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What Do You Do When You Hit A Deer

Reduce Your Risk – Drive Deer Aware

Beware during peak danger periods

Highest-risk times are from sunset to midnight, and the hours shortly before and after sunrise.

Drive with caution

During peak danger periods or on roads where hitting a deer is a possibility, drive with caution and be on the lookout for deer near the road.

Seen one? Look for another

Be aware that more deer may well cross after the one you have noticed.

Use your lights

After dark, do use full-beam when there is no opposing traffic. BUT, when a deer or other animal is noted on the road, dim your headlights as animals startled by the beam may ‘freeze’ rather than leaving the road.

Don’t Veer for Deer

Don’t over-swerve to avoid hitting a deer

If a collision with the animal seems inevitable, then hit it while maintaining full control of your car is the safest option.

The alternative of swerving into oncoming traffic or off of the road surface could be a lot worse. Motorcyclists are at particular risk when in direct collisions with animals.

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Look out for traffic behind you

Only brake sharply and stop if there is no danger of being hit by following traffic, and use your hazard lights.

Stay Safe and report the incident

If you see an injured deer on the roadside?

  • Pull over at a safe place
  • Call the Police. Giving as precise a location as you can. What3Words They will deal with the situation and have access to specialists.
  • Do not try to assist or move the deer as this can put you in danger.

If you hit a deer while driving, your priorities, in this order, are:

  • Keep yourself and anyone with you as safe as you can
  • Park your car in the safest place with hazard lights on.
  • Call an ambulance if human injuries warrant it
  • Call the Police

If the deer is alive and still visible at roadside:

  • It is best not to approach it. Doing so may cause it to run across traffic causing another accident.
  • Do not move or handle live deer, this needs a trained specialist.
  • Call the Police. Giving as precise a location as you can. What3Words They will deal with the situation and have access to specialists.

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