Road campaign aims to cut down personal injury claims
A MAJOR new safety campaign aimed at cutting down the number of accidents and personal injury compensation claims caused by deer on roads has been launched in Scotland.
Collisions with deer are responsible for millions of pounds of personal injury claims and damage to cars in around 10,000 accidents every yearparticularly in the central area of the country.
Transport Scotland and the Deer Commission for Scotland say that around three people a year are killed and many others suffer serious personal injury in accidents involving deer as they roam across rural and suburban roads in search of fresh pastures.
The Deer Collision Database says as many as 50,000 accidents have been recorded across Britain. Many are not reported if there is no personal injury to the driver, or any subsequent compensation claim.
Many deer hit by cars are not killed outright. Instead, they are put down at the roadside, or escape to die later from injury.