Journal article
Farm vehicle crashes on public roads: Analysis of farm‐level factors
The Journal of rural health, Vol.38(3), pp.537-545
09/24/2021
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12621
PMID: 34559912
Abstract
Purpose
Rural public roads experience higher crash fatality rates than other roadways, with agricultural equipment adding greater risk of injury and fatality. This study set out to describe farmers’ experiences with farm equipment crashes and predictors of crashes at the farm level.
Methods
A survey of farm operators was conducted in 9 Midwestern states (IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, and WI) in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistical Service.
Findings
From 1,282 farms operating equipment on public roads in 2013, 7.6% of farmers reported that equipment from their farm had ever been in a crash (n = 97). Crashes occurred most often in June-August (44.0%) and were most often reported as being during the daytime (71.3%), on dry roads (79.4%), or in clear weather (71.4%). While most farmers responded that they were driving the farm equipment at the time of the crash (52.0%), nearly half of crashes involved their employees as the driver (48.0%). Crashes often went unreported to law enforcement (28.6%).
Conclusion
To illustrate crash probabilities for farms with different profiles, we included farm acreage, crop farming, vehicle horsepower, annual miles driven, and the total number of farm vehicles driven on public roads in a predictive model. Large crop farms of 241+ acres, those who drove farm vehicles 1,430+ miles per year, and those with 20 or more farm vehicles had the highest probability of crash of 0.14.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Farm vehicle crashes on public roads: Analysis of farm‐level factors
- Creators
- Matthew McFalls - Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USAMarizen Ramirez - Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USAKarisa Harland - Department of Emergency Medicine University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City Iowa USAMotao Zhu - The Center for Injury Research and Policy Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Ohio USANichole L Morris - Road Safety Institute University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota USACara Hamann - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health The University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USACorinne Peek‐Asa - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health The University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of rural health, Vol.38(3), pp.537-545
- DOI
- 10.1111/jrh.12621
- PMID
- 34559912
- NLM abbreviation
- J Rural Health
- ISSN
- 0890-765X
- eISSN
- 1748-0361
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/24/2021
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Nursing; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984214815802771
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