An Analysis of Crash Data and Safety Trends in ATV's and UTV's in Minnesota
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility task vehicles (UTVs) continue to remain under the radar as contributors to serious injuries and fatalities. In Minnesota, the number of deaths associated with ATVs averages about twenty annually. However, the number of serious injuries is even greater. Serious injury and fatal crashes have a significant impact not just on the individuals involved in the crashes, but their families and communities who bear the impacts of the aftereffects. Furthermore, these numbers are only those known to be reported in the motor vehicle crash data. There is the potential that the number of ATV- and UTV-involved crashes is greater when considering direct admissions to the hospital. Overall, the crash data trends are not fully understood. MnDOT is seeing an increasing trend in their occurrence, and they do not envision this trend de-escalating anytime soon. The topic of ATV/UTV has also been discussed with frequency in the Minnesota legislature. Therefore, this research seeks to better quantify the number and severity of crashes involving ATVs and UTVs as well as trends in this data. This in-depth analysis will methodically investigate the crash causals and circumstances that could then potentially inform education, policy, and perhaps engineering solutions to eliminate the serious injury and fatal crash occurrence.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $106,708.69
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Contract Numbers:
1058103 WO#1
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Sponsor Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 395 John Ireland Boulevard
St. Paul, Minnesota United States 55155-1899 -
Managing Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Blvd
St. Paul, Minnesota United States 55155 -
Performing Organizations:
Montana State University, Bozeman
College of Engineering
Bozeman, MT United States 59717 -
Principal Investigators:
Villwock-Witte, Natalie
- Start Date: 20260722
- Expected Completion Date: 20280229
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: All terrain vehicles; Crash analysis; Crash data; Crash severity; Data analysis; Safety analysis; Statistical trends
- Geographic Terms: Minnesota
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01999554
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 1058103 WO#1
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 18 2026 4:42PM