It must be tough to be a deer in West Virginia.

For the sixth consecutive year, WV was named the state where a driver could most likely be involved in a deer related vehicle collision. The study was conducted by State Farm based on insurance claims from the past calendar year.

Overall, 1.23 million deer-related collisions occurred in the last 12 months, up 8 percent compared to last year's total.

In WV, drivers have a 1 in 40 chance of hitting a deer while driving according to the study. This number is an increase compared to the 1 in 48 chance of hitting a deer while driving according to the 2011 study.

Click here to see the press release and the complete study conducted by State Farm.

"Last deer season was an extremely warm season across much of the country, and then we had a super, super easy winter," said Kip Adams, a director at the Quality Deer Management Association, in an interview with Bloomberg News. "We likely have more deer across much of the United States this year than we did last year."

The average number of deer's hit by drivers in the U.S. has also increased overall since 2010 as well according to State Farm. Drivers around the nation have an approximate 1 in 170 chance of hitting a deer while driving, compared to the 1 in 183 chance drivers had last year.  

2013 odds of deer-related vehicle collisions occurring in WV were also announced on Tuesday. Drivers in the state have a 1 in 103 chance of hitting a deer next year according to the Associated Press.

"We have known for quite a while that the frequency of auto insurance claims has been declining," said Chris Mullen, Director, Technology Research in the press release. "But whatever is causing that trend is obviously not impacting deer-related crashes."

Hawaii drivers have are the least likely to hit a deer while driving, as the state's odds were only listed at 1 in 6,801 according to State Farm.

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