§ Mr. Bakerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers and farm workers were killed while driving agricultural tractors in England and Wales in each of the past five years to the nearest convenient date; and how many were seriously injured in the same period.
§ Mr. John MackieThe numbers of drivers killed or injured by overturning tractors are as shown below. The information about injuries is derived from claims for Industrial Injuries benefit and so does not include employers. The available statistics on other types of tractor accident do not show how many of those killed or injured were driving at the time.
Killed Year Farmers (including Contractors) Farm Workers Seriously Injured* 1962 … 20 18 89 1963 … 5 20 102 1964 … 9 21 91 1965 … 13 22 73 1966 … 7 31 82 * Involving absences from work of more than 3 days.