Doctors call for helmets to be made compulsory for quad bike riders

The law should be changed to make people who ride quad bikes on the road wear crash helmets, according to the medical profession.

Road-legal quad bikes can be capable of speeds up to 90mph, but despite several high profile accidents there is no plan to change legislation to make the wearing of protective gear compulsory.

The president of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dr John Heyworth told the BBC: "We know from experience that head injuries are the biggest killer in (quad bike) accidents.