Quad bikes still leading cause of farm deaths, says FarmSafe report

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Updated July 23 2020 - 12:36pm, first published July 22 2020 - 10:30am
Change: Australia has recorded 91 farm deaths and 203 injuries since 2019, with quad bikes and tractors still the leading causes of accidents. Farmers attitudes towards safe farming procedures are key to reduction.
Change: Australia has recorded 91 farm deaths and 203 injuries since 2019, with quad bikes and tractors still the leading causes of accidents. Farmers attitudes towards safe farming procedures are key to reduction.

Changing the culture relating to quad bikes is key to reducing death and injury on farms, says the latest FarmSafe report, where 22 per cent of all farming deaths in Australia since 2019 have involved this popular piece of farming equipment.

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