Citation

McNoe B, Langley JD, Feyer AM. N. Zeal. Med. J. 2005; 118(1227): U1783.

Affiliation

Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Comment In:

N Z Med J 2005;118(1227):U1786.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, New Zealand Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16372032

Abstract

AIM: To identify and describe all work-related traffic fatalities in New Zealand between 1985 and 1998 inclusive. METHODS: Potential cases were identified from databases held by three national agencies. The circumstances of the deaths in each fatal incident were reviewed directly from coronial files to determine work-relatedness. RESULTS: The rate of work-related fatal injury involving vehicles on a public road was 2.01 per 100,000 workers per year. The rate for worker deaths was 1.11 and that for commuting deaths was 0.89 per 100,000 workers per year. CONCLUSIONS: There is a substantial number of work-related crash fatalities each year and these represent a sizeable portion of the total burden of work-related fatalities.

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