Farm Accidents

A Lancashire farmer has cheated death after crashing into an electricity pole and bringing down overhead electricity lines carrying 6,600 volts.  

1.5 tonnes of sugar pulp have caught fire at the British Sugar factory in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. 

A 10-year-old boy, Thomas Bull, was crushed to death by a quadbike after taking the vehicle without his parents’ permission, an inquest heard. 

The HSE has been notified of 13 farm deaths since 1st April, with eight deaths linked to transport.

A tractor driver has been airlifted to hospital following a crash in North Yorkshire.

Tributes have been paid to a six-year-old boy, Joe Hegarty, who was killed in a quad bike accident on a farm in Northern Ireland.

Police in Northern Ireland have launched an investigation into the death of a farmer and “much loved father of three” who died in a farm accident, following two other farm deaths over the past month. 

Following the release of the latest figures from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), which show that farming is the most dangerous profession in the UK, a personal injury lawyer said that more needs to be done to keep the industry safe. 

Two motorcyclists have been hospitalised following a crash involving a tractor. 

Family has paid tributes to a 65-year-old Welsh farmer who tragically died in a quadbike accident. 

The Health and Safety Executive has recently published its work-related fatality figures for 2023/24, which revealed that agriculture has the poorest safety record of any occupation in the country. 

A man in his 80s died following a collision with a tractor near the Somerset-Dorset border.