Māori children had traffic injury mortality rates which were three times higher than those of children of other ethnicities

Posted 3 years ago by Patrick Hipgrave Less than a minute to read

Māori children had traffic injury mortality rates which were three times higher than those of children of other ethnicities and represented 52% of all traffic-related deaths between 2007–16.

This is one of the key facts from our 'Road Traffic injuries and mortality in children aged 0-14' factsheet, which we've just updated.

You can read more about traffic-related injury and mortality in the wider population in our Transport domain.