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| backyard buck |
Two recent highway new reports involving three events:Hwy 417 blocked to traffic near Boundary Rd after two accidents Sunday
Ottawa Citizen By Kirstin Endemann November 6, 2011 OTTAWA — Highway 417 eastbound at Boundary ... vehicle accident involving a deer, Ontario Provincial Police reported. Two teens in hospital, and 4 taken in in a previous 3:00 a.m. incident.
Bear slams side of vehicle
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| spotted her across the road |
More common are car-deer collisions, and Bisson said two of those in Grenville County on the weekend also did not cause injuries.
The collisions both happened on Highway 416 on Sunday night, in the northbound lane about four kilometres north of Highway 401. The first was reported at 10 p.m. while the second happened a half hour later.
And another in Muskoka:
Women dies after colliding with moose
SHAWANAGA – A Hamilton woman died last Wednesday night after a collision with a moose.The accident happened on November 2 at 8:40 p.m. on Highway 69, three kilometers south of Bah Sa Gim Road.The roof was peeled off of her car. The moose found dead 25m away.
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| From the MTO |
A rate of 1 deer-car collision every 38 minutes and an average cost of $3171"
BTW This statistic is misleading. Most incidents occur in late spring and fall.
I'm not sure that fencing is the answer. I found some data on this web page:
The King's Highway: HIGHWAY FAQs
For example, Highway 17 is 2,000 km long.
| Q. | How many miles of highways make up Ontario's provincial highway system? |
| A. | The Ontario Government presently has 16,500 centre-line kilometers (10,248 miles) of roadway under its control. Until the municipal transfers of 1997-1998, Ontario had about 21,500 kilometers (13,354 miles) of provincial highways. |
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| This guy let me take an intimate photo |
Moose can weigh up to 600kg, according to Hinterland's Who's Who. For anyone who has driven through Algonquin Park you know that they do not fear you, and are drawn to the ditches. They will stand with front legs on one side of the road-side barrier, rear on the other.
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| Amazing creatures the moose |
Humans are so quick to take over the ecosystem, yet we have to respond to the natural cycle of the seasons. We know they are on the move, especially in November.
1 comment:
Fences would have to be very high to have any effect on deer. They are high-jumpers.
A person in a car wouldn't have much chance, hitting a moose. Like hitting a freight train.
I loved the video of the young moose in the mud.
Take care, Jenn!
— K
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