Experts Tackle DeerVehicle Crash Problem



Nationwide there are an estimated one million deer-vehicle crashes every year that account for more than $1 billion in damage.

As part of the continuing effort to reduce the number of collisions between deer and vehicles, the Annual Deer-Vehicle Crash Reduction Symposium was held on October 29 at the New York State Department of Transportation in Schenectady. Attendees from 15 states participated in this one-day symposium, which included a series of presentations by experts from throughout the United States.

The speakers at the meeting shared information about ongoing and completed work related to defining and reducing the deer-vehicle crash problem. Symposium speakers included Keith Knapp of the Deer-Vehicle Crash Information and Research Center (DVICR Center) at the Texas Transportation Institute (



Experts Tackle DeerVehicle Crash Problem