| According to State Farm Insurance, Pennsylvania | | | | with State Farm other states that rank high with |
| comes in first as the state that has the most | | | | deer car accidents are Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, |
| automobile and dear crashes. A survey done by | | | | Georgia, Minnesota, Virginia, Indiana, Texas and |
| the insurance company showed that 1.5 million | | | | Wisconsin.If you are driving in an area that is |
| automobiles are involved in collisions with deer | | | | known to have deer, use your high beams for |
| each year and have caused 150 deaths and $1.1 | | | | greater visibility, and slow down if you see a deer |
| billion in damages. Deer migrate and mate | | | | standing on the side of the road. If you startle |
| between October and December and that is | | | | the deer, it may run right in front of you. Use |
| when most accidents occur. The time that they | | | | your horn and flash your lights until the deer is out |
| most often happen seems to be first thing in the | | | | of harm's way. Also, if you've seen one deer, |
| morning and dusk. Since a deer can weight over | | | | there are probably more in the area, so drive |
| 200 pounds, a run in with one can cause death to | | | | very cautiously. If you can't avoid a collision, try |
| a driver, passengers, the deer and thousands of | | | | not to swerve. It increases the chances of losing |
| dollars in damage to your car.Based on rankings | | | | control of your car. Attentive driving is the best |
| of the total number of deer accident claims filed | | | | way to avoid run-ins with deer. |