Road injury statistics
Find statistics on injury claims for accidents that happened on our roads.
The 2026 YTD data covers the period from 1 January 2026 to 30 September 2026.
- 2026 ytd injury costs
- New and active claims in 2026 ytd
- Claims and costs by year, and by type of road accident
- New road accident claims by region
- Caveats to this data
2026 ytd injury cost
$557,737,492
The costs of all active claims in 2026 ytd
New claims
25,648
in 2026 ytd
Active claims
43,197
in 2026 ytd
Claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2017 | 37,988 | 51,229 | $464,950,354 |
| 2018 | 38,816 | 52,627 | $502,961,181 |
| 2019 | 38,010 | 53,371 | $541,754,463 |
| 2020 | 31,139 | 47,127 | $551,427,450 |
| 2021 | 32,679 | 48,357 | $569,820,272 |
| 2022 | 33,700 | 48,670 | $609,844,737 |
| 2023 | 35,189 | 51,341 | $695,936,858 |
| 2024 | 35,651 | 53,247 | $752,039,768 |
| 2025 | 34,683 | 52,325 | $766,243,853 |
| 2026 ytd | 25,648 | 43,197 | $557,737,492 |
Claims by year, by type of road accident
| Year | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 ytd |
| Car | 18,578 | 17,981 | 12,816 |
| Motorcycle | 4,740 | 4,562 | 3,298 |
| Pedestrian | 2,435 | 2,380 | 1,788 |
| Cycling | 1,841 | 1,737 | 1,447 |
| Bus | 1,089 | 1,024 | 787 |
| Other* | 6,968 | 6,999 | 5,512 |
*(includes truck, ATV, and other vehicles)
More information
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries on the road:
- Claims are included where the claim is funded by 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.
- Active claims are counted where the claim received at least one payment within the specified period. A claim was not necessarily lodged or had the accident occur within this period.
- A claim may be active in more than one calendar year and will be counted once in each relevant year in which at least one payment was made.
- Active costs are the GST exclusive cost of payments made for claims that were active in the specified period.
- The cost of public hospital services during the acute stage of an injury is covered under the Public Health Acute Services (PHAS) regulations.
- These services are bulk-funded and not attributed to individual claims, so cannot be included in these data.
- The calendar year in which the service was paid may differ to the calendar year in which the service was provided.
- If the road agency is recorded as 'Driving / Passenger - Other Vehicle', 'Driving / Passenger - Truck', 'ATV' or is not specified, then the road agency has been listed as 'Other / Unknown'.
- Region is the location of the accident and may not be where the claimant resided or sought treatment.
- All included claims are accepted for cover
- Data are displayed in calendar years. i.e. 1 January to 31 December
- Claims managed by an accredited employer have been excluded.
- Results are based on data available at the time of extraction and may vary if rerun later.