Defenders' Experts
Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Facts and Figures
A few facts and figures about wildlife-vehicle collisions.
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Transportation System
- 4 million miles of roadways in the United States
- 243 million total registered vehicles
- 136 million registered passenger cars
Frequent Large Mammal Roadkill Facts
- Average deer weight: 125-300 pounds
- Average deer shoulder height: 3.5 feet
- Average moose weight: males 1200-1600 pounds, females 900 pounds
- Average moose shoulder height: 6.2 feet
Threats to People
- There are 725,000 to 1.5 million wildlife-vehicle collisions in the U.S. every year
- Over 200 human fatalities annually
- 29,000 human injuries annually
- Over a billion dollars in property damage annually
Threats to Wildlife
- Roads can be barriers to animal movement, and sometimes are the leading cause of a species decline
- There are 4 to 8 large animal vehicle collisions every hour in Canada
- 50 percent of all endangered Florida panther deaths are from collisions with vehicles
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