Sport concussion related injuries

Injury statistics

Find statistics related to sport concussion injuries.

Data covers the date range, 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026.

Notes and caveats to this data

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These have been identified where the sport on the claim is not null and the claim includes an approved injury where the injury description mentions concussion or the diagnosis is concussion.
New claims counts the number of new claims that were lodged with ACC in each period. This can be any time after an injury occurred.
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 time 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.
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.
Data were extracted on 7 July 2026 and may differ if rerun later.

7,094

in 2026 YTD

8,847

in 2026 YTD

$41.5 M

in 2026 YTD

Client age	2024	2025	2026 YTD
Under 5 year olds	108	106	72
5 - 9 year olds	570	581	272
10 - 14 year olds	2,514	2,678	1,544
15 - 19 year olds	3,067	3,195	2,035
20 - 24 year olds	1,714	1,697	983
25 - 29 year olds	1,054	1,134	553
30 - 34 year olds	787	712	398
35 - 39 year olds	516	508	281
40 - 44 year olds	388	417	185
45 - 49 year olds	333	337	184
50 - 54 year olds	255	298	161
55 - 59 year olds	238	243	140
60 - 64 year olds	215	200	102
65 - 69 year olds	153	147	74
70 - 74 year olds	84	92	52
75 - 79 year olds	48	70	38
80 - 84 year olds	24	26	14
Over 85 year olds	18	14	6

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