Hjortesæson: Every fifth has been in close encounter

If your daily pendlerrute goes through a forest or across a meadow, it might in this time be an additional good idea to slow down a little and consider what you will do if a buck suddenly jumps out in front of the car.

Hjortevildt is according to the Danish Nature agency particularly active in april and may, and therefore it is also the high season for the rear-end in traffic.

In may last year was the Protection of Animals contacted 1087 times because of påkørte deer and fallow deer, and the month was thus just under 10 percent of the total 10.445 accident, which was reported last year.

It shows statistics, as Gjensidige Insurance has been obtained by the Protection of Animals, and Ekstra Bladet have seen.

According to a study by Kantar Gallup has made for the insurance company, it is far from uncommon to have encountered a deer or other game animals in the traffic.

nearly one in five of the 1075 danes, who participated in the survey, have tried the collision with a wild animal, and another 17 percent have been close to. Looking isolated at the regions, draws respondents from especially the Mid - and north Jutland the average up.

a total of 27 percent has thus tried to a collision with a game animal in north Jutland, while almost every fourth midtjyde have been exposed to the same experience.

Not surprisingly, will be the lowest number of deer hit on the roads - here has only 14 percent tried to hit a wild animal.

If you påkører an animal and thereby kills it, need to call Falck. Are the animal rather injured, it is the control center of Animal Protection, one must have a hold of on the telephone 1812.

Here saw last year a big increase in the number of inquiries. They 10.445 reported events was 20 percent above the level in 2017, where the control center noted 8653 rear-end.

At Gjensidige Insurance advise skadedirektør Henrik Sagild the danes to prepare, what to do in case of an accident.

- Brake down hard, hold the steering wheel and avoid as far as possible to make an evasive manoeuvre, as it can lead to an even more dangerous situation, if you collide with a tree or another car driver, he says in a press release.

in addition to the spring months are October, november and december high season for the rear-end. 35 percent of the incidents, such as the Protection of Animals was made aware of last year, occurred in the course of the three months.