16 November 2020

16 November 2020

Tēnā koe Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-007400 Thank you for your email of 18 October 2020, asking for the following information, which we are responding to under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): I'm interested in data on the number and cost of claims to ACC for adventure tourism in the last five years. I'd be interested to know:

• how many claims have been made each month if possible • with a break down of industries or activities (hang gliding, skiing etc) • the countries of residence of the claimants (NZ v overseas) • the costs of the claims, totals and broken into bands if possible please • the top five most expensive for each year and any detail that can be provided with these

Our response Unfortunately, ACC does not record claims under the designation ‘Adventure Tourism’. To provide you information relevant to your request, we have retrieved data for sport activities that we identify as ‘adventure-related’. This is because the data set available to ACC is reliant on the information provided on an ACC45 injury claim form, which is completed when a person seeks treatment for their injury. There is a free-text field ‘accident description’ on the form where a person can provide a brief description of how their accident happened. This field is not mandatory to complete and not every client does so. Also, when the field is completed there is considerable variation in the way accidents are described. The data in the attached spreadsheet was extracted for claims where the key words used in the field were adventure sport related. ACC identifies claims as adventure sport related when flagged as one of the following sports: Cycling, Mountain Biking, Tramping, Trail Biking, Motocross, Waterskiing, Skiing-snow, Snowboarding, Luge Riding, Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Mountaineering, Parachute Jumping, Windsurfing, or Bungee Jumping. Similarly, there is no specific industry classification for adventure tourism. Therefore, we cannot identify work-related claims. To provide you the most relevant information ACC holds, we have used the industry classifications of ‘Amusement and other recreation activities (not elsewhere classified)’ and ‘Alpine and White-Water recreation activities’. You can find out more about what these classifications contain here on page 125-126. Due to the limitations above, while largely representative of the claims received by ACC, the data should not be considered a complete, definitive measure of the claims related to adventure related accidents that ACC received during the period covered by this response. Please find the information you requested in the attached excel spreadsheet.

https://www.acc.co.nz/assets/business/acc7686-levy-guidebook-2020-2021.pdf

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Overseas residents cannot be accurately identified ACC only collects sufficient information to make a cover decision on a claim. We do not require a person to state their citizenship status, their immigration status, or their nationality. These limitations mean that, while largely representative of the claims received by ACC, the data provided in Table 4 should not be considered a definitive measure of the claims ACC received from overseas tourists, or visitors, in the relevant periods. The table only captures details for people who entered ‘overseas tourist’ in the ‘occupation’ field of the ACC45 claim lodgement form. ACC takes privacy seriously The top five most expensive claims for each year have not been provided, as this would be providing details about individual clients. Rather, the yearly average of the five most expensive claims have been included on Tab 2 of the attached spreadsheet. Also, ACC does not generally disclose data on claims where the number is fewer than four. Accordingly, we have used <4 where the claim count is between one and three. This limits the potential for particular individuals or matters specific to certain individuals being identified. These decisions are made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. In doing so, we have considered the public interest in making the information available and have determined that it does not outweigh the need to protect the privacy of these individuals. Notes about the data • The data is for claims registered between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2020, and that are

accepted for cover • Claims managed by an accredited employer are not included • This data was extracted on 29 October 2020 and may differ if re-run at a later point. Who to contact If you have any questions, please email them to [email protected]. If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602. Nāku iti noa, nā

Sasha Wood Manager Official Information Act Services Government Engagement & Support

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/

Table 1: New adventure sport related claims registered between 1 January 2015 and 30 September 2020 broken down by sport and registration month

Adventure Sports January February March April May June July August September October NovemberBungee Jumping 11 10 <4 <4 5 <4 5 <4 <4 5 <4Cycling 2,706 2,608 2,619 2,141 1,693 1,346 1,298 1,249 1,411 2,072 2,376Kayaking 300 229 201 135 100 56 48 40 59 86 104Luge Riding 58 35 38 31 16 15 26 19 25 31 27Mountain Biking 827 691 706 620 474 400 393 311 408 657 666Mountaineering 30 18 20 16 10 8 14 11 6 14 19Parachute Jumping 23 13 8 <4 11 6 7 8 7 15 12Rock Climbing 102 79 110 79 80 86 88 68 81 86 80Skiing - Snow 140 166 140 85 69 303 1,927 2,426 2,049 1,012 245Snowboarding 72 81 95 61 80 306 1,415 1,744 1,391 615 142Surfing 937 705 647 440 316 245 204 210 184 232 275Trail Biking, Motocross 294 325 376 308 236 205 194 213 231 341 309Tramping 597 532 541 545 393 289 242 210 249 333 384Waterskiing 834 501 247 206 71 39 30 13 21 41 56Windsurfing 33 27 22 16 17 7 7 7 8 13 17

2015

December January February March April May June July August September October November December January February11 5 5 9 <4 5 <4 <4 4 <4 6 5 4 6 11

2,398 2,670 3,066 3,061 2,656 2,285 1,637 1,281 1,390 1,585 1,840 2,208 2,243 2,932 2,776141 222 209 232 153 118 62 59 41 64 76 118 117 207 217

32 48 33 39 32 24 24 17 27 21 28 28 42 86 55738 815 895 901 798 698 451 376 364 398 549 616 705 1,031 890

14 26 14 23 19 8 9 16 13 19 14 11 12 15 206 18 17 8 13 11 7 11 9 8 10 17 8 17 16

84 93 109 100 88 85 91 93 103 95 97 105 67 106 105104 142 190 154 100 68 258 1,526 2,796 1,952 597 180 114 136 207

72 76 99 100 71 63 311 986 1,893 1,246 399 141 75 84 76479 994 929 727 638 397 313 242 224 207 240 327 350 644 756351 267 408 376 356 314 210 190 241 225 304 264 247 299 344452 615 655 743 694 506 352 289 259 276 334 453 444 770 774149 646 581 294 224 90 44 33 22 24 49 55 113 490 435

21 48 22 19 14 17 12 14 26 7 13 21 25 45 30

2016

March April May June July August September October November December January February March April May8 9 <4 4 <4 9 5 6 9 <4 8 11 4 <4 7

2,845 2,032 2,029 1,541 1,158 1,435 1,360 1,950 2,372 2,200 2,839 2,437 2,447 2,274 1,862192 110 96 63 50 59 43 87 114 113 253 193 191 119 109

35 49 31 29 30 37 20 33 39 45 97 52 47 43 21781 593 543 442 271 342 378 577 728 693 915 785 776 752 570

17 12 19 14 11 13 11 16 14 21 29 19 28 19 1315 10 20 7 6 8 6 8 11 14 19 14 19 7 697 67 105 77 83 98 82 90 102 87 117 100 118 96 105

152 79 82 309 1,574 2,714 1,838 794 212 77 150 228 169 97 5983 72 87 367 1,153 1,828 1,205 512 131 48 65 78 96 88 84

657 597 529 324 254 259 222 275 388 489 1,040 843 642 567 406299 279 253 237 142 216 162 249 273 275 274 262 289 303 211745 521 509 363 281 273 257 318 531 447 773 667 660 617 507247 118 79 39 36 23 17 50 95 167 711 449 204 184 70

27 11 14 8 15 9 15 16 21 14 28 18 28 23 17

Registration Calendar Month & Year2017

June July August September October November December January February March April May June July August6 <4 7 <4 <4 0 0 <4 5 4 <4 <4 <4 <4 <4

1,316 1,369 1,384 1,525 2,256 2,271 2,213 2,127 3,275 3,290 2,622 2,447 1,621 1,714 1,79260 48 59 47 51 93 64 122 146 105 88 68 56 46 5519 23 25 32 48 36 40 63 57 40 52 27 24 24 25

416 388 417 517 790 689 479 386 577 605 481 625 369 453 2819 13 14 22 37 26 28 19 31 32 40 31 19 30 226 10 6 7 0 4 7 9 4 7 4 9 4 <4 5

99 85 95 57 32 45 54 75 53 80 70 79 60 61 90390 2,297 2,773 1,897 928 251 111 280 300 185 124 80 242 1,415 2,129511 1,520 1,771 1,308 782 210 73 91 84 78 59 86 350 1,151 1,410309 244 250 278 336 350 409 592 995 813 514 436 262 360 245187 152 146 261 437 380 379 245 476 471 414 400 298 288 250357 266 277 261 399 437 436 473 671 667 577 469 321 297 277

35 25 21 20 21 32 93 344 266 113 87 43 23 15 2113 15 17 15 23 33 26 24 40 20 23 17 10 16 14

2018 2019

September October November December January February March April May June July August September<4 4 4 <4 <4 5 <4 <4 <4 4 <4 <4 0

2,017 2,473 2,878 2,685 3,678 3,416 2,913 2,067 2,792 2,671 2,035 2,174 2,50751 66 97 65 142 136 111 9 33 53 60 56 6435 39 51 40 70 52 35 <4 6 35 60 34 31

324 473 530 566 744 628 463 136 361 473 374 406 48930 35 31 29 32 30 29 8 9 20 30 30 31<4 <4 4 5 8 4 5 0 <4 7 7 <4 781 85 103 87 91 103 83 10 41 87 108 86 94

2,164 980 283 117 283 284 154 29 49 167 1,917 1,824 1,9961,386 571 194 65 87 97 57 6 21 135 1,097 1,272 1,131

258 275 386 518 904 903 669 81 416 484 314 302 267328 366 456 435 530 504 457 116 285 362 322 402 407314 433 526 469 802 671 486 149 267 457 410 420 499

16 27 59 68 410 256 124 11 22 31 23 15 1915 23 30 32 41 32 20 5 16 14 19 12 29

2020 YTD

Table 2: New work-related claims for 'Amusement and Other Recreation Activites (not elsewhere classified)' by registration month

Month claim registered 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTDJanuary 18 16 24 20 41 42February 23 20 21 26 30 44March 18 13 37 14 18 28April 20 11 19 10 32 6May 19 19 20 22 31 5June 9 7 6 16 27 6July 10 13 14 12 28 16August 11 16 6 14 38 11September 11 12 10 10 32 14October 11 26 15 9 38 -November 16 15 19 27 42 -December 23 15 27 24 32 -

Table 3: New work-related claims for 'Alpine and white water recreation activites' by registration month

Month claim registered 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTDJanuary 10 10 7 12 15 4February 6 10 5 7 5 5March 4 5 5 12 7 5April <4 <4 8 10 4 0May <4 <4 <4 4 <4 <4June <4 <4 <4 <4 4 <4July <4 <4 4 <4 <4 <4August <4 8 <4 <4 <4 0September <4 7 6 <4 <4 4October 5 4 6 6 5 -November 7 10 7 5 9 -December 9 7 10 14 8 -

Registration Calendar Year


Table 4: New adventure sport related claims by ''overseas' client residence and calendar year

Client Residence 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTDNZ Resident 62,173 65,604 63,307 65,547 66,964 53,447Overseas Visitor 2,032 1,778 1,978 1,994 1,197 442

Table 5: New adventure sport related claims by costs to date for each sport

Adventure Sport 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTDBungee Jumping $12,321 $17,641 $339,184 $19,029 $4,262 $26,481Cycling $34,017,317 $36,987,401 $36,056,343 $31,468,901 $37,175,341 $20,208,527Kayaking $1,074,163 $1,435,348 $1,027,278 $956,804 $527,208 $329,472Luge Riding $216,381 $385,426 $271,167 $354,407 $467,600 $205,464Mountain Biking $13,385,799 $14,282,138 $16,492,907 $13,420,069 $11,069,258 $5,409,238Mountaineering $2,447,879 $745,234 $275,687 $196,912 $403,832 $205,045Parachute Jumping $596,539 $741,288 $1,284,237 $213,192 $46,128 $138,265Rock Climbing $1,123,278 $936,393 $1,400,470 $869,706 $990,974 $424,519Skiing - Snow $14,276,259 $12,402,550 $16,817,632 $16,141,014 $13,739,030 $5,528,515Snowboarding $6,723,093 $5,772,843 $8,327,346 $8,846,089 $7,481,039 $3,207,109Surfing $7,060,460 $5,665,935 $5,818,885 $5,666,160 $7,464,792 $3,549,950Trail Biking, Motocross $11,074,226 $10,879,179 $9,988,821 $10,686,363 $10,724,470 $5,468,889Tramping $3,574,784 $4,536,332 $4,506,312 $4,441,260 $3,449,860 $2,153,511Waterskiing $3,139,026 $2,421,026 $3,075,350 $2,503,672 $1,364,903 $940,344Windsurfing $116,438 $134,763 $520,889 $242,854 $474,907 $172,927

Note: The costs of Public Health Acute Services (PHAS), ie where treatment occurred in a public hospital emergency department, are not included in tables 5 and 6. These costs are paid through a bulk payment that ACC makes to the Crown and as such are not allocated to individual claims.



Table 6: Number of new adventure sport related claims by costs to date bands and year

Cost Band 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 YTDUp to $500 45,118 47,418 45,263 46,930 47,672 38,941$500 to $1,000 5,251 5,631 5,779 6,115 6,288 4,527$1,000 to $5,000 5,325 5,672 5,783 6,227 6,099 4,211$5,000 to $10,000 1,175 1,229 1,171 1,266 1,203 883$10,000 to $20,000 1,065 1,031 1,042 1,034 1,016 697$20,000 to $50,000 691 739 793 793 784 342Over $50,000 211 205 270 227 253 44


Adventure Sport Year claim registeredAverage of 5 most

expensive claims by year and sport

Adventure industry Year claim registeredAverage of 5 most

expensive work claims by industry

2015 $1, 139 2015 $31,1952016 $2, 390 2016 $29,4492017 $65, 360 2017 $35,2012018 $2, 559 2018 $34,6312019 $429 2019 $74,644

2020 YTD $5, 004 2020 YTD $25,5042015 $1, 160, 683 2015 $11,0542016 $1, 026, 199 2016 $23,4072017 $963, 180 2017 $21,4082018 $456, 763 2018 $11,5452019 $534,584 2019 $20,213

2020 YTD $106, 635 2020 YTD $4,2162015 $42,4362016 $123,0452017 $39,1252018 $61,3612019 $25,860

2020 YTD $25,9102015 $15,4172016 $32,8562017 $14,4012018 $28,2002019 $47,449

2020 YTD $13,4322015 $592,1362016 $574,9442017 $769,9052018 $202,6982019 $206,999

2020 YTD $195,4052015 $474,793

Amusement and other recreation activities (not elsewhere classified)

Alpine and white water recreation activities

Bungee Jumping

Cycling

Kayaking

Luge Riding

Mountain Biking

2016 $118,5762017 $30,9032018 $18,9562019 $37,391

2020 YTD $21,6542015 $99,5972016 $86,6542017 $212,2212018 $31,9982019 $5,706

2020 YTD $21,4602015 $56,7482016 $43,4272017 $110,3112018 $60,4142019 $52,266

2020 YTD $28,8802015 $210,5672016 $151,8282017 $470,8472018 $154,1332019 $152,787

2020 YTD $53,9122015 $149,3322016 $65,8232017 $173,9932018 $160,8122019 $91,520

2020 YTD $32,1902015 $596,8442016 $183,8622017 $156,5512018 $162,796

Mountaineering

Parachute Jumping

Rock Climbing

Skiing‐Snow

Snowboarding

Surfing

2019 $410,7752020 YTD $60,153

2015 $169,5932016 $315,4282017 $259,8782018 $355,8422019 $146,608

2020 YTD $68,8972015 $64,4692016 $102,1152017 $99,2962018 $66,8072019 $78,511

2020 YTD $38,3332015 $88,8682016 $64,8982017 $144,0732018 $99,0172019 $47,237

2020 YTD $44,8512015 $9,8032016 $10,5752017 $71,5532018 $24,7712019 $45,968

2020 YTD $15,957

Waterskiing

Windsurfing

Trail biking, Motocross

Tramping

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