All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have become essential to country living, both for everyday chores and for rides just for the fun of it.

While ATVs are a trill to ride, they also can be dangerous. Between 1982 and 2015, 180 people died in Iowa in ATV accidents.

ATVs, an often generic term for all-terrain vehicles, off-road utility vehicles (UTV) and side-by-side utility vehicles, are fun and useful, and increasing in popularity for both reasons.

“They’ve become a valuable part of farm life,” says Dan Neenan, director of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) in Peosta....