A VERY CLOSE CALL, TO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

[TinManMike]

Lost my best friend in College growing up in Kansas when he swerved to miss a deer and flipped his truck 3 times when he ran into the ditch. My 2 sons got tired of hearing me say " Brake, don't swerve" when they were learning how to drive. They are 26 & 28 now, so hopefully it's working. Glad you missed !

 

[Grub Master]

Deer kill more people than any other animal.

According to State Farm
There were 185 deaths from collisions with animals in 2019. These deaths occurred most often during July-September.

According to State Farm, U.S. drivers had 2.1 million animal collision insurance claims in the U.S. between July 2020 and June 2021, up 7.2 percent from the same period a year ago. These claims were most likely in West Virginia, with one in 37 drivers making an insurance claim based on this kind of accident. In Washington, DC the odds are one in 569, making it the lowest risk area for animal collisions, followed by Hawaii with a risk of one in 474. The large majority of animal collisions are with deer (67 percent in the latest period).

Top Five States For Claims From A Collision With An Animal, 2021 (1)​

Rank State Number Rank State 2021 odds (2) 1 Pennsylvania 166,404 1 West Virginia 1 in 37 2 Michigan 132,387 2 Montana 1 in 39 3 Texas 131,973 3 South Dakota 1 in 48 4 California 104,767 4 Michigan 1 in 54 5 North Carolina 98,409 4 Pennsylvania 1 in 54

 

[MRH]

Deer kill more people than any other animal.

According to State Farm
There were 185 deaths from collisions with animals in 2019. These deaths occurred most often during July-September.

According to State Farm, U.S. drivers had 2.1 million animal collision insurance claims in the U.S. between July 2020 and June 2021, up 7.2 percent from the same period a year ago. These claims were most likely in West Virginia, with one in 37 drivers making an insurance claim based on this kind of accident. In Washington, DC the odds are one in 569, making it the lowest risk area for animal collisions, followed by Hawaii with a risk of one in 474. The large majority of animal collisions are with deer (67 percent in the latest period).

Top Five States For Claims From A Collision With An Animal, 2021 (1)​

Rank State Number Rank State 2021 odds (2) 1 Pennsylvania 166,404 1 West Virginia 1 in 37 2 Michigan 132,387 2 Montana 1 in 39 3 Texas 131,973 3 South Dakota 1 in 48 4 California 104,767 4 Michigan 1 in 54 5 North Carolina 98,409 4 Pennsylvania 1 in 54

A woman and an infant were killed when they hit a deer in Douglasville a few years back, less than 2 miles from my house.

About 10 years ago my brother totalled his Chevy 1500 when he hit a deer about a mile from the house. No injuries to him, thankfully.

Insurance companies LOVE deer hunters.