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Motorcycle Injury And Claim Statistics
Motorcyclists face a far higher risk of involvement in an injury-causing crash,highlights this risk from ACC’s perspective.
The rate of motorcycle crashes is 10 times higher than their proportion of the New Zealand motor vehicle fleet. This compares with the percentage involvement in crashes and injuries for cars and vans, which is roughly proportional to their overall status within the vehicle fleet.
Motor Cycle Injury Claims Relative to Other Vehicle. Vehicle Category Number of new claims Number of licensed vehicles. Motorcycle injury improvements Though motorcycling is still a high-risk activity, the number and rate of new motorcycle injury claims is decreasing. ACC claims and motorcycle injury, Despite the reduction in the motorcycle injury rate, motorcycling is still a considerable cost to ACC’s Motor Vehicle Account, because of the cost of ongoing claims.
Motorcycle injuries are expensive because they tend to be more serious and have much longer rehabilitation periods
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