TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Characteristics of agriculture related motor vehicle crashes in rural New York State
JO  - Journal of agromedicine
A1  - Scott, Erika
A1  - Hirabayashi, Liane
A1  - Jones, Nathan
A1  - Krupa, Nicole
A1  - Jenkins, Paul
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <b>Objective</b>: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data have shown that agriculture, forestry, and fishing as an occupational group have the third highest rate of work-related roadway crashes. Agriculture-related crashes have been explored in the Midwest and South; however, we know little about agriculture-related crashes in the Northeast, especially in New York. <b>Methods</b>: To better understand this, researchers obtained motor vehicle crash data from 2010 to 2012 from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV). These data were then filtered to agriculture-related cases by both vehicle registration type and vehicle body type. <b>Results</b>: We identified 203 agriculture-related vehicle crashes, involving 381 vehicles and 482 people. Of the agriculture incidents, 91.6% caused property damage, while 36.0% caused injury. The case fatality rate for roadway vehicle crashes was nearly five times as great (2.0/0.4 = 5.00) for agriculture versus non-agriculture crashes (p = 0.0003). <b>Conclusion</b>: Using these data as a supplement to the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health's existing surveillance system provided information useful in setting priorities involving roadway safety.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1059-924X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2019.1623143
ID  - ref1
ER  -