A Summary of Roadway Accidents Involving Agricultural Machinery

Tractor accidents in Swedish traffic

“…In the present study, the most common traffic situations at the time of the accidents were turning at intersections, especially left-turn collisions, followed by crossroad and rear-end collisions. A similar pattern of accident situations is reported in other studies [2,7,9,12,14,33]. The left-turn collision occurs when the tractor operator is attempting to turn left as a motorist is passing.…”

Risk factors for a farm vehicle public road crash

“…Non-farm vehicle use of North Carolina public roads has increased in both number and variety over the last twenty years with the influx of over 2 million new residents Luginbuhl et al, 2003;NCOSPL, 1997NCOSPL, , 2000. Farm vehicles are now sharing once quiet, seldom traveled, two-lane rural roads with more and different types of non-farm vehicles (Glascock et al, 1995). Crash report data support the perspective that farm vehicle public road sharing is becoming a more complex social phenomenon (Batten, 2000).…”

“…Crash report data support the perspective that farm vehicle public road sharing is becoming a more complex social phenomenon (Batten, 2000). Passenger cars are most frequently involved in farm vehicle public road crashes, followed by trucks, then a number of other non-farm vehicle types (Glascock et al, 1995;Hughes et al, 2000). Passenger cars use public roads for such things as: taking children to school, commuting to work, and running errands.…”

“…Farm vehicle drivers encountering low and high levels of traffic density are associated with increased risk of a crash, but for different reasons (Satterthwaite, 1981). Speed often contributes to low traffic density crashes (Gerberich et al, 1995;Glascock et al, 1995). Public road conflict is associated more strongly with high traffic density crashes (Satterthwaite, 1981).…”

“…Farm vehicle public road crashes are a major safety concern for farmers driving farm vehicles on public roads Luginbuhl et al, 2003;NCDOL, 1999) even though farm vehicle public road crashes are a rare event, representing less than 1 percent of North Carolina annual public road crashes . Farm vehicle drivers appear at higher risk for a public road crash than non-farm vehicle drivers when exposure, i.e., vehicle miles traveled (VMT), is considered Glascock, et al, 1995). When a farm vehicle public road crash does occur, it is five times more likely to result in a fatality than a non-farm vehicle-type crash (American Trucking Associations, 2000).…”