A white tail deer fawn stands within the highway, Sept. 10, 2021, in Freeport, Maine.

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A white tail deer fawn stands within the highway, Sept. 10, 2021, in Freeport, Maine.

Robert F. Bukaty/AP

The finish of daylight saving time causes a 16% improve in collisions between deer and autos within the week after the time change, a new study shows.

These varieties of crashes peak in late October and November on account of much less daylight and fewer visibility for drivers, however these months are additionally mating season for deer, in order that they’re on the transfer far more typically.

About 2.1 million deer-vehicle collisions occur within the U.S. yearly. A everlasting transfer to sunlight saving time would scale back the crashes by about 1.7%, in line with the research. Such a transfer additionally would stop 2,054 human accidents, 33 human deaths, and $1.19 billion in damages every year. Conversely, a everlasting transfer to straightforward time would improve the situations of crashes by 3.5%.

The researchers examined about 1 million deer-vehicle collisions occurring between 1994 and 2021 and located that 76% of them occurred at nighttime.

Congress is considering making daylight saving time permanent. A 2019 ballot from the Associated Press confirmed that 31% of Americans had been in favor of getting DST year-round, whereas 40% supported having commonplace time year-round. 28% voted for switching between the 2.