Question reference: S6W-14300
- Date lodged: 24 January 2023
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many serious road traffic accidents have been caused by wild deer in the last 12 months.
Answer
We do not hold this information in the Transport Scotland injury road accidents database. At the moment, the only information we collect is accidents involving an animal in the carriageway and we cannot determine from the database, what type of animal. The only other information that we are aware of in relation to traffic accidents involving deer, is available in an Nature Scot study publication here: NatureScot Commissioned Report 950 - Deer-vehicle collisions in Scotland - data collection and collation to end 2015 | NatureScot