Road injury statistics
Find statistics on injury claims for accidents that happened on the road.
- 2021 injury costs
- New and active claims in 2021
- Claims and costs by year - 2015 to 2021
- New road accident claims by region
- New claims in 2021 by type of road accident
- Claims by year, by type of road accident - 2015 to 2021
- New claims by sex - 2015 to 2021
- Caveats to this data
2021 injury costs
$423,150,667
The costs of all active claims in 2021 (to 30 September)
New claims
25,140
in 2021 (to 30 September)
Active claims
41,468
in 2021 (to 30 September)
Claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2015 | 33,903 | 46,606 | $400,195,828 |
| 2016 | 37,441 | 49,803 | $436,987,183 |
| 2017 | 37,977 | 51,233 | $464,883,760 |
| 2018 | 38,860 | 52,626 | $502,939,445 |
| 2019 | 38,015 | 53,362 | $541,835,547 |
| 2020 | 31,119 | 47,110 | $551,250,628 |
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2021 (to 30 September) |
25,140 | 41,468 | $423,150,667 |
Claims by year, by type of road accident
| Year | Car | Motorcycle | Pedestrian | Cycling | Bus | Other (includes truck, ATV, and other vehicles) |
| 2015 | 24,396 | 3,810 | 1,816 | 1,530 | 601 | 1,750 |
| 2016 | 27,041 | 3,909 | 1,947 | 1,538 | 693 | 2,313 |
| 2017 | 25,999 | 4,105 | 1,974 | 1,495 | 732 | 3,672 |
| 2018 | 26,400 | 4,329 | 2,111 | 1,474 | 790 | 3,756 |
| 2019 | 23,062 | 4,415 | 2,570 | 1,640 | 1,038 | 5,290 |
| 2020 | 17,799 | 3,867 | 2,290 | 1,576 | 813 | 4,774 |
| 2021 (to 30 September) | 14,292 | 2,878 | 1,878 | 1,231 | 647 | 4,214 |
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.