Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 11:53 am
Alcohol-fueled crashes cost New Zealanders $636,000 in
lifetime ACC costs every day for the last five years on
average new figures show.
The ACC data demonstrates
the staggering cost of just one aspect of alcohol-related
harm between 2016 and 2020.
The data was released
after Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi stated his goal to
review of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act within this
parliamentary term, a move applauded by alcohol policy
experts.
“In total $1.162 billion has been amassed
in lifetime costs to ACC over the last five years,” The
Helen Clark Foundation’s health equity fellow Matt Shand