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<p>The Department does not hold information on what kind of animal is involved in
road accidents.</p><p> </p><p>The closest data we hold on this is the number of reported
road accidents where ‘animal in carriageway’ is recorded as a carriageway hazard.
This covers all animals (except ridden horses). This data is available by accident
severity in Great Britain in 2015 to 2017 and is shown in the following table.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>All
accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT Stats19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious accidents provided is as reported
by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number
of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries,
are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p>
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