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      Home > News > Living & Travel

    Today is the summer's most accident-prone day

    Today is the summer's most accident-prone day


    ACC data shows over the past five years, New Year's Day accidents have prompted more than 27-thousand claims.

    New Years Eve take second place, with nearly 23-thousand injury reports.

    ACC Injury Prevention Lead James Whitaker says a risky cocktail of factors can come into play, including fatigue, sun, large groups - and drinking.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     31 Dec: A search is underway for a dog who went missing after a yacht capsized in Northland yesterday
     31 Dec: A big New Year's Eve night is ahead across the country
     31 Dec: New Dame Companion, Dorothy Spotswood says she's grateful to be recognised for her more than 50 years donating to health
     30 Dec: MH370 vanished in 2014. A new search aims to find answers families desperately want
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     Today's News

    		 Entertainment:
    If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee? 13:07

     International:
    Republican Lauren Boebert suggests Donald Trump veto could be Epstein files 'retribution' 13:07

     Rugby:
    Former England prop Dan Cole is ending an 18-year association with rugby's Leicester Tigers 13:07

     Law and Order:
    Frontline emergency service personnel have been facing abuse during New Year's Eve celebrations around the country 12:27

     Rugby:
    The countdown has just ramped up to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with the ticking over of the new year 12:26

     Soccer:
    Auckland FC defender Dan Hall is bracing for a high-octane Newcastle Jets attack in this afternoon's A-League match at Mt Smart 11:56

     Politics:
    A lack of communication from New Zealand's largest patient health portal, in the wake of a cyber security breach 11:36

     Auckland:
    State Highway 16 remains closed at Makarau, north-west of Auckland, after the discovery of a body 11:16

     National:
    Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year 11:16

     Politics:
    Nominations are now open for the Papatoetoe subdivision's local board election in Auckland 11:06

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