Publications

The ACCC has produced a fact sheet about the ACCC investigation into quad bike safety and the quad bike safety standard.

The Australian Government has introduced a safety standard under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) to improve the safety of quad bikes. If you are a quad bike manufacturer you should make yourself aware of the requirements specified by the standard.

The Australian Government has introduced a safety standard under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) to improve the safety of quad bikes. If you are a quad bike supplier you should make yourself aware of the requirements specified by the standard.

The Australian Government has introduced a safety standard to improve the safety of quad bikes. This guidance will help you stay safe when purchasing a quad bike.

This Safety Warning has been issued because Polaris has advised that certain parts of some models of youth quad bikes and spare parts for those quad bikes supplied in Australia from 2000 until 2017 may contain asbestos.

Recreational users have accounted for a half of all quad bike deaths.

1 in 6 quad bike deaths have involved children under 14 years old.

Over the last 3 years, at least 1 in 3 quad bike riders who died were not wearing a helmet.

In March 2013, the ACCC commissioned consumer research of 125 recreational quad bike users across Australia.