Media release

From: Pasifika Medical Association Group

Reducing deaths and serious injury on New Zealand roads continues to be a goal for successive governments. This work looks at how injury rates have changed over time. People who ride motorcycles are more likely to be injured today than they were 5 years ago, particularly riders aged 10–19 years, and riders aged over 50 years. The injury rates for cyclists and pedestrians have not changed; however, more people are using these modes of transport now. People who are in cars, both drivers and occupants, are less likely to be injured today than previously.