I ran over a deer carcass on the highway (mildy graphic pics) - Toyota Yaris Forums

CtrlAltDefeat · 09-28-2010, 05:12 AM

Well on the highway home tonight, I hit a deer carcass. There was a dead deer lying right in the middle of the lane of the 65mph highway and I ran over it, most likely doing 70mph. I didn't see the damn thing until I was right on it, and between all the blood that was on it, and its color it looked like a much smaller animal, which is why I tried to straddle it, rather then swerve. Thinking back on it, swerving might have been the worse decision, as hitting it with one of my wheels might have caused more damage and for me to lose control. As it sits the damage looks like its located entirely in the frame which holds the radiator/aircon radiator/fan at the bottom. Also destroyed one of my fog lights which I just put in. I haven't had time to look at it thoroughly, as i need to clean it off first. It seems to be drivable, and tracks straight, so hopefully its fixable. My main worry is the deductible and my insurance rates, as I have super expensive rates as it is. I plan on taking it to get estimates, and if the estimate is any where near the deductible, I'm just going to get it fixed, or possibly fix it myself if I can get the parts.

chrisj · 09-28-2010, 05:57 AM

That's terrible. The damage is bad looking, but the underneath looks like something out of a "Saw" movie. :/ Hope it doesn't cost a fortune to get fixed. You need to find some way of lifting it and jet-spraying the underside. I think I'm sick now... Sux to see any car damaged like that, since this could happen to anyone. I live in Ky. and there's stuff all over the road all the time.

BLH · 09-28-2010, 06:09 AM

Bummer.
Here in CT. I have had deer cut in front of me and race down the road parallel to me.
No fun.
Hope it does not cost too much to fix.

krolos · 09-28-2010, 07:58 AM

Dead deer on the road when dark can be hard to see sometimes even at slow speeds,
had a few close calls myself.
It seems like it is just a matter of time when we are going to have close
encounter with Deer, for those of us who live in Deer Country.

henry33 · 09-28-2010, 08:29 AM

that have to be real bang
luckily you didn't loose control, over the car should be worse.
what insurance do you have ?
I pay 260 Euros per year and If I make some crash etc I have to pay 165 Euros but the rest is covered by insurance ;)

DebbyM46227 · 09-28-2010, 08:32 AM

Yuck to that bloody picture! And so sorry this happened to you.

STC · 09-28-2010, 08:54 AM

Wow... must of been a large deer! Very difficult to see in nightime with glare and other factors.

Here in central PA I'm always dodging dead and alive deer!

Cheers!

ROCKLAND TOYOTA · 09-28-2010, 10:39 AM

i did same thing WITHOUT the damage but my GT SPEC bars will never be the same again!!! also being my lazy self i didn't clean off the meat and it started to smell after a week........

suckerface · 09-28-2010, 11:24 AM

Major bummer! Hope you get it all figured out without too much money sunk into it. Accidents like this suck during harsh economic times.

maxxman420 · 09-28-2010, 12:26 PM

gnarly man just like final destination "deer edition"

henry33 · 09-28-2010, 01:08 PM

luckily the yaris did not activate the airbags since it have smart ecm :)

toad · 09-28-2010, 03:51 PM

sorry to hear about the damage to your car. you're probably right, however. you did the best thing at that speed by just hitting it instead of trying to swerve.

i will tell you that this time of year it's common to see deer(both dead and alive) in the roadways due to the hunting season opening up. in indiana the youth season opened last weekend and the regular season opens october 1st. the deer are 'spooked' from people suddenly invading their space and shooting at them. many times they will just run as far and fast as they can to escape without regard to traffic, etc.

sickpuppy1 · 09-28-2010, 06:36 PM

Most of the family on my Mothers side are farmers and ranchers in mid Missouri. One uncle in particular has a large section/acreage on his property that is dense woods. This time of year it is LOADED with deer. We all swear they know he doesnt allow hunting on his property and come there to hang out till its over. The woods border his fields, so at night they come out in droves. Really cool to watch. But it also borders highway 19, which is a twisty-turn and ya rerally gotta watch it there cause they jump the road at all hours of the day, and sometime in groups of 10 to 15!

why? · 09-28-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by henry33

that have to be real bang
luckily you didn't loose control, over the car should be worse.
what insurance do you have ?
I pay 260 Euros per year and If I make some crash etc I have to pay 165 Euros but the rest is covered by insurance ;)

that sounds insanely cheap. i wish i could pay that little.

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Originally Posted by sickpuppy1

Most of the family on my Mothers side are farmers and ranchers in mid Missouri. One uncle in particular has a large section/acreage on his property that is dense woods. This time of year it is LOADED with deer. We all swear they know he doesnt allow hunting on his property and come there to hang out till its over. The woods border his fields, so at night they come out in droves. Really cool to watch. But it also borders highway 19, which is a twisty-turn and ya rerally gotta watch it there cause they jump the road at all hours of the day, and sometime in groups of 10 to 15!

I am sure they do know. but man if that isn't enough of a reason we should be mass farming them. Venison on every table!

JumpmanYaris · 09-29-2010, 12:01 AM

That will buff out, So you killed a already dead deer? j/k j/k
Sorry about ur car man,

henry33 · 09-29-2010, 04:35 AM

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that sounds insanely cheap. i wish i could pay that little.

Here is normal to pay so cheap in other Europe countries the insurance cost fortune

CtrlAltDefeat · 10-01-2010, 03:25 PM

Well Sayuki is in for repair... looks like Bambi did about $2k worth of damage. kinda irked that my fogs are broken and Garm doesn't sell the yellow ones any more. They are going to take that out of the deductible which is nice, but now I don't have any fogs again.

If I buy new ones someday, I'll have to install them again... they should pay me for my labor too. I wonder if they will remove the wires/lamps...

Any ways, the rental place gave me a bottom-of-the-barrel hyundai accent which I hate. It's an auto, feels like its on stilts, and accelerates like old people screw. Why would they build a 4 door car with manual locks and no keyhole on the outside?? Whatever the case, I miss my Yaris, and she won't be back until around Oct 11th

bkndacn · 10-01-2010, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CtrlAltDefeat

Why would they build a 4 door car with manual locks and no keyhole on the outside??

Wait..... How do you get in the car?? lol

09-28-2010, 05:12 AM	#1
CtrlAltDefeat I ♥ Yaris View User's Garage Drives: Black 08 LB MT & red 97 Miata Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,313	I ran over a deer carcass on the highway (mildy graphic pics) Well on the highway home tonight, I hit a deer carcass. There was a dead deer lying right in the middle of the lane of the 65mph highway and I ran over it, most likely doing 70mph. I didn't see the damn thing until I was right on it, and between all the blood that was on it, and its color it looked like a much smaller animal, which is why I tried to straddle it, rather then swerve. Thinking back on it, swerving might have been the worse decision, as hitting it with one of my wheels might have caused more damage and for me to lose control. As it sits the damage looks like its located entirely in the frame which holds the radiator/aircon radiator/fan at the bottom. Also destroyed one of my fog lights which I just put in. I haven't had time to look at it thoroughly, as i need to clean it off first. It seems to be drivable, and tracks straight, so hopefully its fixable. My main worry is the deductible and my insurance rates, as I have super expensive rates as it is. I plan on taking it to get estimates, and if the estimate is any where near the deductible, I'm just going to get it fixed, or possibly fix it myself if I can get the parts. Attached Images __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. - Bertrand Russell

09-28-2010, 05:57 AM	#2
chrisj Hooch Brewer-Shine Sipper View User's Garage Drives: 2009 5-dr LB Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: S. Jesus, Kentucky Posts: 646	That's terrible. The damage is bad looking, but the underneath looks like something out of a "Saw" movie. :/ Hope it doesn't cost a fortune to get fixed. You need to find some way of lifting it and jet-spraying the underside. I think I'm sick now... Sux to see any car damaged like that, since this could happen to anyone. I live in Ky. and there's stuff all over the road all the time. __________________

09-28-2010, 08:54 AM	#7
STC "LibertyRides!" View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Yaris 3Dr LB \| 2020 Stang Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 576	Wow... must of been a large deer! Very difficult to see in nightime with glare and other factors. Here in central PA I'm always dodging dead and alive deer! Cheers! __________________ ~ Mark ~ 2010 Yaris 3-Dr Liftback, 5-Speed Manual, P185/60R 15, Bayou Blue Pearl I Love my YARIS - (Click below to see Gaslog): Most miles Tank: 538 tank/10.148 gal = 53.015 MPG / Most MPG: 54.95 MPG (ethanol) 425 tank/7.73 gal "The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people." -- Frank Kent

09-28-2010, 10:39 AM	#8
ROCKLAND TOYOTA TRIM HUNTER View User's Garage Drives: 2007 BLAZIN BLUE YARIS 3 DR Join Date: May 2006 Location: ROCKLAND COUNTY NY Posts: 2,088	i did same thing WITHOUT the damage but my GT SPEC bars will never be the same again!!! also being my lazy self i didn't clean off the meat and it started to smell after a week........ __________________ http://rocklandtoyota.com/IFrame.aspx?iFrameID=2388 TOYOTA PARTS AT A DISCOUNT........

09-28-2010, 11:24 AM	#9
suckerface #1 Lemming Drives: Light Blue '08 Yaris Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 760	Major bummer! Hope you get it all figured out without too much money sunk into it. Accidents like this suck during harsh economic times. __________________

09-28-2010, 06:09 AM	#3
BLH Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CT Posts: 271	Bummer. Here in CT. I have had deer cut in front of me and race down the road parallel to me. No fun. Hope it does not cost too much to fix.

09-28-2010, 07:58 AM	#4
krolos Drives: 2008 yaris sedan Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: wa state Posts: 90	Dead deer on the road when dark can be hard to see sometimes even at slow speeds, had a few close calls myself. It seems like it is just a matter of time when we are going to have close encounter with Deer, for those of us who live in Deer Country.

09-28-2010, 08:29 AM	#5
henry33 Drives: yaris1.33 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: slovakia Posts: 425	that have to be real bang luckily you didn't loose control, over the car should be worse. what insurance do you have ? I pay 260 Euros per year and If I make some crash etc I have to pay 165 Euros but the rest is covered by insurance ;)

09-28-2010, 08:32 AM	#6
DebbyM46227 View User's Garage Drives: 2017 Yaris IA, Pulse Red, Auto Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 538	Yuck to that bloody picture! And so sorry this happened to you.

09-28-2010, 12:26 PM	#10
maxxman420 prop215. Drives: Toyota Yaris LB Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 52	gnarly man just like final destination "deer edition"

09-28-2010, 01:08 PM	#11
henry33 Drives: yaris1.33 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: slovakia Posts: 425	luckily the yaris did not activate the airbags since it have smart ecm :)

09-28-2010, 03:51 PM	#12
toad Drives: street-legal go-kart Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: bowser's castle Posts: 627	sorry to hear about the damage to your car. you're probably right, however. you did the best thing at that speed by just hitting it instead of trying to swerve. i will tell you that this time of year it's common to see deer(both dead and alive) in the roadways due to the hunting season opening up. in indiana the youth season opened last weekend and the regular season opens october 1st. the deer are 'spooked' from people suddenly invading their space and shooting at them. many times they will just run as far and fast as they can to escape without regard to traffic, etc.

09-28-2010, 06:36 PM	#13
sickpuppy1 Drives: 2010 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 871	Most of the family on my Mothers side are farmers and ranchers in mid Missouri. One uncle in particular has a large section/acreage on his property that is dense woods. This time of year it is LOADED with deer. We all swear they know he doesnt allow hunting on his property and come there to hang out till its over. The woods border his fields, so at night they come out in droves. Really cool to watch. But it also borders highway 19, which is a twisty-turn and ya rerally gotta watch it there cause they jump the road at all hours of the day, and sometime in groups of 10 to 15! __________________

10-01-2010, 03:25 PM	#17
CtrlAltDefeat I ♥ Yaris View User's Garage Drives: Black 08 LB MT & red 97 Miata Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,313	Well Sayuki is in for repair... looks like Bambi did about $2k worth of damage. kinda irked that my fogs are broken and Garm doesn't sell the yellow ones any more. They are going to take that out of the deductible which is nice, but now I don't have any fogs again. If I buy new ones someday, I'll have to install them again... they should pay me for my labor too. I wonder if they will remove the wires/lamps... Any ways, the rental place gave me a bottom-of-the-barrel hyundai accent which I hate. It's an auto, feels like its on stilts, and accelerates like old people screw. Why would they build a 4 door car with manual locks and no keyhole on the outside?? Whatever the case, I miss my Yaris, and she won't be back until around Oct 11th __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. - Bertrand Russell