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Cars vs. moose

Each dot marks the location where a motorist hit a moose in the year ending Sept. 1, 2015.

There were 327 moose-vehicle collisions in this period, 55 of which resulted in human injuries, including one fatality. About a third of all collisions occurred between 8 and 10 p.m.

Mouse over the points in the map for additional details on each crash from police reports.

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Daytime crashes (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
Evening crashes (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
Nighttime crashes (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.)
SOURCE: Maine DOT INTERACTIVE: Christian MilNeil

June is the most common month for moose crashes (76 collisions this year) and there were no reported car-moose collisions in March:

SOURCE: Maine DOT INTERACTIVE: Christian MilNeil