Methods and systems for reducing vehicle and animal collisions

A method for reducing vehicle and animal collisions, the method comprising:

• receiving, with an electronic processor, a first set of vehicle data, wherein the first set of vehicle data is collected before an animal is in a path of a vehicle;
• determining, with the electronic processor, a current collision risk of the vehicle based on the first set of vehicle data, the current collision risk representing a probability of a future collision between the vehicle and an animal;
• adjusting, with the electronic processor, a collision parameter of the vehicle based on the current collision risk;
• after adjusting the collision parameter of the vehicle,
• receiving, with the electronic processor, a second set of vehicle data, the second set of vehicle data collected after adjusting the collision parameter of the vehicle;
• identifying, with the electronic processor, that an animal is in the path of the vehicle based on the second set of vehicle data;
• and
• in response to identifying the animal in the path of the vehicle, automatically performing, with the electronic processor, a vehicle operation based on the adjusted collision parameter.