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Farmers and rural business owners could be eligible for a new ACC subsidy designed to help make quad bikes safer with a Crush Protection Device (CPD).
A CPD is a kind of frame or roll bar that sticks up behind the quad rider’s seat, which leaves a space under the bike if it rolls over, hopefully minimising the risk of the driver being crushed.
Quad bike accidents currently kill five people a year on average, and there are more than 1000 ACC claims costing $12 million for work-related quad bike injuries annually. A new WorkSafe policy was announced in June, strongly recommending that CPDs were installed on all quad bikes used for work, which was followed by the introduction of the new $180 subsidy per CPD from ACC.
There are two CPDs currently on the market that are eligible for the subsidy, the LifeGuard and Quadbar, and livestock farmers and professional hunters and trappers can apply.
Info: search for ‘quad bike devices’ at worksafe.govt.nz or acc.co.nz
