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Road Safety Data
BITRE Road Vehicles
Provides statistics relating to the number of vehicles registered for road use in Australia on 31st January 2023. The statistics have been derived from state and territory motor vehicle registry data. This release replaces the ABS Motor Vehicle Census, which was discontinued in 2021. -
National Freight Data
Vehicle Speed and Congestion Data
Data collected under BITRE’s vehicle telematics collection has been used to derive measures of median speed, which can be employed as an indicative measure of traffic congestion for freight vehicles. It should be noted that currently heavy vehicles in the telematics dataset are small compared... -
National Freight Data
Freight route performance under COVID-19
This Information Sheet provides estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on freight vehicle travel times for selected routes in Australian major cities in early 2020. The results show that whilst there was no significant change in freight vehicle traffic volumes over that period, freight... -
National Freight Data
Regional port catchments for road freight
This Information Sheet uses freight vehicle telematics data to illustrate the freight catchment areas of Australia’s five mainland capital city ports. The report includes maps showing a sample of private freight vehicle movements, comprising several hundred thousand journeys, to and from each... -
National Freight Data
Progress in Australian Regions Yearbook 2018
The Progress in Australian Regions–Yearbook is a statistical resource that measures progress in a region against social, economic, environmental and governance indicators. The Yearbook brings together information about Australia's regions from a range of different sources and presents that data... -
National Freight Data
Progress in Australian Regions Yearbook 2017
The Progress in Australian Regions–Yearbook is a statistical resource that measures progress in a region against social, economic, environmental and governance indicators. The Yearbook brings together information about Australia's regions from a range of different sources and presents that data... -
National Freight Data
Trainline statistical reports
Trainline is a compendium of Australia's railways providing insights, analysis, and an understanding of the railway industry. -
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 Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly Bulletins -
National Freight Data
Road Freight Estimates by State/Territory
Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Authors: David Gargett, Afzal Hossain -
National Freight Data
Rail Freight Performance Indicators 2007–08
This statistical report is the third in this series and is a result of collaboration between the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). -
National Freight Data
Interstate Freight on States Roads
Paper given to the 29th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 27–29 September 2006, Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. Authors: David Gargett, Afzal Hossain and David Cosgrove. -
National Freight Data
National road network intercity traffic projections to 2030
This report provides long-term passenger and freight vehicle traffic projections for intercity corridors of the National Land Transport Network (NLTN) between 2005 and 2030. -
National Freight Data
Australian rail freight performance indicators 2005–06
In 2002, the ATC approved a set of six targets and indicators to measure improvements over time in performance of the interstate rail track. Early reports against the indicators were derived entirely from track managers' (below rail) datasets. An ARA survey of train operators (above... -
National Freight Data
Rail Infrastructure Pricing: Principles and Practice
Our analysis involves consideration of the benefits and costs of mandatory access; the principles of efficient access charges; Australia's systems of access and pricing; international pricing and access systems and the lessons from the experiences with them. While principles of access charges... -
National Freight Data
International Airlines - Operated Flights and Seats
International Airlines, Operated Flights and Seats to and from Australia. Monthly data showing city, airline, route, country and region data. Do not sum this data unless Stops are set to zero. When Stops are set to zero, you can sum for Airline, Route, Inbound, Outbound and Total Australia. The... -
National Freight Data
Land Transport Infrastructure Pricing: An Introduction
The BTRE projects that the total freight task will continue to grow strongly. Such growth will increase the infrastructure maintenance needs and possibly hasten the need for capacity expansion. Setting prices for infrastructure use that reflect costs provides important signals as to the... -
National Freight Data
Australian Aircraft Activity
This annual survey covers all Australian registered aircraft used in the Commercial Air Transport and General Aviation sectors of the Australian aviation industry. -
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...