Lucky escape caught on dashcam after deer collides with car on busy Scots road

A deer had a lucky escape when it bounded across a busy road in Aberdeen right in front of a car.

Jeffrey Wang was driving on the outskirts of the city when the animal bolted from trees at around 8pm on Wednesday.

The animal shot out in front of an approaching vehicle before making contact with a red car - but thankfully, neither the animal nor the driver appeared to be hurt in the incident. Jeffrey captured the action on the C89C road on his dashcam.

The piano teacher says: "I was driving home from work approaching the A944 road to leave Aberdeen. I was very startled by it, as there were a lot of unusual things about it: I'm used to seeing wildlife on the country roads when it's dark, so I'm usually on the lookout for it.

"But I'd never seen a deer run out onto the road in this area, which is an urban area, as well as being in broad daylight with a constant stream of cars on the road.

"My initial reaction was to slow down to make room for the deer, as I expected the deer to run past the back of the car, so I was quite shocked when it barged into the side of the vehicle.

"It does seem to have make brief contact with the car, but fortunately not enough to cause noticeable damage to the car or deer. The red car carried on driving as normal afterwards."

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