MITIGATION OF PERSONAL INJURIES CAUSED BY OVERTURNING OF FARMING TRACTORS

Farm tractors overturning caused an increasing number of serious injuries to farmers in Sweden after 1945. The annual fatality rate for farm tractor overturning was 12 per 100000 farmers in 1961 and 1 in 1981. The total injury rates were 20 and about 7 per 100000 for the same two years. "farmers" included males running their own businesses and their male relatives according to censuses. Mandatory rules prescribing a protective frame or a crushproof cab on new tractors were effective in 1959 and 1970 respectively. Supplementary rules for old tractors became effective in 1965 and 1983. At present all farm tractors which are occupationally used should be equipped with a crushproof cab. Injuries were registered within the national board of occupational safety and health. A few non-farming cases might have been included before 1972. However, the risk of a fatal overturning was reduced by about 90% and the risk of any reported injury by about 65%. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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  Tulane University

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• Authors:
  • Springfeldt, B
  • THORSON, J
• Conference:
  • 31ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Location: NEW ORLEANS LOUSIANA, United States
  • Date: 1987-9-28 to 1987-9-30
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 229-236
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, SEPTEMBER 28-30, 1987

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashworthiness; Farm tractors; Injuries; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 347: Agriculture; 3461: Bar; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 1602: Fatality; 3322: Frame; 2163: Injury; 1556: Legislation; 1637: Overturning (veh); 9149: Prevention; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 8109: Sweden; 1214: Tractor
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470465
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM