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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 ag…

Release date: 2 June 2018

Information Sheet

Modelling Road Safety in Australian States and Territories

This Information Sheet describes modelling of road fatality rates for the eight Australian States and Territories, and fatality and injury rates for Australia as a whole. The models are constructed 1) to allow an unders…

Release date: 2 May 2018

Information Sheet

Spending by Australian households on owning and operating vehicles in 2015–16

This Information Sheet presents data on Australian households' expenditure patterns, based on the ABS Household Expenditure Survey (HES) for 2015–16. It updates BITRE Information Sheet 86 Spending by Australian househol…

Release date: 2 April 2018

Research Report

Road construction cost and infrastructure procurement benchmarking: 2017 update

This report benchmarks the costs of road construction and the timeliness of infrastructure procurement processes for projects undertaken by states and territories since 2015. BITRE undertook the analysis under the guida…

Release date: 2 March 2018

Statistics

Road Safety in Australia–Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides key road fatality data for 2015 and 2016, and how some key statistics have changed since the base years (2008 to 2010) of the National Road Safety Strategy 2011–2020. Road Safety in Austra…

Release date: 2 March 2018

Research Report

Ex-post Economic Evaluation of National Road Investment Projects

BITRE undertook two rounds of ex-post evaluations of national road investment projects: one in 2005–2007 and the other in 2014–2016. Available evidence suggests that there is much room for improvement in the quality of …

Release date: 2 January 2018

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Research Report

Measuring infrastructure asset performance and customer satisfaction: A review of existing frameworks

Well-managed, modern and functioning infrastructure underpins much of the economic prosperity of Australia. It is thus crucial that Australia's infrastructure keeps up with the needs of the community.While some infrastr…

Release date: 2 September 2017

Research Report

Costs and benefits of emerging road transport technologies

Road transport technologies are evolving rapidly. Recent years have seen the expansion of intelligent transport systems (ITS), such as ramp metering and signal coordination, and low-level vehicle automation. In coming y…

Release date: 2 June 2017

Information Sheet

Motorcycling Safety

This information sheet provides an overview of the current status of motorcycling safety in Australia. In 2016 motorcyclist deaths increased by 22 per cent, to 248 deaths (almost 1 in five road deaths). This represents …

Release date: 2 May 2017

Information Sheet

Light commercial vehicle safety

This information sheet analyses fatal crashes and fatalities involving light commercial vehicles. Light commercial vehicles account for more than 1 in 6 registered vehicles and almost 1 in 5 of total vehicle kilometres …

Release date: 2 April 2017

Information Sheet

Urban Passenger fares

This Information Sheet presents estimates of urban passenger fares in major Australian cities from 1952-53 to 2015-16. A taxi fare index is available separately from 1996-97 to 2015-16. The general trend has been for ri…

Release date: 2 April 2017

Research Report

Introduction to road economics

Paper prepared for the ANZSOG Infrastructure Research Workshop, Canberra, 2015. Author: Mark Harvey Shifting the Transport Infrastructure Debate

Release date: 2 March 2017

Information Sheet

Drivers Licences in Australia

This information sheet presents an estimate of the number of drivers licences in Australia from 1922 to 2016. Also included are estimates of drivers licences in each Australian State and Territory from 1922 to 2016. Lon…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Intercity Passenger fares

This information sheet presents estimates of air, rail and bus passenger fares between major Australian cities from 1960 to 2016. Data for nine intercity routes are provided in this analysis. Real dollar fare values for…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Modelled Road Construction and maintenance Price Index

This information sheet presents estimates of the BITRE Road Construction and maintenance Price (RCMP) from 1910-11 and a model of its movements tied to the Australian diesel price, average weekly earnings and the capita…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Petrol Prices and Diesel Prices in Australia

This information sheet presents estimates of petrol and diesel prices in Australia from 1925-26 to the present. Then a relationship is derived, linking Australian fuel prices to international oil prices over the same pe…

Release date: 2 February 2017