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Created: 08 March 2015

Safe Industries Australia is keenly watching the outcome of a NSW inquest into quad bike safety.

The inquest, held before Deputy State Coroner Sharon Freund at Glebe Coroner’s Court, has been told that quad bikes were the leading cause of death and injury on Australian farms.

More than 200 people, including children as young as 7 years old, have been killed using quad bikes in the past 14 years.

The inquest will examine the findings and recommendations of a report released by the University of NSW and the causes of eight fatal accidents in NSW.

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