Deer Collision Season in New Hampshire

1 in 179, according to State Farm’s 2025-2026 analysis of animal collision claims, which ranks New Hampshire 32nd of 51 (the 50 states and the District of Columbia) and places it in the medium likelihood category. The national figure is 1 in 145. That is a higher likelihood than 1 in 189 in the 2024-2025 edition.

7 from 2015 to 2024, fewer than one a year, with 8 deaths, according to NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. That is 0.6 percent of all fatal crashes in the state, and 44th among the 50 states by count. FARS counts crashes with any animal, not deer alone.

Nationally, State Farm names November, October and December as the peak months for large animal collisions. New Hampshire recorded 7 fatal animal crashes across the ten years, too few to form a monthly pattern. The deer rut in New Hampshire runs November 15 to December 5. Peak, as the agency describes it: 3-week period starting around mid-November.

The deer rut in New Hampshire runs November 15 to December 5. Peak, as the agency describes it: 3-week period starting around mid-November. That is the timing the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department publishes, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ties the autumn collision peak to the rut, when deer are most active.

About an hour. On November 7, 2027, sunset in Manchester moves from 5:32 PM on the Saturday to 4:31 PM on the Sunday, computed with the U.S. Naval Observatory method.

Of New Hampshire’s 7 fatal animal crashes from 2015 to 2024, 14 percent happened in the dark and none at dusk or dawn, and 57 percent happened between 5 PM and midnight.

Moose cross New Hampshire roads in the White Mountains and the North Country, alongside the white-tailed deer found across the state.