CSB - Lindy Nelson - Safer Farms

Farmers are being encouraged to install crush protection devices (CPDs) on their quad bikes to
help reduce harm on farm with the launch of the Safer Rides new incentive programme.
From 2019 to 2023, there were 22 quad bike-related fatalities in New Zealand, most involving
rollovers and steep grades.
Now, Safer Farms, Rabobank, ANZCO Foods, LIC, Craigmore Sustainables and PGG Wrightson
have teamed up with retailers Trax Equipment and Quadbar to offer a discount of up to 75 per
cent for the CPDs.
The devices provide space underneath an upturned quad bike by spreading the weight of the
bike and either creating space for survival or allowing the bike to roll off the occupant.
The incentive programme is being led by Safer Farms, the industry-led organisation dedicated to
leading and inspiring a safer farm culture throughout New Zealand, to ultimately prevent injury
and fatality on farm