Work-related fatal traffic crashes in New Zealand: 1985-1998.
OBJECTIVE
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.
McNoe
Bronwen
B
Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Langley
John
J
Feyer
Anne-Marie
AM
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014186:Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data