Agricultural Health and Safety Program

Agricultural Safety and Health Program (UCD)

The ASH program produces effective agricultural safety and health specialists who will serve California, Region IX, and US agriculture. The program’s objective is to train trainees with interdisciplinary skills in agricultural safety and health for application in both research and practice.

Automatic All-Terrain Vehicle Crash Detection

de Moura Araújo, G.
Farzaneh Khorsandi, PhD
Austin James Wald
Daniel Christopher Weatrowski
2023

All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) incidents are a major cause of injury and death in the United States (U.S.). For instance, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates a yearly average of 700 ATV-related fatalities and over 90,000 injuries. Although on-roadway crashes have significantly increased over the past years, ATV-related deaths are still predominant in off-road crashes. Most ATV off-road crashes result in traumatic injuries; the rider needs immediate care but cannot seek help because they are severely injured. Moreover, most of these crashes occur in isolated areas of hard...