Can you get rabies from running over a dead animal?

No: In a car? A person would not catch rabies by running over any animal, live, dead, or stuffed. However, a person can get rabies if she is bitten by an infected animal (or an infected person). A person can also catch rabies from an infected person or animal if the infected person's (or animal's) saliva gets into the non-infected person's eyes, nose, mouth, or skin wounds.