Reach of injury prevention programmes
We collect data on how many people our injury prevention programmes reach. This helps us monitor the programmes and know how effective they are.
We work with partners and communities to prevent injuries and help keep New Zealanders healthy and safe.
Our key injury prevention programmes include:
- Mates & Dates
- Ride Forever
- Live Stronger for Longer
- ACC SportSmart
- Young Drivers
- St John in Schools
- Safekids – home safety programme.
Find out more about how we help prevent injuries:
Programme statistics
These statistics show the engagement of New Zealanders with our core injury prevention programmes.
Mates & Dates
In 2020
237
schools participated in Mates & Dates.
In 2020
37,395
students participated in Mates & Dates.
Find out more about Mates & Dates on the website
Ride Forever
In 2020
7,233
people attended a Ride Forever course.
As of 31 December 2020, there are
12,788
subscribers to the Ride Forever newsletter.
Find out more about Ride Forever on the website.
Live Stronger for Longer
In 2020, there were
11,635
people getting help from fracture liaison services.
In 2020
14,522
new people attended an approved community strength and balance class.
In 2020, there were
8,816
people receiving the in-home strength and balance service.
In 2020, there were
12,642
older adults who enrolled in the Nymbl programme.
In 2020
200,000
people learned warm-up skills.
In 2020, we reached
1150 +
participants and whānau at IronMāori with SportSmart information.
In 2020, we reached
150,000
children with Water Skills for Life.
Find out more about ACC SportSmart on the website.
Young drivers
In 2020, there were
77,156
registrations for the Drive programme.
In 2020, there were
250,319
online Road Code units completed.
In 2020, there were
39,036
children complete the St John in Schools ‘Keeping Safe’ modules.
Across 2019 and 2020, there were
31,000
safety devices supplied to community providers for installation in whānau homes.
By end of 2020
5,380
in-home safety evaluations and education completed with whānau and caregivers.