Introduction Accidents at work are an important public health problem in Brazil. Among them, commuting accidents stand out, which can be defined as a type of work accident suffered on the way from home/place from meal to work or vice versa. Its consequences interfere in the national economy and generate suffering for the victim and his family.

Objectives To evaluate the trends of time series (2008–2017) of commuting accidents in the five most affected economic activities and to identify the epidemiological profile of the injured in Brazil.

Method This study is based on official Social Security data. The five most affected economic activities were determined by means of simple sums of absolute numbers. Time series trends were performed using simple time regression models. The epidemiological profile was determined based on the variables of sex and age. The regressions were performed with the SPSS 20.0 software, being considered significant, with reference to the F test, when p-value ≤ 0.05.

Results The most affected economic activities were Hospital Care.