The comparison of number of deaths in accidents with the agriculture and forestry tractors among European countries

Abstract

Agricultural and forestry tractors are very often involved in accidents with overturning because of their construction with a high centre of gravity. Such accidents are caused by various factors such as drivers, vehicles, driving conditions, or landscape/terrain. The data related to the number of deaths in accidents with agriculture and forestry tractors was collected from several European countries. The landscapes (or terrain) of the countries for tractor traffic was assessed by the coefficient of the topography and the economic development level of the countries was evaluated in terms of the GDP. The correlation analysis among the factors showed us that neither the relief of the country landscape nor the economic development level of the countries have a significant influence on the number of deaths in such accidents. The essential influence is in the legislation for the tractors and drivers. The comparison of three countries (Austria, Slovenia, and Serbia) showed the implementation of legislation in this area and time are needed for reducing the number of deaths by half.

Evaluation of occupational accidents in forestry in Europe and Turkey by k-means clustering analysis

“…With respect to the countries in Cluster 2, there are several differences among them regarding economical and topographic conditions. Bernik and Jeroncic (2011) accidents in 22 European countries between 1990 and 1999. According to their analysis, these factors had no significant impacts on the incidence rate.…”

“…The results of their study revealed that Sweden had the lowest numbers in this regard. In another study, the number of fatal tractor accidents in the agriculture and forestry sector among EU countries was compared (Bernik and Jeroncic, 2011). Suchomel et al (2013) compared Austria, Slovakia, and the Czechia with regard to the forestry, agriculture, and fishing sectors by considering the fatal accident rates, concluding that Austria had the highest rates.…”