Rhode Island Transportation and Deer Archive -  Rhode Island

Drivers beware: Deer vs. car collisions on the rise, and this is prime season  October 26, 2022 Rhode Island, USA Today

... Last year, 1,285 deer were struck on Rhode Island roads, up from 1,163 in 2020 and 838 in 2019...  "In 2021, the number of reported deer auto strikes was equivalent to 59% of the total reported hunter harvest." ..,

RI DEM: Drivers beware of deer danger during mating season  October 25, 2021 Rhode Island, Providence Journal

... In 2020, there were 1,163 reported vehicle-deer collisions in Rhode Island, according to DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife. That was up from 838 in 2019...

Drivers beware; this is the busiest season for deer crashes October 13, 2020 Rhode Island, The Providence Journal

... Rhode Island drivers collided with deer more than 800 times last year ... Most of the crashes happen from October through December, according to AAA, between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m...

Good news: You have very little chance of crashing into a deer  October 4, 2011 Rhode Island, WPRI-TV 12

... there’s one thing you don’t have to worry too much about if you live in Rhode Island: dangerous deer...The chance of a Rhode Island motorist hitting a deer while on the road is 1 in 345, according to a study released this week by State Farm Insurance.  ...The biggest decline was in Vermont, down 24%....the number of deer-vehicle collisions nationwide fell in 2010-11 for the third year in a row to an estimated 1.09 million, down 9% from three years ago.