Which Dutch animals die by traffic?

This video from the USA says about itself:

The Oregon Department of Transportation works with partner agencies to protect motorists and wildlife from collisions at wildlife crossing hotspots.

Dutch natural history site waarneming.nl has a list of the ten animal species most often reported as mortal victims of traffic.

Some remarks on this roadkill “Top Ten”: probably, small animals are reported less than bigger species victims, and common species are under-reported, contrary to “spectacular” rare species.

The list (translated from Dutch):

1 Hedgehog – Erinaceus europaeus 6073
2 Polecat – Mustela putorius 1303
3 Hare – Lepus europaeus 1057
4 Barn owl – Tyto alba 633
5 Common toad – Bufo bufo 614
6 Red fox – Vulpes vulpes 559
7 Beech marten – Martes foina 508
8 Rabbit – Oryctolagus cuniculus 499
9 Brown rat – Rattus norvegicus 435
10 Red squirrel – Sciurus vulgaris 354

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