Highland drivers warned to be aware of deer on roads By Tom Ramage Published: 14:00, 23 December 2020 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Almost 1800 road accidents involving deer â the majority of them in the Highlands â were officially recorded in 2018 although tens of thousands more go unreported, according to a Government advisory group. Winter is a particularly dangerous time, when deer often move to lower ground for grazing and drivers face wet and icy driving conditions in poor light. Oh dear roe deer road deer Official figures recorded 1,756 collisions involving deer in 2018, an increase of more than a third over the last decade.