Oh deer - the UK's deadliest roads for animals revealed

Staff writer
The bridge over the A1 in East Denton, Newcastle, where a 28-year-old man allegedly tried to push an on-duty police officer off onto the road.
The bridge over the A1 in East Denton, Newcastle, where a 28-year-old man allegedly tried to push an on-duty police officer off onto the road.

If your name begins with Bam and ends with Bi, you'd be best off avoiding the main trunk road between London and Edinburgh. The A1 topped the nation, with at least 112 animal deaths recorded on it in 2017.

The country as a whole is hitting more animals – the rate at which animals were killed by vehicles increased by more than 10 per cent over 2016. Figures of 138 animals killed each month in 2016 rose to 153 a month in 2017.

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