Work injury statistics
Find statistics on ACC claims for injuries that happened at work.
- 2022 work-related injury costs and new and active work-related claims
- Work-related injury claims and costs by year - 2015 to 2023 (ytd)
- New work-related claims by industry and by region - 2018 to 2023 (ytd)
- Caveats to this data
2023 injury costs
$1,116,488,436
The costs of all active claims
New claims
194,570
in 2023
Active claims
291,667
in 2023
Work-related injury claims and costs by year
| Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
| 2015 | 196,999 | 275,585 | $684,472,636 |
| 2016 | 200,792 | 280,983 | $702,588,712 |
| 2017 | 205,031 | 286,581 | $723,661,852 |
| 2018 | 211,463 | 296,274 | $780,953,135 |
| 2019 | 210,069 | 300,202 | $823,066,136 |
| 2020 | 189,788 | 280,838 | $866,858,171 |
| 2021 | 196,555 | 287,827 | $916,850,230 |
| 2022 | 194,800 | 283,254 | $964,154,080 |
| 2023 | 194,570 | 291,667 | $1,116,488,436 |
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries in the workplace:
- 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.
- Age is based on the client's age at claim registration and may differ to their age at the time of an accident.
- 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.