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Map points: NYSDOT FOIL crash records

Shows available government-reported motor-vehicle crashes involving deer or other animals. Not a complete wildlife mortality survey; absence of reported crashes does not establish absence of wildlife-road conflict. Individually geocoded under a provisional coordinate system, pending official NYSDOT confirmation. NY State DMV crash data (town/county/year counts, not individual locations) is shown separately in Area Insights, not plotted here.

Area Insights

Long Island

Wildlife Around Long Island

139 species in current map results

Long Island context

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Coexist Community · Community-submitted
External · GBIF
External · iNaturalist
About our wildlife data

iNaturalist: 279.8K observations

GBIF: 17.3M records

Some external biodiversity datasets may contain overlapping records. Source totals are shown separately and should not be added together as a count of unique wildlife sightings. GBIF and iNaturalist figures are their full all-time archive for Long Island, not just recent sightings.

GBIF, iNaturalist, eBird, and OBIS provide external biodiversity data across all of Long Island. Coexist's own community reporting pilot is based in Port Washington, NY, and is independent of that external coverage.

Wildlife + Roads

Reported Wildlife Roadkill & Collisions

Government-reported motor-vehicle crashes involving deer or other animals. Not a complete wildlife mortality survey. Sources are shown separately and may overlap. Counts are not combined.

NYSDOT FOIL

Points on map
  • 0 reported records in Long Island
  • Individually geocoded; provisional coordinates

Source: NYSDOT FOIL crash records

NY State DMV

Town-level context
  • 3,482 deer, 2,265 other animal
  • Long Island, New York (2021–2024)

Source: NY State DMV

Official/Public · NY State DMV

5,747 official animal-involved collision records · 2021–2024

Deer

3,482 · 61%

Other animals

2,265 · 39%

Trend by Year

  • 20211,356
  • 20221,226
  • 20231,538
  • 20241,627

Geographic Context

  • Suffolk County5,312
  • Nassau County435
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Why This Matters

Wildlife-vehicle collisions can affect both wildlife and human safety. Understanding where incidents occur can help identify areas that may warrant further investigation.

The NY State DMV totals above are published only as town/county/year counts, not individual locations, so they aren't plotted on the map. Individually geocoded crash records (NYSDOT, via a FOIL request) are the brown points shown on the map whenever the Wildlife + Roads layer is on. These are two separate government sources shown together for convenience; their counts are never added together.

Habitat

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Why Habitat Matters

Wildlife needs habitat for food, shelter, breeding, and movement. Connected natural areas can also help wildlife move as environmental conditions change, though roads and development can sometimes create barriers between them.

External · OpenStreetMap
Official/Public · USFWS

Why look at these together?

Wildlife information often lives across separate databases and reports. Coexist brings relevant wildlife, habitat, road, and community information together in one place.

Wildlife

Shows where animals have been documented.

Habitat

Helps provide context about where wildlife may live and move.

Roads + Infrastructure

Show where wildlife and human systems may interact.

Coexist brings these signals together to help people better understand wildlife-infrastructure interactions.

What We're Seeing

Wildlife observations and animal-related road incidents have both been documented in this area. Explore the map to see where wildlife, roads, and habitat occur.

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