The excel tables present annual road deaths, population and road death rates per 100,000 population from 2012 to 2021 by state and territory (where data is available), by indigenous status. The excel tables include road deaths and road death rates per 100,000 population for First Nations Peoples by age group, sex, road user, remoteness area and vehicle type. Additional tables for First Nations Peoples population are available by state and territory and age group and sex.

First-Nations-Peoples-road-deaths-2012-2021.xlsx
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Road safety enforcement data

Subtopic

Enforcement

Subject

Safety

Road

Resource Type

Statistics

Release date

30 September 2024

Data on road safety enforcement activities can be found on the National Road Safety Data Hub website.

The data provides information on road safety enforcement activities undertaken across Australian states and territories from 2008, including:

unlicensed driving
random roadside alcohol breath tests
roadside drug tests
speeding infringements
mobile phone use while driving infringements
seatbelt infringements

The series is collated from data collected by multiple organisations with varied definitions and data collection practices are not fully consistent across states and territories. Please see the data dictionary and the dashboard for more information.

BITRE is working with data owners to introduce more consistent definitions, address data gaps and investigate opportunities to streamline data collection and sharing processes. This will improve the value of this data series for policymakers, including for reporting on progress on the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 and National Road Safety Action Plan 2023-25.

Australian Infrastructure and Transport Statistics - Yearbook 2022

Subtopic

Subject

Resource Type

Department ID

INFRA5513

ISBN

978-1-922521-78-1

ISSN

1838-9252

Release date

16 December 2022

The aim of the Australian Infrastructure Statistics and Transport Yearbook is to provide a single, comprehensive annual source of infrastructure statistics for use by policymakers, industry leaders, transport analysts and the wider Australian community.

The publication is primarily a source of long-term, aggregate time series infrastructure statistics. Most statistics included in the publication are currently collected by BITRE or other Australian, state or territory government agencies.

Social Cost of Road Crashes

Subtopic

Subject

Resource Type

Release date

18 October 2022

Updated content: this report replaces the version uploaded on Friday 14 October. Text and chart changes have been made to the report’s section on age.

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 using current data, improved methods and broader scope of analysis, including analysis of who bears the burden of road crashes. The current study also set out to aid in addressing three policy questions posed by BITRE by drawing on results of the costing study as well as a rapid review of relevant literature.

The ANU research team members include Emily Lancsar, Ralf Steinhauser, Siobhan Bourke, Robert Breunig, Russell Gruen, Leo Dobes, Liza Munira, Liliana Bulfone, Kathryn Glass, Cameron Gordon, and Jolene Cox.

The BITRE team was Tim Risbey and Dr Gary Dolman, with key contributions from Dr Mark Harvey, Leo Soames and Simon O'Mahony, and Neil Thompson from the Office of Road Safety.

BITRE greatly appreciated the assistance of stakeholders who provided data, participated in the two project workshops, and provided comments on the draft report.

social-cost-of-road-crashes.pdf
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Run-off road crashes in Australia, 2016-2020

Subtopic

Subject

Resource Type

ISSN

1440-9593

Release date

26 August 2022

This Information Sheet provides descriptive analysis of run-off road (RoR) crashes and compares these with other types of crashes in Australia. Between 2016 to 2020, the average annual number of road deaths in Australia was 1,187. Deaths from run-off road crashes averaged 458 deaths per year. Run-off road crashes accounted for 20 per cent of all crashes and a significantly higher 39 per cent of all fatal crashes in Australia during the five-year period 2016 to 2020. Run-off road crashes form an important focus area in not only reducing total numbers of crashes but also the severity level of crashes.