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AAA Northeast is warning drivers that it's the busiest season of the year for crashes between cars and deer.
Deer-crashes have been rising drastically in Massachusetts for the past two years. Here's why that's happening, and how to prevent the accidents. Deer mating season spikes deer-vehicle traffic ...
If your car was only worth $4,000 at the time of an accident and you're looking at $4,500 in body work to fix it, it doesn't make sense for your insurer to pay the higher amount when it can ...
Each year in the United States, deer–vehicle collisions resulted in at least 59,000 human injuries and 440 human fatalities. [1] In 2000, of the 6.1 million lightweight motor vehicle collisions in the US, 1 million involved animal-vehicle collisions. Deer–vehicle collisions lead to about $1.1 billion in property damage every year. [2]
Deer, elk and moose crossing the highway add to the risk compared to urban highways. In the event of an accident in a remote area, injured victims may not receive emergency medical care in time to save their lives. [86] Many accidents when driving personal vehicles are caused by distracted driving.
After congressional hearings were held in September 2000, Congress, in only an 18-hour span, passed the TREAD Act in October 2000. The Act was signed into law by President Clinton on November 1, 2000, and has been amended into the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, codified at 49 U.S.C. §§ 30101–30170.
Wisconsin logs nearly 20,000 vehicle accidents with deer annually, according to a recent study. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
Systematic motor-vehicle safety efforts began during the 1960s. In 1960, unintentional injuries caused 93,803 deaths; [5] 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes. In 1966, after Congress and the general public had become thoroughly horrified by five years of skyrocketing motor-vehicle-related fatality rates, the enactment of the Highway Safety Act created the National Highway Safety ...