Keeping Auckland Safe and Thriving

Injuries and their long term impacts have profound effects on individuals, their whānau and the wider community.

The Safety Collective Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland is a regional network of organisations seeking to reduce preventable injury and death. It is an accredited Pan Pacific Safe Community, hosted by Auckland Council.

We aim to reduce and prevent injuries, enhance health and wellbeing and to keep Auckland safe and thriving.

The total social and economic cost of injuries in New Zealand each year has been estimated to be over NZ$10 bn. Injuries in New Zealand account for 6% of all deaths and 10% of all hospitalisations. They are the leading cause of deaths for those aged 5 to 44 years of age, and the second leading cause of hospitalisations across the total population.

In Tāmaki Makaurau the leading causes of injury deaths are falls (30%), suffocation (24%) and transport injuries (17%). The leading causes of injury hospitalisations are falls (46%), transport injuries (13%) and poisonings (9%). The majority of these injuries are predictable and preventable.

There are substantial differences in the number of lives and healthy years lost from injury across different groups in our region. This is particularly so for Māori and Pacific peoples, and communities experiencing socio-economic deprivation.