Off-highway vehicles (OHVs) are widely used in rural communities for recreation, work, and transportation, but their growing use also brings significant safety challenges. The NADO Research Foundation has released two resources that introduce key safety considerations and practical tools to help regional planners and safety advocates reduce OHV-related injuries. Whether someone is a rider themselves or interested in local OHV safety practices, these resources introduce essential safety and training resources and highlight various stakeholders’ roles for ensuring safer OHV experiences for riders.
Resource A: The NADO ATV and UTV Safety Resource Guide (PDF) outlines the different types of OHVs, and the roles various stakeholders play in ensuring rider safety. The resource guide pulls from the supplemental webinar, more information below, to provide an easy-to-read document that regional organizations, and other planners, can use to support ATV and UTV safety efforts.
Resource B: NADO hosted a webinar on understanding all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and utility task vehicles (UTV) risks and safety prevention on December 2. Please find the webinar recording here and the presentation here (PDF) where Dr. Aaron Yoder and Ellen Duysen from the University of Nebraska Medical Center discussed:
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- Leading crash factors for ATVs/UTVs, with emphasis on roadway-related incidents.
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- Data trends to guide infra structure improvements and crash prevention strategies.
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- Collaboration with community partners and enforcement agencies to promote education and compliance.
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- Evidence-based strategies and engineering countermeasures aimed at reducing crashes and fatalities.
This webinar and resource guide were produced with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development through a contract to provide technical assistance to rural communities. USDA is an equal opportunity provider.
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