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Sport and recreation injury statistics
Find statistics on injury claims for injuries that happened while playing sport.
- 2024 ytd injury costs
- 2024 ytd new and active claims
- Sports claims and costs by year from 2015 to 2024 ytd
- New sport injury claims by common team sports and individual sports for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 ytd
- Regional breakdown of sports claims
- Caveats to this data
2024 injury costs
$452,713,444
The costs of all active claims in 2024 ytd
New claims
252,847
in 2024 ytd
Active claims
334,138
in 2024 ytd
Sports claims and costs by year
Year | New claims | Active claims | Cost of active claims |
2015 | 489,849 | 550,804 | $511,106,184 |
2016 | 501,701 | 569,354 | $544,776,814 |
2017 | 486,314 | 556,557 | $571,939,166 |
2018 | 468,664 | 547,210 | $612,892,189 |
2019 | 455,384 | 537,428 | $621,455,738 |
2020 | 402,808 | 486,283 | $633,374,798 |
2021 | 418,174 | 507,546 | $694,664,110 |
2022 | 421,622 | 502,067 | $731,857,236 |
2023 | 452,787 | 539,964 | $839,195,298 |
2024 YTD | 252,847 | 334,138 | $452,713,444 |
Regional breakdown of sports claims
Did you know – Canterbury has the second-highest number of claims relating to rugby?
More information
Find out about the work we're involved in to prevent injuries while playing sport:
- A calendar year is 1 January to 31 December.
- 'New' claims are counted in the calendar year they were lodged.
- 'Active' claims have had a payment made on them during that year. Active claims may have been lodged in a different calendar year and can be counted across multiple years.
- 'Costs' don't include payments made for acute treatment in public hospitals.
- A client's age may differ between lodgement date and accident date.
- 'Region' is based on where the accident happened.
- The data was extracted at a point in time and may change if re-run later.