving deer is down. State Farm Insurance estimates that 1.09 million collisions between deer and vehicles happened in the U.S. between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. That’s down 7% from last year. West Virginia tops the list for states where a driver is most likely to hit a deer. Data collected by the insurance company shows the chances a West Virginia driver will strike a deer are 1 in 53, the highest odds in the United States. That’s nearly 50% higher than the second-highest state, Iowa, where the odds are 1 in 77. South Dakota came in third at 1 in 81, followed by Pennsylvania at 1 in 86. Not surprisingly, Hawaii is the state where deer-vehicle crashes are least likely to happen, at 1 in 6,267. State Farm noted that the odds of a driver in Hawaii colliding with a deer are approximately equal to the odds that a driver is a practicing nudist.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Danger: Deer X-Crossing
Americans seem to be seeing fewer deer in their headlights. A new study shows that for the third year in a row, the number of crashes involving deer is down. State Farm Insurance estimates that 1.09 million collisions between deer and vehicles happened in the U.S. between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. That’s down 7% from last year. West Virginia tops the list for states where a driver is most likely to hit a deer. Data collected by the insurance company shows the chances a West Virginia driver will strike a deer are 1 in 53, the highest odds in the United States. That’s nearly 50% higher than the second-highest state, Iowa, where the odds are 1 in 77. South Dakota came in third at 1 in 81, followed by Pennsylvania at 1 in 86. Not surprisingly, Hawaii is the state where deer-vehicle crashes are least likely to happen, at 1 in 6,267. State Farm noted that the odds of a driver in Hawaii colliding with a deer are approximately equal to the odds that a driver is a practicing nudist.
