BITRE road construction and maintenance price index—2015 update
This Information Sheet presents the quarterly road construction and maintenance price index for the year 2014–15. Additionally, it presents sub-indexes by activity type for road construction and road maintenance, and by road type for arterial, sealed local and unsealed local roads.
- BITRE road construction and maintenance price index–2015 update
Traffic and congestion cost trends for Australian capital cities
The avoidable cost of congestion for the Australian capital cities is estimated to be around $16.5 billion for the 2015 financial year, having grown from about $12.8 billion for 2010. BITRE 'business-as-usual' projections of these costs of metropolitan congestion rise to around $30 billion by 2030–with the various modelling scenarios conducted giving aggregate 2030 results of between $27.7 and $37.3 billion, depending upon the chosen assumptions.
- Traffic and congestion cost trends for Australian capital cities
- VKT and Summary Cost Data
Australian cycling safety
In this paper, several sources of bicycle crash data and exposure data are used to provide an overview of cycling safety and data sources in Australia. Recent trends are identified. Section 1 presents latest casualty and fatality statistics, including tabulations by jurisdiction and age group. Section 2 presents analyses of crash type, vehicles-involved and location characteristics for crashes involving a cyclist casualty, and Section 3 explores recent Australian cycling exposure data.
- Australian cycling safety
Pedestrians and road safety
Pedestrians comprise the largest single road user group because almost everyone is a pedestrian at some point. People walk for leisure, to go to work, school or local shops, and to access other modes of transport. In Australia, there has been a consistent downward trend in total road fatalities, including pedestrian fatalities. Since 2005, pedestrian fatalities as a percentage of all road fatalities have remained relatively stable.
- Pedestrians and road safety
The impact of airbags and electronic stability control on Australian light vehicle fatalities
This Information Sheet presents estimates of the impact of airbags and electronic stability control (ESC) on fatalities in light vehicle crashes. It is estimated that frontal airbags have reduced light vehicle fatalities by 13 per cent, side airbags have reduced light vehicle fatalities by 4 per cent, and that ESC has reduced light vehicle fatalities by 6 per cent. Together, these measures are estimated to have reduced light vehicle fatalities by 23 per cent. This may account for the equivalent of around half the reduction in the fatality rate, per kilometre travelled, since 2007. The impacts of side airbags and ESC will increase as newer vehicles filter through the fleet.
- The impact of airbags and electronic stability control on Australian light vehicle fatalities
Archived Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly Bulletins
Older issues of Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles – Quarterly Bulletins are available below.
Formerly entitled ‘Fatal heavy vehicle crashes Australia—Quarterly Bulletins’.
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Australian infrastructure statistics—Yearbook 2014 and Key Australian infrastructure statistics booklet
The Yearbook provides a comprehensive evidence base to examine long-term and emerging trends as well as inform policy development and regulatory reform in the transport, energy, water and communications sectors. It is the only comprehensive source of time series statistics for Australia's major areas of economic infrastructure. The Yearbook is accompanied by the Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics booklet which is a summary of statistics from the Yearbook.
- Yearbook 2014–Australian Infrastructure Statistics
- Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics
Yearbook 2014
Part I–Infrastructure and the Economy
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics
Yearbook 2014
Part T–Transport
- Australian Infrastructure Statistics
Yearbook 2014
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- Australian Infrastructure Statistics
Yearbook 2014
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- Australian Infrastructure Statistics
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New passenger vehicle fuel consumption trends, 1979 to 2013
The trends evident in BITRE's earlier Information Sheet (BITRE 2009) have continued since 2008. Vehicle sales have increased, with the SUV and LCV categories continuing to increase their shares. With the introduction of compact and more fuel-efficient 4WDs, the growing SUV category has shown a considerable reduction in rated fuel consumption. LCV sales have also been increasing, though not as strongly as SUVs, along with a similarly decreasing level (since about 2006) in rated fuel consumption.
In the past (before 2008), Australian consumers' preference for vehicle characteristics that typically increased fuel consumption (such as higher power, larger size, more accessories or 4WD capability), meant that potential reductions in fuel consumption made possible by technological advances were not fully realised. This has been a worldwide trend in the automobile sector. However, that said, the long-term downward trend in energy intensity has increased in recent years as the latest generation of more fuel efficient light vehicles (including hybrids) entered the market, and with some buyers moving to smaller vehicles as petrol prices rose. The result has been a marked acceleration, over recent years, of the downward trend in the rated fuel consumption (tested L/100km) of new vehicles sold.
- New passenger vehicle fuel consumption trends, 1979 to 2013
BITRE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index—2014 update
This Information Sheet presents the quarterly Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index figures for the year 2013–14. Additionally, it presents sub-indexes by activity type for road maintenance and road construction, and by road type for local sealed, local unsealed, and arterial roads.
- BITRE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index–2014 update
Traffic on the national road network, 2011–12
This Information Sheet presents recent road traffic volumes across the Australian National Land Transport Network in 2011–12, based on data provided by States and Territories. It includes charts showing volumes of heavy and light vehicle traffic for all 21 non-urban corridors, and maps for the urban corridors.
- Traffic on the national road network, 2011–12