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Article: Fatal Crashes Caused by Animals Increase
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- November 18, 2004
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DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-18-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Cars and motorcycles crash into deer more than 4,000 times a day, and it's taking an increasingly deadly toll _ on people.
Last year a record 210 motorists were killed in collisions with animals, mostly deer. That was 40 more than the previous year and more than twice the number in 1993, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Accidents are most likely to happen in November, the institute said, because hunters are out and deer are in the middle of their mating season, both of which cause the animals to be on the move. Crashes are most likely to occur during evening or nighttime, often ...