Accidents
Her some accidents involving tractors without a TractorBumper
Accident Winterswijk (Read here)
Frontal collision Roosendaal
Deadly accident Biddinghuizen (Read here)
Frontal collision Mierlo (Read here)
Deadly accident Ederveen (Read here)
Frontal collision Oldehove (Read here)
Frontal collision Laren (Read here)
Serious accident Wiuwert, Friesland (Read here)
Some facts ….
… In the Netherlands, an average of 16 people are killed and 100 seriously injured each year in accidents involving agricultural vehicles.
… the total of 116 road traffic victims were travelling with the following means of transport: 50 (Car or van), 18 (Moped or scooter), 17 (Bicycle), 12 (Motorcycle or scooter), 14 (Agricultural vehicle) and 5 victims with another type of vehicle.
… most victims are not the drivers of agricultural vehicles, but the ‘other party’ (an average of 13 dead and 89 seriously injured per year)
… accidents involving an agricultural vehicle are three times more likely to be fatal than accidents involving a passenger car and one and a half times more likely to be fatal than accidents involving a heavy commercial vehicle (lorry, truck with trailer or bus)
… 26% of accidents involving an agricultural vehicle occur within built-up areas and 74% outside built-up areas? In the majority of cases, these are municipal roads or roads belonging to a water board.
… in fatal accidents the cyclist has the highest share with 21%, followed by the motorcycle/scooter with 19%
Our sources are:
- Investigation by the research council
- Report ‘Traffic accidents involving (agricultural) vehicles’, Thematic research, The Dutch Safety Board, The Hague
- Report on Road Safety of Agricultural Vehicles 1987 – 2010, Wageningen University, Department of Environmental Sciences