The moose is common in Sweden, Norway, Finland, northern Russia, and Canada but does not appear in Denmark or Germany. Because of its heavy weight and tall legs, collisions with moose are particularly dangerous for the persons in a car.
Both Volvo and Saab have a tradition of taking moose crashes into account when building cars.
The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute has developed a moose crash test dummy called “Mooses”. The dummy (which is made with similar weight, centre of gravity and dimensions to a live moose) is used to recreate realistic moose collisions.