Kerr County Road and Bridge is urging drivers around the area this month to pay attention and watch out for crews busy mowing along county roadways.

Each year in the United States, an estimated 15,000 total collisions occur between motorists and slow-moving farm and maintenance vehicles, including tractors equipped with roadside boom or rotary mowers, according to the National Safety Council.

Additionally, 50 fatalities of tractor and mower operators occur each year as a result of collisions with motor vehicles or trains, the NSC said.