"He has been driving down and clipped a couple of trees and rolled over. He flipped his car and he was in a reasonably precarious condition."
The man was attended to by fire crews and St John ambulance staff at the scene - about 900m from Omahu Rd.
No passengers or other vehicles were involved in the crash. Mr Foley said charges were likely.
Two other Hawkes Bay men and a 16-year-old youth were also lucky to escape serious injuries after motorbike accidents around the region.
About 2pm on Saturday, Taupo's Greenlea rescue helicopter flew a 16-year-old to Hawke's Bay Hospital after he fell from his motorbike during a trail ride.
Helicopter pilot and base manager Nat Every said the Bay resident received pelvic and leg injuries in the fall at the Tahorakuri Forest, in Taupo.
He was in a stable condition last night.
About 5pm on Saturday, the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter transported a 56-year-old man from a farm near Putorino, northern Hawke's Bay, after a quad bike accident.
The man, a passenger on the bike, received head and shoulder injuries. He was later discharged.
About 10.30am yesterday morning a man in his 30s was also flown by the Lowe Corporation rescue helicopter to Hawke's Bay Hospital with injuries sustained while racing in a motocross event near Napier.
He suffered a shoulder injury after flying over the handlebars of his bike, and was in a stable condition at the hospital last night.
Yesterday afternoon an 18-year-old man suffered a head injury when the tractor he was using to compact a silage stack rolled on a farm near Dannevirke. He was airlifted by the Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter to Palmerston North Hospital.
