Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
J Agromedicine. 2024 Jul;29(3):504-507. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2024.2333552. Epub 2024 Mar 25.
Roadway incidents involving farm equipment is a growing area of concern among agricultural safety and health and public health professionals. The aim of this project was to evaluate the usefulness of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and analyze the number of roadway fatal incidents that involve farm equipment. Data collected from the FARS through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was used to summarize roadway incidents involving farm equipment. Cases from five midwestern states were analyzed from January to December 2020 using SPSS. Incidents involving farm equipment resulted in 25 cases with Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin all reporting six cases each. The most common manner of incidents were single-vehicle crashes and rear-ending incidents. Most of the events occurred during busy agricultural seasons, most often occurring in June and August with five cases each. The FARS dataset is a useful tool to identify cases, but it faces limitations, such as only reporting fatalities and lack of information on specific farm equipment involved in incidents. The results from the study are helpful to better understand roadway incidents and guide future intervention strategies.
道路事故涉及农业设备是农业安全和健康以及公共卫生专业人员日益关注的领域。本项目的目的是评估伤亡分析报告系统（FARS）的有用性，并分析涉及农业设备的道路死亡事故数量。通过国家公路交通安全管理局从 FARS 收集的数据用于总结涉及农业设备的道路事故。使用 SPSS 对来自五个中西部州的 2020 年 1 月至 12 月的案例进行了分析。涉及农业设备的事故导致 25 起案件，爱荷华州、密歇根州和威斯康星州各报告 6 起。最常见的事故方式是单辆汽车撞车和追尾事故。大多数事故发生在农业繁忙季节，最常见的是 6 月和 8 月，各有 5 起事故。FARS 数据集是识别病例的有用工具，但它存在局限性，例如仅报告死亡人数，以及缺乏有关事故中涉及的特定农业设备的信息。该研究的结果有助于更好地了解道路事故，并指导未来的干预策略。
