Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify and describe all work-related traffic fatalities in New Zealand between 1985 and 1998 inclusive. 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. 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. 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. (Author/publisher)