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How much Crocs really cost<br />

A FAMOUSLY ugly shoe is<br />

trending in the wrong direction<br />

when it comes to safety, data<br />

shows.<br />

So far this year, ACC has<br />

paid out nearly $2 million to<br />

people with ‘fall related’ claims<br />

involving Crocs, jandals and<br />

high heels alone.<br />

The total number of Crocrelated<br />

accidents in the year to<br />

September has already surpassed<br />

2023’s figure, up to 128 from 109.<br />

The number of jandal-related<br />

accidents is decreasing, while<br />

high heel accidents have<br />

remained steady over the past<br />

four years, the data shows.<br />

Losing balance or skidding on<br />

foot was the most common way<br />

for people to sustain injuries in<br />

both Crocs and jandals.<br />

A twisting movement was the<br />

most common way to be injured<br />

wearing heels – 70 people were<br />

injured in this fashion over the<br />

past nine months.<br />

Meanwhile, at least 10 people<br />

were “struck by a person or<br />

animal” while wearing Crocs,<br />

jandals and heels, causing a<br />

significant enough injury to<br />

require ACC.<br />

For the year to date, more than<br />

$1.3 million has been paid in<br />

active costs relating to the 495<br />

people who needed to recover<br />

from jandal accidents.<br />

While some people might<br />

need more assistance than<br />

others, that cost about $2700 on<br />

average per jandal accident.<br />

For high heel injuries, about<br />

$472,720 was paid out, and for<br />

Croc-related accidents, $63,797<br />

was paid out.<br />

The number of people hurt<br />

while wearing Crocs tripled between<br />

2022 and 2023, while the<br />

cost to ACC of treating those<br />

injuries doubled.<br />

On the numbers and costs<br />

alone, the humble jandal appears<br />

to sustain the most damage<br />

to the wearer. High heels<br />

come in second, with Crocs<br />

climbing the ranks to third.<br />

ACC said the data for this year<br />

was not definitive.<br />

When people hurt themselves,<br />

they had options to describe on<br />

the form how it happened.<br />

“This field is not mandatory<br />

to complete and not every client<br />

does so. Also, when the field is<br />

completed, there is considerable<br />

variation in the way accidents<br />

are described.”<br />

That meant there could be a<br />

much larger number of people<br />

who had footwear-related<br />

injuries who had not noted the<br />

type of footwear on the form.<br />

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FALLOUT: So far this year ACC has paid out nearly<br />

$2 million in ‘fall-related’ claims involving Crocs, jandals<br />

and high heels.<br />

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