An 11-year-old girl who suffered back injuries after being run over by a quad bike is now recovering at home.

The Opotiki girl was flown by the Tauranga based TrustPower TECT rescue helicopter from Te Kaha to Whakatane Hospital yesterday afternoon.

The quadbike that rolled down a hill hitting a farmer in Matamata this month.

Base manager and pilot Liam Brettkelly says the girl was riding as a passenger on the quad bike when she fell off.

'There were a few of them riding on it. She fell off and was run over.”

Liam says the girl was in a stable condition when she was flown to Whakatane Hospital.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board communications manager Diana Marriott says the girl was treated and discharged.

Yesterday's accident is the latest in a string of quad bike accidents.

The TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter was called to a Matamata farm on January 15 after a farmer was run over by his bike as he attempted to open a gate.

Pilot Todd Dunham says the farmer had gotten off his bike to open the gate when it rolled forward.

'The farmer tried to stop the bike but it knocked him into a deep trench and the bike came down on top of him.

'He managed to climb out of the ditch but due to his injuries he fell down another bank and stopped on the edge of a river.”

The farmer - Nathan Cleverley - spent the night by the edge of the river and was located the following morning by another farmer who went looking for him when he discovered he was not at his home.

The man suffered serious abdominal and pelvic injuries and was treated by St John paramedics before being flown to Waikato hospital for further treatment.

Quad Bike Crashes:

December 26 – 16-year-old Rowan Parker was killed after riding over a cliff in Marks Bay, South Otago.

December 28 – A 60-year-old man suffered internal injuries when a bike rolled down a muddy hill in the Wairarapa.

December 31 – A 45-year-old man suffered a broken leg and internal injuries in South Taranaki.

January 2 - Ashlee Shorrock, 6, suffered serious injuries while riding with four adult in Waimarama, Hawke's Bay.

January 5 – Andrew Baxter died after he fell off his quad bike in Rakaia.

January 6 - A 50-year-old man suffered spinal injuries in a crash at Te Haroto, Hawke's Bay.

January 15 – Farmer injured after being knock down a bank by a rolling quad bike in Matamata.

January 23 – An 11-year-old girl run over by quad bike in Te Kaha.