September 09, 2025 | Roads Policing and Safety Cameras , Road Traffic Collisions
Request Number: FOI/15567
Category: Roads Policing and Safety Cameras - Road Traffic Collisions
Subject: Road Accidents involving Deer
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.
Request
Can you tell me how many road accidents involving deer there have been in Northern Ireland over the past five years?
Answer
For the latest available 5 year period, 1st July 2020 to 30th June 2025, there were 18 injury involved collisions where the principal causation was recorded as being an animal on the carriageway and that animal was a deer.
Information relates to injury involved collisions reported to police. Data for the period 1st April to 30th June 2025 is provisional and subject to change.