Pre-Hunt Numbers in Deer Herd	Deer-Vehicle Interaction Measurea	Deer-Vehicle Crashes	Deaths	Injuries	Est. Vehicle Damage (Millions)c
Connecticut	62,000 (Post-Hunt 2003)	2,667	1,070b	2	129	$1.8
Illinois	750,000 (2001)	n/a	23,723	11	886	$40.3
Iowa	340,000 (Post-Hunt)	10,656	8335b (2006)	11	536	$14.2
Maryland (2006)	234,000	6,764	1,479b	3	266	$2.5
Michigan	1,702,000	n/a	60,875 (2006)	12 (2006)	1,676 (2006)	$103.5
Minnesota (2006)	1,361,000	6,488	4,138	3	486	$7.0
New York	790,000	24,637 (2004)	11,042b (2006)	4 (2006)	780	$18.8
Ohio  (2006)	659,000	17,860	28,227	12	1,187	$48.0
Texas (2001)	n/a	n/a	2,810b	12	1,379	$4.8
Wisconsin	1,809,000 (2006)	36,900 (2006)	17,555	12	664	$29.8
Total (n=10)	7,707,000 (n=9)	105,972 (n=7)	159,254	82	7,989	$270.7

  ALL DATA FROM 2005 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

^a Deer-vehicle interaction (DVI) measures are either carcass removals or deer-vehicle incident   reports. Please see the data tables that focus on each state for a specific definition of DVI.

^b Data for CT, IA, MD, NY, and TX are animal-vehicle crashes. Data is for state-maintained roadways only in NY and does not include property damage crashes on non-state-maintained roadways in CT.

^c Vehicle damage cost estimate based on $1,700 per reported crash.

 

 

	Pre-Hunt Numbers in Deer Herd	Deer-Vehicle Crashes*	Deaths	Injuries	Est. Vehicle Damage (Millions)**
Illinois (2004)	750,000 (2001)	25,837	6	1,072	$43.9
Iowa	340,000 (Post-Hunt)	7,303	4	639	$12.4
Michigan	1,702,000	58,741	9	1,700	$99.9
Minnesota	1,361,000	4,176	2	474	$7.1
Ohio	650,000	25,492	8	1,032	$43.3
Wisconsin	1,624,000	17,555	12	664	$29.8
Total (6 states)	6,427,000	139,104	41	5,575	$236.4

ALL DATA FROM 2005 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

*Nationally, it has been estimated that the total number actual deer-vehicle crashes may be at least twice as large as those reported. In Minnesota, it is believe to be three to four times larger than those reported above. In Wisconsin, 41,687 carcasses were collected in 2005. In Iowa and Ohio, 10,656 and 17,160 carcass collections were recorded just by state maintenance in 2005. As expected, the number of unreported deer-vehicle crashes probably varies from state to state due to different reporting procedures, etc., and few states track statewide carcass collections. Minimum property damage crash reporting thresholds may also be different. The number of reported crashes in Iowa are for animals collisions.

**Vehicle damage cost estimate based on $1,700 per reported crash.

	Est. Pre-Hunt Deer Herd	Reported Deer-Vehicle Crashes*	Deaths	Injuries	Est. Approx. Vehicle Damage Cost**
Michigan	1,853,000	62,707	3	1,647	$106.6 mil
Wisconsin	1,643,000	19,846	11	689	$33.7 mil
Minnesota	1,256,000	4,900	7	489	$8.3 mil
Illinois	750,000 (2001)	25,660 (2003)	6 (2003)	1,245 (2003)	$43.6 mil
Iowa	360,000 (post-hunt)	8,471	7	596	$14.4 mil
Upper Midwest Region	5,862,000	121,584	35	4,666	$206.6 mil

ALL DATA FROM 2004 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

*It has been estimated that the total number actual deer-vehicle crashes may be at least twice as large as those reported. In Minnesota it is believed to be three to four times as large as those reported. As expected, the number of unreported deer-vehicle crashes probably varies from state to state due to different reporting procedures, etc., and few states track the number of carcass collections. Minimum property damage crash reporting thresholds may also be different. The number of reported crashes in Iowa are for animal collisions.

  **Vehicle damage cost estimate based on $1,700 per reported crash.

Regional Reported Deer-Vehicle Crash Numbers 2002-2003

	Est. Pre-Hunt Deer Herd	Reported Deer-Vehicle Crashes	Deaths	Injuries	Vehicle Damage**
Michigan	1,800,000 (2001)	67,760*	11	1,913	$115.2 mil
Wisconsin	1,663,000	21,666*	13	792	$36.8 mil
Minnesota	1,253,000	5,546* (2002)	5	523 (2002)	$9.4 mil
Illinois	750,000 (2001)	25,660*	6	1,245	$43.6 mil
Iowa	315,809 (post-hunt)	6,375*	10	511	$10.8 mil
Upper Midwest Region	5,781,809	127,007*	45	4,984	$215.8 mil