Man killed in Clergate quad bike crash
A man has been killed in a quad bike crash in NSW central west, the fourth quad bike fatality in less than three weeks. The man, believed to be aged in his 70s, was riding his quad bike at a property...
View ArticleWoman in hospital after quad bike crash
A 30-year-old woman has been taken to the Royal North Shore hospital following a quad bike crash in south-western New South Wales. The incident occurred at about 5 pm on Sunday. The woman was riding...
View ArticleFree quad bike safety training for NSW farmers
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean has announced that farmers across NSW will now receive free training and a helmet, in a major boost to the quad bike safety improvement program....
View ArticleNew campaign aims to prevent quad bike deaths
Reducing the number of quad bike related deaths and injuries is the aim of a confronting new advertising campaign set to be aired across regional NSW this week. The campaign follows a recent...
View ArticleNine-year-old boy hospitalised after quad bike crash in Victoria
A nine-year-old boy was flown to hospital after crashing his quad bike in north-east Victoria Sunday. The incident happened at a farming property, about 18km southeast of Wangaratta, shortly before...
View ArticleNine quad bike fatalities since start of 2017
Nine people have been killed in quad bike related incidents since the beginning of this year. According to Safe Work Australia figures, five of the fatalities have occurred in New South Wales while the...
View ArticleMan airlifted after quad bike crash
RACQ LifeFlight rescue helicopter airlifted a man from the South Burnett region after a quad bike crash about 1pm Sunday afternoon. The man, aged in his 30s, suffered a shoulder injury after being...
View ArticleBoy killed in quad bike crash
A young boy has been killed in a quad bike incident in south east Queensland. The 11-year-old died after a quad bike crash on a private property in Moore on Sunday afternoon. Police arrived at the...
View ArticlePair hospitalised after quad bike crash
Two people were flown to a hospital after crashing their quad bike into a tree in south-eastern New South Wales Monday afternoon. Ambulance paramedics assessed and treated the pair for suspected head...
View ArticleMan in hospital after quad bike crash
A man is in hospital in a serious condition after falling off his quad bike in South Australia. According to reports, the man was towing a trailer on a dirt track when the vehicle flipped on Saturday...
View ArticleNT man killed in quad bike crash
A man has been killed in a quad bike crash in the Northern Territory. The man in his 30s was riding a quad bike being driven by another man in Darwin River when the incident happened about 7 pm on...
View ArticleQuad bike rider airlifted after incident near Bidwill
A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was involved in a quad bike incident near Bidwill on Monday afternoon. The 47-year-old man was thrown from his quad bike after he collided with a tree,...
View ArticleNational Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes quad bike safety rating
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed a commitment from Consumer affairs Ministers from across Australia and New Zealand to take decisive action towards the instatement of a five-star...
View ArticleExperts call on Australian authorities to adopt US state’s quad bike law
Experts are calling on Australian authorities to adopt a US state’s law banning children from quad bikes. The law passed in 2010 by the US state of Massachusetts banned all children aged 13 or younger...
View ArticleVic man killed in quad bike rollover
WorkSafe is investigating after a man was killed in a quad bike incident in central Victoria. The man, aged in his 60s, died after reportedly rolling his quad bike while herding sheep on Thursday. He...
View ArticleFarmers receive $1m to improve quad bike safety
The NSW Government says farmers are safer after receiving $1 million in quad bike rebates from the state Government’s Quad Bike Safety Improvement Program. Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean said...
View ArticleMan in hospital after quad bike crash in South East Queensland
A man was taken to hospital Thursday evening after rolling his quad bike in south east Queensland. Paramedics were called to a property north east of Gatton just after 6pm following reports of a quad...
View ArticleNew quad bike safety taskforce established
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has formed a taskforce to consider options for improving quad bike vehicle safety under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). Minister for...
View ArticleQuad bike rider airlifted after incident near Tamworth
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter airlifted a man, aged in his 50s, to John Hunter Hospital following a quad bike crash in northern New South Wales Thursday. The man had been riding near Tamworth when his...
View ArticleQuad bike deaths this year surpass 2016 total
The number of quad bike deaths this year has already surpassed the total number of quad bike related fatalities for all of 2016. So far this year, 10 people have been killed in quad bike incidents in...
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