[fishnguy]

Originally Posted by muirsy

How many people are hurt or killed in collisions with moose each year?

I'm having a hard time believing that the number is high enough that it's even an afterthought when making management decisions.

If anyone could provide data, I'd happily change my mind.

I very much doubt they’d be “culling” moose due to the collisions with vehicles. But here is some data:

According to Alberta Transportation, the most recent confirmed statistics indicate that vehicle/wildlife collisions within Alberta are on the rise; 5,997 1 collisions were recorded in 1991 and 16,322 1 in 2008, which indicates an increase in occurrence of almost 170% for that time period. 15,950 of the vehicle/wildlife collisions in 2008 caused property damage, 363 caused injuries, and 9 were fatal. The total numbers for 2008 came to 9 fatalities, 498 injuries, and a total cost of $240 million 2 in damages.

Alberta Transportation found that deer were most commonly reported as the animals involved in these collisions (involved in 85% of reported incidents), then moose (11%), bear (2%), and then of other types of animals (2%).

Source: https://www.alces.ca/references/down...Amy_Carter.pdf

More data:



And some other provinces hard stats and info for comparison:







Source: https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transpo...istical-review