2008 Michigan Traffic Crash FACT SHEET

2008 Michigan Traffic Crash FACT SHEET

Deer Motor vehicle-deer crashes occurred most often in Michigan's southern, heavily populated counties. Michigan had 61,010 reported motor vehicle-deer crashes during 2008. This is a 9.8 percent decrease over ten years. TIME AND SEVERITY OF ALL MOTOR VEHICLE-DEER CRASHES

69.0 percent of the vehicles involved in vehicle-deer crashes in 2008 were passenger cars.

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1,648 people were injured and 12 people were killed as a result of those collisions. All motor vehicle-deer involved crashes peaked during the 6:00 PM 8:59 PM time period. Fatal deer crashes occurred during the 6:00 PM - 11:59 PM and 3:00 AM - 8:59 AM time periods. The top ten counties, each experiencing over 1,260 vehicle-deer crashes in 2008, were: Jackson 2,148, Kent 2,062, Oakland 1,859, Calhoun 1,773, Montcalm 1,581, Eaton 1,510, Ingham 1,503, Lapeer 1,364, Clinton 1,322, and Genesee 1,263. 26,137 (43.0%) of all reported motor vehicle-deer collisions occurred during the fourth quarter of the year.

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Michigan Department of State Police Criminal Justice Information Center - Traffic Crash Statistics (517) 322-1150 Office of Highway Safety Planning - Traffic Safety Programs (517) 333-5306 WWW.MICHIGAN.GOV/OHSP

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