
PBF Speaker Steve Richter
Program: Road/Workplace
“An accident can just happen – even if you have not been the one to cause it.”
It was just another great weekend in 2007 on the bikes with his mates. Steve and his friends were not even riding hard, it was a casual weekend. He was a self-employed photographer for 10-15 years, married with a daughter and trying for another child. Steve loved cycling, trained daily and competed in local races. He loved spending time with his family outdoors, camping and gardening.
As a consequence of a trail bike accident, Steve sustained broken ribs, a punctured lung, 4 broken vertebrae and a severed spinal cord. He is now a complete T7 paraplegic and shares his story as part of PBF Australia’s Road Injury Prevention Programs.