Road injury statistics
Find statistics on injury claims for accidents that happened on the road.
- 2020 injury costs.
- New and active claims in 2020.
- Claims and costs by year - 2015 to 2019.
- New road accident claims by region.
- New claims in 2020 by type of road accident.
- Claims by year, by type of road accident - 2015 to 2019.
- New claims by sex - 2015 to 2020.
- Caveats to this data.
2020 injury costs
$496,163,970
The costs of all active claims to 30 November 2020.
New claims
27,844
to 30 November 2020.
Active claims
43,694
to 30 November 2020.
Claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2015 | 33,904 | 46,608 | $400,059,970 |
| 2016 | 37,440 | 49,803 | $436,873,566 |
| 2017 | 37,981 | 51,236 | $464,726,186 |
| 2018 | 38,853 | 52,621 | $502,773,706 |
| 2019 | 37,974 | 53,321 | $541,071,580 |
Claims by year, by type of road accident
| Year | Car | Motorcycle | Pedestrian | Cycling | Bus | Other (includes truck, ATV, and other vehicles) |
| 2015 | 24,397 | 3,810 | 1,816 | 1,530 | 601 | 1,750 |
| 2016 | 27,041 | 3,908 | 1,947 | 1,538 | 693 | 2,313 |
| 2017 | 26,001 | 4,106 | 1,974 | 1,495 | 732 | 3,673 |
| 2018 | 26,395 | 4,328 | 2,110 | 1,474 | 790 | 3,756 |
| 2019 | 23,042 | 4,410 | 2,570 | 1,642 | 1,036 | 5,274 |
More information
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries on the road:
'New' claims are counted in the calendar year they were lodged.
'Active' claims have had a payment made on them during that year. Active claims may have been lodged in a different calendar year and can be counted across multiple years.
'Costs' don't include payments made for acute treatment in public hospitals.
A client's age may differ between lodgement date and accident date.
'Region' is based on where the accident happened.
The data was extracted at a point in time and may change if re-run later.