Study finds high risk of injury or death in motorcycle-deer collisions

LANSING

Motorcycles and deer don’t mix.

And motorcyclists are especially vulnerable to injury or death when they do, according to a recent study of a decade’s worth of crashes in Michigan.

“Deer represent a significant danger to motorcyclists, especially in rural settings during non-daylight hours,” the study said.

Not surprisingly, severe injuries and deaths were more than twice as common for unhelme…