A woman was injured when her vehicle rolled on its side after she swerved to avoid a deer, according to state police.

The driver of a sport-utility vehicle swerved to avoid a deer just before noon Friday on Marwood Road in Cabot, causing her vehicle to travel up an embankment and roll onto its passenger side, state police said.

The female driver complained of shoulder pain and was not taken to a hospital. The vehicle was towed from the scene.

In a Thursday press release, the Pennsylvania Game Commission advised motorists to slow down and stay alert as deer will be increasingly active at this time of year. Further, daylight-savings time will soon put more vehicles on the road during the hours when deer move most, the release continued.

“While the peak of the rut still is a few weeks off, deer already have ramped up their activity and are crossing roads more frequently,” said Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans in the release. “While motorists — at all times of year — should remain alert while driving and be on the lookout for whitetails, it’s especially important now and in the coming weeks.”

A recent report shows Pennsylvania led the country in animal-collision insurance claims in the fiscal year 2020-21. Further, Pennsylvania drivers, according to the report, have a 1-in-54 chance of a vehicular accident involving a big game animal — one of the highest rates nationwide.

The Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Friday accident.