Quad bike and OPD workplace safety survey report: results and conclusions

This project is the largest survey study carried out to date of the in-field workplace experiences of Quad bike riders in regard to their use of Operator Protective Devices (OPDs: a rollbar type device attached to the rear of a Quad bike) and Quad bike specific helmets for Australia, and includes New Zealand. This project provides considerable information regarding the use of OPDs and Quad bike specific helmets, and rollover and other crash events that has not previously been available. The objectives of this survey-based study project were primarily to identify if the fitment of OPDs caused harm to riders in a rollover crash in the workplace environment (farming, forestry, etc.), and to what extent are OPDs protective in rollover incidents involving Quad bikes. The survey study is comprised of responses from three workplace categories. The intention was to obtain the widest in-field exposure of Quad bikes fitted with OPDs in the workplace and that were involved in rollover incidents in order to detect if OPDs were being harmful in rollover incidents. The research team considered that if there were any incidents of OPDs causing serious injury to riders, this multifaceted method would reveal any such harmful trends. While various OPD devices were identified in the survey study, the focus of this study was on the most common and well-promoted OPD devices, the Quadbar and Lifeguard.

• Record URL:
  http://www.quadbike.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/uploads/Quad_Workplace_Safety_Survey_Report.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of New South Wales. Transport and Road Safety Research (TARS)

  Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
  Sydney, New South Wales   
• Authors:
  • Grzebieta, R
  • Boufous, S
  • Simmons, K
  • Hicks, D
  • Williamson, A
  • Rechnitzer, G
• Publication Date: 2017-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 157p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: All terrain vehicles; Computers; Helmets; Injuries; Installation; Motorcycles; Overturning; Prevention; Rural areas; Safety; Surveys; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crash helmets; Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Helmet; Injury prevention; Installation; Motorcycle; Off road vehicle; Online Survey; Overturning; Vehicle safety
• ITRD Terms: 1637: Overturning (veh)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01643889
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 21 2017 11:43AM