A cow can kick you and you can get injured, but it isn't anything close to like a horse kick that can easily instant KO or kill you if they hit somewhere vital

A cow can kick you and you can get injured, but it isn't anything close to like a horse kick that can easily instant KO or kill you if they hit somewhere vital and cows aren't nearly as aggressive. Cows are fairly gentle and docile despite their potential size. If someone does die from a cow, which is itself pretty rare, 9/10 times its from someone falling down and getting trampled from the cow being in a panic. It also partly depends on the size of the cow. Some regular jersey cow might weight 800 pounds but are still pretty broad so if they fall on you you aren't likely to be killed but of course you could be injured. However some holsteins are pushing 2,000+ pounds and could crush your bones if it fell on you. But cows aren't likely to tip over sideways in general, they have much better lateral movement of their legs than horses to stay steady. And if they start to slip or feel unsteady and can't keep themselves upright, they mostly just try to sit or drop down on their belly. It is why cow tipping doesn't work either which is kind of just a hollywood myth. If you did somehow manage to push a cow sideways enough for them to start tipping, which is already going to be incredibly difficult, they will eventually let their legs buckle beneath them and drop down to their stomach, and not fall over at full height with extended legs.