Our worker drove through closed gates, across a farm track, at 50-60KPH with a trailer on behind. The bike and trailer overturned. It looks like he fell off when the bar was holding the bike aloft. He was off work for two months with a cracked pelvis and torn ligaments, but without the Quadbar, it could have been a lot worse.
We know that the vast majority of deaths are caused by entrapment. Only a good roll bar that can hold the bike up and provide a safety zone for the rider to escape can fix that. With a strong roll bar, many potential accidents become incidents and are never reported. The rider goes a bit far, the bike falls on its side and the bar prevents it rolling any further. I make these comments with the experience of 25 years of almost daily use of roll bars on quadbikes. We initially made our own and then used manufactured ones. Until the accident described, we had no serious injuries. The roll bars have worked every time. No one has ever been injured by one. We have been part of Dave Moore’s study for his thesis on ATV safety and accidents