Road traffic injury deaths and hospitalisations

This section presents statistics on road traffic injury deaths and hospitalisations, by mode of transport. 

Traffic-related deaths and injuries are the main health impact of road transport in Aotearoa New Zealand [1]. The New Zealand Burden of Disease Study found that transport injuries made up about 33% of overall health loss due to all injuries in New Zealand in 2006 [2]. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are more vulnerable road users, as they tend to suffer more severe injuries from collisions. 

Please note that mortality data releases have been delayed because data on external causes of death for 2019 and 2020 is not yet complete enough. For more information on the Mortality Data Collection, visit the Te Whatu Ora website.

Road traffic injury mortality

Source: 

• New Zealand road toll, Ministry of Transport
• New Zealand Mortality Collection, Ministry of Health
• New Zealand Household Travel Survey, Ministry of Transport. 

Definition: The number and rate of road traffic injury hospitalisations, by mode of transport.  ‘All traffic injuries’ includes occupant injury (injury of driver or passenger of three or four-wheeled motor vehicles), motorcyclist injury, pedestrian injury, cyclist injury, other injury and unspecified injury.

For more information about this indicator, see our metadata sheet. For more information on the annual road toll, visit the Ministry of Transport's webpage on the Road toll.

Road traffic injury hospitalisations

Source:

• National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Ministry of Health

Definition: The number and rate of road traffic injury hospitalisations, by mode of transport.  ‘All traffic injuries’ includes occupant injury (injury of driver or passenger of three or four-wheeled motor vehicles), motorcyclist injury, pedestrian injury, cyclist injury, other injury and unspecified injury.

For more information, see the metadata sheets in the download box.