{"id":285759,"date":"2026-09-14T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285759\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T14:18:10","slug":"more-than-17-deer-related-crashes-per-day-reported-in-2025-how-many-were-in-central-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285759\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 17 deer-related crashes per day reported in 2025; how many were in central PA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 There have been more than 6,300 deer-related crashes in Pennsylvania each of the last three years, data shows. How many were reported in central Pennsylvania in 2025?<\/p>\n

In 2025, there were 6,304 crashes caused by deer, which was lower than the 6,430 figure reported in 2024. That equals roughly 17 daily crashes caused by deer.<\/p>\n

The whitetail deer is considered the deadliest animal in Pennsylvania<\/a>, according to a survey publishsed in August. Between 2021 and 2025, deer have caused 78 fatalities due to crashes on Pennsylvania roadways.<\/p>\n

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Deer have caused nearly 80 fatal crashes on Pennsylvania roadways between 2021 and 2025 (PennDOT)<\/p>\n

Peaking at 26 in 2023, the numbers have come down each of the last three years, but have not fallen into single digits since 2022, according to PennDOT data.<\/p>\n

PennDOT data shows that more than 30,600 crashes were caused by deer in this same time frame, marking a fatality rate of 0.3%. However, from 2021-2025, around 6,850 crashes led to injury, or a little over 22% of total crashes.<\/p>\n

A map shared by the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP), there were 137 deer-related crashes in Dauphin County, finishing behind only Berks County (254), York County (249), and Lancaster County in the southcentral Pennsylvania area. <\/p>\n

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There have been more than 6,300 deer-related crashes in Pennsylvania each of the last three years, data shows. How many were reported in central PA in 2025? (County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n

As fall approaches and deer become more active, drivers are urged to slow down and stay alert, especially around dawn and dusk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 There have been more than 6,300 deer-related crashes in Pennsylvania each of the last three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-285759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}