Especially as spring approaches, drivers should keep a look out for wildlife, particularly on our highways. In fact, between 2000 and 2014, 474 people were killed in wildlife collisions on our roads.
Many years ago on my obligatory post-high-school trip to Europe, I chatted with a man in one of the many small villages of England’s south coast. When he learned I was from Canada, he asked me, without a trace of irony in his question, if we had much trouble with the bears and the wolverines in our area.
Besides humans, what’s the most dangerous animal on our roads? The moose — accounting for 48.9% of road fatalities resulting from wildlife-vehicle collisions, according to the Canadian Traffic Research Industry Foundation. Deer come in second place at 24%. Unfortunately, roadside shoulders often have low grasses and shrubs which are favourites for deer and moose. Another animal favourite — salt — is also in abundance near roadsides after the spring thaw.
According to the CTRIF, the greatest danger to motorists is not actually the collision with an animal itself. Most people die in these incidents manoeuvring to avoid wildlife, then lose control of their vehicle — often rolling over or hitting an oncoming vehicle head-on.
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