Wildlife and roadkill.
by Lewis, 21 November, 2017, 1 comments
By 2016, some 36.7 million vehicles were registered for use on the roads of the U.K. Whilst sound statistics are available on human deaths from car / vehicle accidents , there is less reliable information on roadkill - the number of various animals killed on our roads each year. Some information can be found in government statistics (link opens a PDF file), which suggest that deer are the largest category of casualties - though foxes and badgers are not far behind.
Apart from the government stats, there are a number of other organisations like the People’s trust for endangered species (PTES) and Project Splatter that are trying to gather detailed information on roadkill, both have web sites and apps for recording details of roadkill. Read more...
