Road injury statistics
Find statistics on injury claims for accidents that happened on our roads.
Data covers the date range, 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
- 2025 injury costs
- New and active claims in 202
- Claims and costs by year, and by type of road accident - 2016 to 2025
- New road accident claims by region
- Caveats to this data
2025 injury cost
$766,180,163
The costs of all active claims in 2025
New claims
34,608
in 2025
Active claims
52,308
in 2025
Claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2016 |
37,463 |
49,802 | $437,073,954 |
| 2017 |
37,990 |
51,232 | $464,982,979 |
| 2018 | 38,814 | 52,631 | $503,005,246 |
| 2019 | 38,013 | 53,375 | $541,796,223 |
| 2020 | 31,138 | 47,131 | $551,470,057 |
| 2021 | 32,680 | 48,364 | $569,871,919 |
| 2022 | 33,697 | 48,670 | $609,884,955 |
| 2023 | 35,189 | 51,340 | $696,054,718 |
| 2024 | 35,642 | 53,245 | $751,914,119 |
| 2025 | 34,608 | 52,308 | $766,180,163 |
Claims by year, by type of road accident
| Year | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Car | 19,033 | 18,578 | 17,938 |
| Motorcycle | 4,486 | 4,739 | 4,556 |
| Pedestrian | 2,487 | 2,434 | 2,380 |
| Cycling | 1,777 | 1,841 | 1,736 |
| Bus | 964 | 1,086 | 1,023 |
| Other* | 6,442 | 6,964 | 6,975 |
*(includes truck, ATV, and other vehicles)
More information
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries on the road:
- A calendar year is 1 January to 31 December.
- Accredited employer claims have been excluded.
- Claims are included where the cover decision is equal to 'Accept'.
- Claims are identified where the claim fund is in the road account.
- New claims are counted where a claim is lodged with ACC within the specified period. A claim may be lodged immediately following an accident or at any later stage.
- Data were extracted at a specific point in time and may differ if re-run at a later date.