Studies on the Farm Fatal-accidents in Hokkaido

Part-2 General Aspects and Accidents on the Road

Abstract

All of farm fatal-injured accidents in 4 years during 1983 to 1990 occurred in Hokkaido were surveyed by interview. The results of the servey is divided two report, named part-2 and 3. In this part-2 report, the general aspects for all accident data and the detail of accident on the road were described. And following guidance principle against farm safety policy was pointed out.
1) The statistical analysis for the fatal-injured accidents showed that the number of injured by tractor over-turn or tumble down from road or farm field were largest case in every year, and number of injured by catch-in to machines, run-over by vehicle or pinch-in to machines are 2nd largest case.
2) The fatal-injured accident of road traffics were classified under the occurred location, month or operator's age. And guidance principle against safety was clarified.
3) The fatal-injured accident classified under the local area showed that the greater the rate of safety flame (ROPS) attached tractors, the smaller the rate of injured-accident and fatalinjured became.
4) The fatal-injured accidents of tractor tumble down from road were classified and analyzed. And main and 2nd reasons of accidents were clarified.
5) For the farm safety, the significant structural difference of farm tractor from an automobile must be known to farm tractor operators.