FARM TRACTOR UPSET ACCIDENT SURVEY

FIFTY-SIX QUESTIONNAIRES CONCERNING TRACTOR UPSET ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN NEBRASKA DURING 1966 AND PART OF 1967 ARE THE BASIS OF THIS PRELIMINARY PROGRESS REPORT. THESE QUESTIONNAIRES ARE SUMMARIZED INTO STATISTICAL DATA SUCH AS INJURIES, SPEEDING, DRUNKENESS, ETC. THE FINDINGS WILL HELP DETERMINE THE TYPE OF TRACTOR UPSET ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR ON FARMS AND HIGHWAYS AND WILL LEAD TO RESEARCH REGARDING FORCES EXERTED ON A CAB OR ROLL BAR DURING AN UPSET. SOME MAJOR CONCLUSIONS ARE: (1) UPSETS INVOLVED ALL DIFFERENT MODELS AND SIZES OF TRACTORS, (2) 36% OF THE OPERATORS WERE UNDER 20 YEARS OF AGE, (3) 20% OF THE OPERATORS WERE NOT EXPERIENCED, AND (4) NEARLY 75% OF THE TRACTORS HAD NARROW FRONT ENDS. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 22 Pp, 44 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  Department of Civil Engineering, Nebraska Hall
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68588-0531
• Authors:
  • Schnieder, R D
• Publication Date: 1967

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Farm tractors; Injuries; Knowledge; Overturning; Questionnaires; Speed; Vehicle characteristics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experience
• Old TRIS Terms: Upsetting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220815
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1970 12:00AM