Edmund King, president of the AA, said the increase amounted to more than 1,400 deer being hit.<\/p>\n
“In the South East it’s quite prevalent, areas like East Sussex, East Surrey and parts of Kent where you’ve got a large wooded area near a large road,” he said.<\/p>\n
The increasing deer population makes incidents more likely, which is why many conservationists use culls to control numbers in an effort to limit environmental damage and car strikes.<\/p>\n
Some animal rights groups argue that culls are cruel and ineffective.<\/p>\n