Wildlife are definitely a danger for drivers in the more remote parts of the U.S.  Personally, I survived an elk collision unscathed, and with minimal damage to my car because she was trying to jump down from a cut in the side of a mountain.  She put a dent in my roof and smashed the windshield and one of the rear windows. On a level road I doubt it would have been a survivable crash.  Elk are very large animals.