had a reply to an email I sent quoting an outside stats expert.
Their own comments vary - now it's 16 times more likely!
See here -great on them replying though unless they have to
Dear Mr Hill
2010/11 ACC Levy Consultation
Thank you for your email in which you ask ACC to verify the accident statistics included in the organisation’s levy consultation media releases. You also refer to an article written by Associate Professor Charles Lamb from Lincoln University in which he states that “ACC and the Minister for ACC were basing the proposed increases on poor facts”. We provide the following response to points raised in this article and in your email.
· ACC is a no-fault scheme and this means that if you have an accident you will be covered by ACC regardless of whose fault it is. It does not mean that your potential for having an accident is not taken into account when levies are calculated. Motorcyclists are 16 times more likely to be involved in a road crash than any other road user, and they are far more likely to be seriously injured. That’s why their levies need to be higher. It’s like the work levy, e.g. a deep sea fisherman pays more than an office worker. This is the only fair way to spread the cost of ACC.
· Motor vehicle levies fund ACC cover for most injuries involving moving vehicle on public roads in New Zealand. Off-road accidents do not occur on public roads, therefore are not covered by the Motor Vehicle Account and are not included in the levy assessment for motorcycles. For example if you are a farmer and you have an accident on your farm bike you are covered by the work account; if you are a trail-bike rider and you have an accident you are covered by the non-work account. We know if accidents are on or off-road from the ACC claim form which asks very specific questions.
· The idea of cyclists paying an ACC levy has been raised. It would be difficult for ACC to do this as cyclists are not required to register their cycles so it could not be part of a registration fee; nor do they use fuel so it could not be a fuel levy; and there is nothing in the IPRC Act which allows ACC to levy cyclists.
· The $62 million figure that ACC was reported to have paid from the Motor Vehicle Account in the year ending 30 June 2008 represents the amount of money spent, in that year, on injured riders and pillion passengers of motorcycles for accidents that occurred from 1974 to 2008. It excludes the cost of acute care provided in hospitals and costs for claims that only require medical treatment.
· Injuries from motor vehicle crashes can be very serious and take, in some cases, many years to recover from. This is why there are still a few injuries that occurred in 1974 that still require support from ACC now.
· In the 2007/08 year ACC collected $12.3m from motorcyclists, which is comprised of $10.9 million from motorcycles and $1.4 million from mopeds.
You may be interested in reading the attached document which provides an overview of the Levy setting process for the Motor Vehicle Account. I also refer you to the Levy Consultation document which can be found at http://www.acc.co.nz/for-business/le...tion/index.htm.
Note that if you wish to make a submission it must be received at ACC by 5:00pm on 10 November 2009.
Yours sincerely
Keith McLea
General Manager, ACC Insurance
Attached
· Levy setting process for the Motor Vehicle Account
· Calculating the motorcycle levy – frequently asked questions
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