Road injury statistics

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Road injury statistics

Find statistics on injury claims for accidents that happened on our roads.

Year to date data: 1 January 2025 to 30 September 2025

  • 2025 ytd injury costs
  • New and active claims in 2025 ytd
  • 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 ytd injury cost
$572,534,412
The costs of all active claims in 2025 ytd

New claims

25,875
in 2025 ytd

Active claims

43,794
in 2025 ytd

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 52,632 $503,027,016
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 33,698 48,672 $609,899,519
2023 35,187 51,339 $696,047,039
2024 35,642 53,246 $751,916,106
2025 ytd 25,875 43,794 $572,534,412

 

By region

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By type of road accident

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Claims by year, by type of road accident

Year 2023 2024 2025 ytd
Car 19,033 18,578 13,475
Motorcycle 4,486 4,740 3,357
Pedestrian 2,487 2,435 1,790
Cycling 1,778 1,842 1,318
Bus 964 1,085 757
Other* 6,451 6,979 5,178

*(includes truck, ATV, and other vehicles)

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  • A calendar year is 1 January to 31 December.
  • Accredited employer claims have been excluded.
  • 'New claims' have been counted by the date that ACC registered a claim. This can be immediately after the injury occurred or at any later stage.
  • 'Active claims' are claims that generated a payment in the relevant calendar years. These claims were not necessarily registered, or had the accident occur, in the same calendar year.
  • Costs provided are exclusive of GST.
  • Costs are based on payment date. Payment date may be different to the date of service.
  • Costs do not include Public Health Acute Services (PHAS) payments. Treatment for covered claims in public hospitals is provided by an annual service agreement between ACC and the Ministry of Health, and is funded by bulk payments from ACC to the Crown.
  • The calendar year and month in which the service was paid may differ to the calendar year and month in which the service was provided.
  • A claim can cover multiple calendar years. A claim which lasts longer than one year is counted as 'active' once for each calendar year covered. For example, a claim which lasted from 2020 to 2022 would be counted a total of three times, once for each calendar year.
  • Location is based on where an accident took place and may differ to where a client was residing at the time.
  • Data was extracted at a point in time and may differ if re-run later.

We have been made aware that there is an issue with some ACC data for March 2022. We are not aware of the full extent of this issue, and claim counts and costs are subject to change.