Deer are the subject of concern in today’s warning from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

According to the Department of Transportation’s announcement, June is the worst or next to worse month for deer-related car accidents. Their increased activity due to does looking for locations to give birth and fawns moving away from their mothers.

Law enforcement officials have joined in the warning, claiming that, in 2009 alone, 16,338 collisions with deer occurred in Wisconsin. In the highest accident-prone county, Dane County, 873 accidents were reported. In Shawano County, which ranks as third on the list of highest incident counties, over half of the total accidents in the county, 648, were because of crashes with deer.

Police want motorists to be especially careful during early morning hours and in the evening, as these times are markedly more active for deer, and making it more likely that a collision could occur. They advised that, if a deer is found by a road, blasting the vehicle’s horn in one long sound should be sufficient to scare the deer away from the road.

If you or someone you love has been injured on the road, contact the Wausau road defect attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ®, by calling 800-242-2874 to determine your legal options.