A defensible ROI framework for internal budget justification. Wildlife Shield Systems™ delivers measurable corridor-level value that compounds over time.
System ROI reflects avoided costs across government, insurance, and public safety budgets, evaluated using conservative corridor-level assumptions.
Wildlife Shield™ Systems is designed to deliver system-level economic value by reducing exposure to wildlife-vehicle collisions across unfenced, high-risk corridors. The economic case is evaluated using the same frameworks applied by transportation agencies, insurers, and infrastructure planners—including:
Baseline collision frequency assumptions (5–10 wildlife-vehicle collisions per kilometre per year on high-risk corridors) are drawn from provincial hotspot data and published wildlife-vehicle collision research.
All figures presented use conservative assumptions grounded in corridor hotspot data and published wildlife-vehicle collision research. No assumptions of full mitigation, permanent behavior change, or infrastructure replacement are included.
Wildlife-vehicle collisions are not isolated incidents—they are recurring infrastructure costs that compound year after year across transportation corridors.
Every high-risk corridor creates predictable, measurable financial burdens across multiple budget lines:
Wildlife Shield Systems™ is designed to reduce exposure to these recurring losses by shifting wildlife behavior away from roadside forage zones—creating a quantifiable return on investment that is defensible in procurement reviews, budget cycles, and multi-year infrastructure planning.
The following estimates represent conservative avoided-cost ranges per kilometre per year on documented high-risk corridors. Cost categories reflect distinct budget impacts and are not double-counted.
At a Wildlife Shield™ service cost of Approx. $2,500 per kilometre per year (indicative service cost), avoided system costs substantially exceed service investment under conservative assumptions—producing 35×–90× system ROI.
Because wildlife-vehicle collisions recur annually on unfenced corridors, risk-reduction benefits also recur. Wildlife Shield Systems™ operates as an annual service, allowing avoided costs to accumulate over standard infrastructure planning horizons.
Wildlife-vehicle collisions are recurring events. Without intervention, high-risk corridors produce the same collision patterns year after year—creating a compounding financial burden.
Wildlife Shield Systems™ protection is also recurring, which means avoided costs accumulate over time:
Wildlife Shield™ service cost is fully justified by preventing just one collision per kilometre per year
The average wildlife-vehicle collision costs between $10,000–$50,000 when accounting for property damage, insurance processing, emergency response, and downtime. Many collisions exceed this range significantly.
Result: Under conservative assumptions, preventing approximately one wildlife-vehicle collision per kilometre per year is sufficient to justify the annual service cost—everything beyond that is net positive ROI.
Deployment is targeted to documented hotspot corridors where baseline collision frequency materially exceeds network averages. High-risk corridors typically experience multiple collisions per kilometre per year at baseline. Even a 30–50% reduction in collision frequency produces substantial avoided costs that exceed service investment by multiples.
Result: Wildlife Shield™ doesn't need to eliminate all collisions to deliver value—it only needs to reduce them at a rate that exceeds Approx. $2,500 per kilometre per year (indicative service cost) in avoided costs. This threshold is consistently exceeded in pilot corridors.
Most infrastructure investments require years to demonstrate ROI. Wildlife Shield™ produces immediate, measurable returns in year one—making it one of the most defensible corridor safety investments available to transportation authorities. This enables deployment within annual operating budgets rather than requiring multi-year capital infrastructure programs.