Quad bike with crush protection Photo: supplied ACCOf the 35,000 farmers and businesses eligible to access a subsidy for crush protection devices for quad bikes, only 270 have taken it up. There were also seven fatalities as a result of quad bike accidents in 2020. Burton-Konia says ACC is of the view that a lot of quad bike fatalities could be prevented if they had crush prevention devices or roll-over bars fitted. ACC introduced a subsidy to farmers to provide a small financial incentive for them to put roll-over bars on their quad bikes in 2019, she says. There have been 74 workplace quad bike deaths since 2006.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 12, 2021 19:41 UTC