title: Work-related fatal traffic crashes in New Zealand: 1985-1998.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin.
authors.forename: Bronwen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McNoe
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Langley
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Feyer
mesh_terms: 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