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- Title
EVOLUÇÃO DA INTENSIFICAÇÃO DO TRÁFEGO E A INCIDÊNCIA DE ACIDENTES COM TRATORES AGRÍCOLAS NAS VIAS PÚBLICAS BRASILEIRAS.
- Authors
Corte Bellochio, Sabrina Dalla; dos Santos Alonço, Airton; Possebom, Gessieli; Gonçalves Lopes, Tiago
- Abstract
The increasing usage of agricultural machines, especially of tractors, in the search for the increase of the dominating surface, also intensified the propensity to accidents with these machines. Thus, the objective of this study was to calculate the evolution of the number of vehicles per kilometer on the Brazilian highways, from 1970 to 2015 and to interrelate with the accidents involving agricultural tractors, in the public roads. For this study, the Brazilian fleet of conventional vehicles and tractors was considered in this period of 45 years (1970-2015), as well as the extension in kilometers of Brazilian highways. In the last analyzed year (2015), a total of more than 1.72 million kilometers of roads and 43.5 million units of vehicles were observed. Compared to 1.13 million kilometers and 2.5 million vehicles in 1970, the growth of 52.21% and 16.8 times, respectively, demonstrate the traffic intensification. At the same time, the circulation of tractors on public roads also increased. This fact, together with the higher speed limits of the roads, the type and the width of the highways, increased the occurrence of accidents in these conditions. Among the accidents, the rear end collisions in tractors are highlighted, with higher indices evidenced. Although the number of accidents is lower, their severity shows 5 to 8 times more fatalities, compared with vehicles. Thus, the evolution was positive, with an increase in traffic intensification on Brazilian highways, but therefore, there is also an increase in the occurrence of accidents with agricultural machinery.
- Publication
Tecno-Lógica, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 2, p167
- ISSN
1982-6753
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17058/tecnolog.v22i2.11978