Girl, seven, fighting for life after quad bike she was riding crashes into a concrete post

A seven-year-old girl is fighting for her life after the quad bike she was riding smashed into a fence post.
South Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after the girl was left in a life-threatening condition following the crash in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, at 7.10pm last Wednesday.
The girl was on wasteland in the Scraith Wood area when the blue and white Suzuki quad bike she was riding in the field crashed into a concrete fence post.

A girl was left in a life-threatening condition following a crash in this wood in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, last Wednesday

The schoolgirl, from the Scraith Wood area, sustained a life-threatening head injury and is being treated in Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
There is no minimum age for those who ride quad bikes on private land, provided they have the permission of the landowner.

 

On public roads, however, it is illegal for anyone under 16 to ride the machines.
Drivers, furthermore, must comply with regulations common to road-going vehicles, ensuring they have a licence, and that the machine is registered, taxed, and has an MOT, number plate and lights.
Guidelines issued on the Department for Transport website state: 'You don’t need a driving licence to ride a quad bike off-road.

The accident happened in Scraith Wood, the Southey Green area of north Sheffield

'You don’t have to tax and register your quad bike if you’re only going to use it off-road.'
The Health and Safety Executive says that on average, two people die each year in quad bike accidents. There are also estimated to be more than 1,000 serious injuries annually.
Brake, the road safety charity, is campaigning for the introduction of legislation which would restrict quad bike use to older children on certified tracks.

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