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Road Safety Data
Hospitalised Injuries from Road Crashes
This dataset provides a summary of the number of hospitalised injuries (injuries resulting in hospitalisation but not hospital death) from road crashes. The series is produced by the Road Safety Data Hub using data sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. -
Road Safety Data
Run-off Road Crashes in Australia, 2016-2020
This information sheet provides descriptive analysis of run-off road (RoR) crashes and compares these with other types of crashes in Australia. -
National Freight Data
External Costs of Inter-Capital Freight in Australia
Paper given to the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2010, Canberra. Author: Jack McAuley. -
Road Safety Data
Archived Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly Bulletins
Archived summaries of fatalities in road crashes in Australia involving heavy vehicles are presented here. Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction. Data are preliminary and subject to revision. For the latest bulletin, refer to Road Deaths In Crashes... -
Road Safety Data
Child Pedestrian Safety
This report provides a description of the circumstances of child pedestrian deaths due to motor vehicle accidents around the home and suggests some of the major factors; places these home accidents in the context of child pedestrian safety, examines the potential of available data sources for... -
National Freight Data
Australian Transport Statistics 2006
Australian Transport Statistics provides an easy introduction to a diverse range of transport statistics. Topics include employment, GDP, passenger and freight movements, trade, funding, motor vehicles, fatalities and estimated greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the transport industry.... -
National Freight Data
Australian Transport Statistics—June 2005
Australian Transport Statistics provides an easy introduction to a diverse range of transport statistics. Topics include employment, GDP, passenger and freight movements, trade, funding, motor vehicles, fatalities and estimated greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the transport industry.... -
National Freight Data
Submission to the Productivity Commission Road and Rail Freight Infrastructure P...
The submission commences with a brief general discussion of the economics of road and rail infrastructure and some implications for pricing; examines the relationship between estimates of road infrastructure costs attributable to Australian heavy vehicle operators and charges paid, both at the... -
Road Safety Data
Australian Road Deaths Database
The Australian Road Deaths Database (ARDD) provides basic details of road transport crash fatalities in Australia as reported by the police each month to the State and Territory road safety authorities. Data are preliminary and subject to revision. Citations for information derived from this... -
Road Safety Data
Road Deaths in Australia 1925-2008
This information sheet contains a historical overview of road death statistics in Australia from 1925, when road deaths were first recorded, to 2008 -
Road Safety Data
Cost of Road Crashes in Australia 2006
Road crashes impose large human and financial costs on society and substantial investments are made in infrastructure and safety programs to reduce road trauma. The cost of road crashes is important to the safety debate in Australia, and the unit values particularly for a fatality, injury or cost... -
Road Safety Data
Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly Bulletin
Latest summaries of fatalities in road crashes in Australia involving heavy vehicles are presented here. Updates are quarterly and published around 7 weeks after the end of the reference quarter. Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction. Data are... -
Road Safety Data
Road Trauma Australia Statistical Summary
This report is the latest in the BITRE series of annual road crash statistical reports. It presents annual counts of road deaths, injuries and standardised rates. -
Road Safety Data
Social Cost of Road Crashes - BITRE Final Report (Sep 2022)
The Australian National University (ANU) was engaged by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) to develop a model to estimate the social cost of road crashes in Australia. The current study replicates and extends the previous BITRE costing study (BITRE, 2009) by... -
Road Safety Data
Pedestrians and Road Safety
This information sheet details how pedestrians comprise of the largest single road user group because almost everyone is a pedestrian at some point. People walk for leisure, to go work, school or local shops, and to access other modes of transport. In Australia, there has been a consistent... -
Road Safety Data
Australian Cycling Safety
This information sheet includes several sources of bicycle crash data and exposure data used to provide an overview of cycling safety and data sources in Australia. Section 1 presents latest casualty and fatality statistics, including tabulations by jurisdiction and age group. Section 2 presents... -
Road Safety Data
Young Adult Road Safety - A Statistical Picture
This information sheet presents the latest available Australian and international statistics on the road safety of young adults. -
Road Safety Data
Location and Other Risk Factors in Crashes
This information sheet reports results of a study into the risk factors of vehicle crashes given a crash has occurred in terms of whether it results in the death of a person involved. Factors include vehicle type and age, whether a restraint or helmet was worn, nature of crash, time of day and... -
Road Safety Data
Impact of Road Trauma and Measures to Improve Outcomes
The Impact of Road Trauma Measures to Improve Outcomes Report 140 presents the results of a BITRE review of the impacts of road trauma. This review evaluated different road safety approaches, both internationally and domestically, and provided a timely stock take of ways that road safety experts... -
Road Safety Data
Motorcycling Safety
This information sheet provides an overview of the current status of motorcycling safety in Australia.