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Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics lists 80 datasets on catalogue.data.infrastructure.gov.au and data.gov.au. 14 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read. 1 table from its releases is served here in every format with version history.
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1 dataset| Dataset | Download latest | Version | Rows |
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| Australian Road Deaths Database, fatalitiesEvery person killed in a road crash in Australia since 1989, one row per death, with state, date, time, road user, age, gender, speed limit and vehicles involved. | 2026-08-07 | 58,837 |
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80 datasetsThese are the datasets Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics lists on catalogue.data.infrastructure.gov.au and data.gov.au. A vote asks us to serialise one. Only the licence can stop us, so a dataset without an open licence cannot take a vote.
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| Archived Road Deaths Australia—Monthly BulletinsArchived summaries of road crash deaths and fatal road crashes 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 Australia—Monthly… | PDF, XLSX | CC-BY | 2026-09-10 | |
| Australian Road Deaths DatabaseThe 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… | PDF, XLSX | CC-BY | 2026-08-07 | served |
| Road Deaths Australia—Monthly BulletinsLatest summaries of road crash deaths and fatal road crashes are presented here. Updates are monthly and published on or around the 14th of each month. Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction. Data are preliminary and subject to… | CC-BY | 2026-08-07 | no download | |
| Archived Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly BulletinsArchived 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… | none stated | 2026-04-08 | no licence stated | |
| Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly BulletinLatest 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… | CC-BY | 2026-04-08 | no download | |
| Road Trauma Australia Statistical SummaryThis 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. | HTML, PDF, XLSX | CC-BY | 2026-01-29 | |
| Road vehicles Australia, January 2024Selected confidentialised extracts of the number of vehicles registered for road use in Australia on 31 January 2024. The statistics have been derived from state and territory motor vehicle registry data. These statistics replace the ABS Motor Vehicle Census, discontinued in… | CSV, TXT | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2025-10-16 | |
| International Road Safety ComparisonsThis report presents road deaths and road death rates for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations and Australian states and territories. The rates allow for a comparison of Australia's road safety performance with those of other OECD nations by… | HTML, PDF | CC-BY | 2025-09-12 | no download |
| Road Safety Enforcement DataThe road safety enforcement data provides summary series of road safety enforcement activities undertaken across the Australian states and territories from 2008. The road safety enforcement data series is provided annually by state and territory police agencies and state revenue… | CSV, PDF | none stated | 2025-08-25 | no licence stated |
| Freight Vehicle Congestion in Australia's 5 Major CitiesThese files provide more detailed outputs from BITRE's 'Freight vehicle congestion in Australia’s five major cities - 2019' publication (see: https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2021/freight-vehicle-congestion-australias-five-major-cities-2019), which reported freight vehicle… | CSV, ZIP | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2025-05-21 | |
| Road vehicles Australia, January 2021Selected confidentialised extracts of the number of vehicles registered for road use in Australia on 31 January 2021. The statistics have been derived from state and territory motor vehicle registry data. These statistics replace the ABS Motor Vehicle Census, discontinued in… | CSV, TXT | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2025-05-21 | |
| Road vehicles Australia, January 2022Selected confidentialised extracts of the number of vehicles registered for road use in Australia on 31 January 2022. The statistics have been derived from state and territory motor vehicle registry data. These statistics replace the ABS Motor Vehicle Census, discontinued in… | CSV, TXT | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2025-05-21 | |
| Crash data from Queensland roadsLocation and characteristics of crashes within Queensland for all reported Road Traffic Crashes 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2023, (property damage only crashes to 31 December 2010). | CSV | CC-BY | 2025-03-20 | |
| Bus Safety Statistical SnapshotThis statistical snapshot provides a newly consolidated view of the bus fleet along with information on crashes, injuries and deaths involving buses. Key insights include: Bus fleet: most buses involved in a crash are on the younger side – 10 years old or less. Fatal crashes… | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated | |
| E-Survey of Road Users' AttitudesThe E-Survey of Road Users' Attitudes (ESRA) collects road safety performance and road safety culture data. The main themes covered in the survey include: self-declared behaviour, attitudes and opinions on unsafe traffic behaviour, enforcement experiences and support for policy… | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated | |
| First Nations Peoples Road Deaths in AustraliaThis dataset contains deaths due to road vehicle traffic crashes and estimated populations for First Nations Peoples (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) on Australian roads between 2012 to 2021. The data can be filtered by remoteness, age group, sex, jurisdiction… | HTML | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated |
| Lives Lost on NT RoadsAnnual crash statistics for fatalities and serious injuries in the NT. Provides information on road user groups, key contributing factors, demographics, crash type, road surface and location of the fatality or serious injury. The information is provided to the Department of… | HTML | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated |
| National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey - CWANZThe National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey provides insight into walking and cycling activity across Australia and is a successor to the National Cycling Participation Survey which was conducted biennially from 2011 to 2019. | HTML | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated |
| NSW Road Crash DataThis data provides a view of crash locations and environmental conditions as well as the involved vehicle types and the drivers and people who are injured or lose their lives. | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-24 | no download |
| NSW Safety Performance Indicators Observational SurveyThe NSW Safety Performance Indicators Observational Study report aims to identify key road user behaviours through monitoring of Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs). This study focuses on identifying the gaps for the following road user behaviours: light vehicle seat belt use… | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated | |
| Prevalence and Determinants of Speeding Survey - QLDThe Department of Transport and Main Roads conducts an annual survey of Queensland motorists focusing on road safety attitudes and behaviours, as well as support for our safety initiatives. Since 2020 this annual survey has primarily focused on speeding, speed enforcement… | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-24 | no download |
| Queensland Roads and TracksQueensland Roads and Tracks is the Department of Resources' foundation dataset of road data. It is a vector (line segment) dataset depicting the approximal centreline location and attributes of roads and tracks across Queensland. It does not replicate a navigable product. | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-24 | no download |
| Severe Injuries from Road CrashesThese data extracts from the Australia New Zealand Trauma Registry (ANZTR) provide summary of tables of severe injury cases (admitted patients with an Injury Severity Score 12) from participating hospitals. The report has separate tables for on-road transport, off-road… | HTML | none stated | 2025-02-24 | no licence stated |
| South Australia Road Crash Reports and FactsheetsA collection of South Australian progress and road crash reports and factsheets for fatal and serious road crash facts including road user groups and local government area (LGA) maps. | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-24 | no download |
| Victoria Road Crash DataThis data has been consolidated from Victoria Police reports and hospital injury information, validated and enriched to provide a comprehensive and detailed view of road crashes and injuries across Victoria. The data provides users with information about Victorian fatal and… | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-24 | no download |
| WA Road Crash Information (last 5 years)Crashes are recorded in the Integrated Road Information System (IRIS). The dataset provided is of crashes over the past 5 calendar years. | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-24 | no download |
| Annual Lives Lost on NT RoadsAnnual statistics of lives lost on NT roads based on road user type as at December each year. Shows breakdown of demographics of individuals and whether lives were lost on urban or regional roads. | HTML | none stated | 2025-02-20 | no licence stated |
| NT Driver Licensing and Registration StatisticsThe NT driver licensing and registration statistics contain quarterly trends for the total numbers of active licenses and vehicles registered in the NT including the breakdown of license types and classes and vehicle types. | HTML | none stated | 2025-02-20 | no licence stated |
| SA Pedestrian CrossingsSouth Australian intersections, pedestrian crossing locations and information. | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-20 | no download |
| Victoria Traffic LightsShows the location of traffic signals in Victoria. | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-20 | no download |
| WA Pavement and Surfacing StateSurfacing is that part of a pavement specifically designed to resist abrasion from traffic and to minimize the entry of water. It may be a sprayed seal, asphalt or other material. Surfacing details are recorded for each lane and shoulder of a carriageway of a road. The total… | HTML | CC-BY | 2025-02-20 | no download |
| BITRE Road VehiclesProvides 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… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-11-26 | no download |
| Archived International Road Safety Comparisons—AnnualArchived International Road Safety Comparisons—Annual | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-09-12 | no download |
| Investment Infrastructure ProgramsThe application shows projects clustered by locations where the Project intersects with selected administrative boundaries | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-08-23 | no download |
| ACT Heavy Vehicle Conditions and NetworkThe ACT Restricted Access Vehicle Network contains maps and lists of authorised roads and approved routes for each heavy vehicle type is in accordance with the ACT's Performance Based Standards. | HTML | none stated | 2024-08-01 | no licence stated |
| Crash Map - WAThe Crash Map system enables users to perform macro and micro analyses of reported road crashes in WA. The crash data is available to State and Local Government road asset managers. Crash Map also provides a fully integrated platform for the creation and management of… | HTML | none stated | 2024-08-01 | no licence stated |
| NSW Speed ZonesSpeed zones are set to enable drivers travelling at a speed limit to safely respond to potential risks in the road environment. This data set contains data for NSW speed zones that are categorised as: Ordinary Permanent, Shared, High Pedestrian, School, Variable, Local Traffic… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-08-01 | no download |
| Tasmania Higher Mass Limits (HML) Approved NetworkShows roads in 3 categories: approved (green), conditionally approved (orange) and restricted (red). Tasmania's HML network does not allow access for: (1) Truck and dog trailer combinations - this is provided via the Increased Mass Limit (IML) network. (2) Approved… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-08-01 | no download |
| ABS Motor Vehicle CensusThe Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Motor Vehicle Census was discontinued in 2021, and detailed the total number of motor vehicles registered in each state and territory. It includes the number of registered vehicles, average age of vehicles, fuel types, Gross Vehicle Mass… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-07-31 | no download |
| Australian Cycling Participation Survey - AustroadsThe National Cycling Participation Survey (NCPS) is a standardised survey that has been repeated biennially since 2011. The NCPS provides data on cycling participation at a national level and allows for estimates of participation for each state and territory, and the capital… | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| Australian Design RulesThe Australian Design Rules (ADRs) are national standards for road vehicle safety, anti-theft and emissions. All new road vehicles manufactured in Australia and imported new or second-hand vehicles must comply with the relevant ADRs when they are first supplied to the Australian… | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| Child Pedestrian SafetyThis 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… | CC-BY | 2024-07-31 | no download | |
| Modelling Road Safety in Australian States and TerritoriesThis 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 understanding of the past forces underlying the fatality rates in… | PDF, XLSX | CC-BY | 2024-07-31 | |
| NSW Speed CamerasThis dataset includes location points of Fixed Speed Cameras which are used at high-risk locations or in areas with a history of severe crashes and Red Light Speed Cameras which are installed to reduce crashes at high-risk intersections with traffic lights. Mobile Speed Camera… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-07-31 | no download |
| NT Annual Traffic DataNT traffic and transport data used by the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, other Northern Territory Government departments, state government road authorities, and commercial organisations. | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| Road Crash Locations in SASites of road crashes in South Australia. | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-07-31 | no download |
| SA Traffic VolumesEstimated traffic volume information along sealed South Australian roads. Traffic Volumes is the sum of traffic travelling in both directions on a two-way road passing a roadside observation point over the period of a full year divided by the number of days in the year. | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-07-31 | no download |
| Self-reported Road Safety BehavioursThis focuses on performance reporting for police services, covering the operations of the police agencies of each state and territory government, including the ACT community policing function performed by the Australian Federal Police. Refer to table 6.A3 for tables on Road… | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| Tasmania Road Crash DataAn overview of Tasmanian road crash statistics for previous calendar years including quarterly updates and road crash statistic trends for the last 5 years. Includes a comparison of annual fatalities and serious injuries with a 10-year average. | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| Victoria Road Crash Information SystemThe Road Crash Information System (RCIS) provides crash data from Victorian road incidents dating back to 1987. The information is sourced from Victoria Police. RCIS provides tools for analysing road crashes in Victoria. This data allows local government road safety… | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| Victoria Road Safety MonitorThe Victorian Road Safety Monitor is an annual survey completed by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) to track and monitor road user behaviour and attitudes. | HTML | none stated | 2024-07-31 | no licence stated |
| National Heavy Vehicle Network MapThe National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) National Network Map is an interactive resource that shows the network maps and approved roads available for road freight transport vehicles, special purpose vehicles and load carrying vehicles. The National Network Map contains the… | HTML | none stated | 2024-06-20 | no licence stated |
| Community Attitudes to Road Safety SurveyThe Community Attitudes Survey (CAS) ran from 1986-2017 and provides a national snapshot of Australian attitudes, experiences and behaviours regarding road safety topics. It helps evaluate specific road safety measures and suggests new areas for intervention. These surveys… | none stated | 2024-06-18 | no licence stated | |
| Road Transport Industry WHS StatisticsThe Road Transport Industry WHS statistics include trends in workers' compensation claims, fatalities and other data broken down by jurisdiction and mechanism of injury or disease. It shows a breakdown of fatalities by victim activity at the time of fatality, type of vehicle… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-06-18 | no download |
| SA Road Crash DataDetails of reported road crashes and casualties in South Australia. | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-06-18 | no download |
| Work-related Fatalities DataThe work-related fatalities dataset includes information on all work-related injury fatalities in Australia, explicitly excluding deaths resulting from diseases, natural causes and suicides. | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-06-18 | no download |
| Cost of Road Crashes in Australia 2006Road 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… | none stated | 2024-06-11 | no licence stated | |
| 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… | none stated | 2024-06-11 | no licence stated | |
| Australian Cycling SafetyThis 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… | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| Hospitalised Injuries from Road CrashesThis 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. | PDF, XLSX | none stated | 2024-05-30 | no licence stated |
| Impact of Road Trauma and Measures to Improve OutcomesThe 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… | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| Location and Other Risk Factors in CrashesThis 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… | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| Motorcycling SafetyThis information sheet provides an overview of the current status of motorcycling safety in Australia. | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| Pedestrians and Road SafetyThis 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… | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| Road Deaths in Australia 1925-2008This information sheet contains a historical overview of road death statistics in Australia from 1925, when road deaths were first recorded, to 2008 | none stated | 2024-05-30 | no licence stated | |
| Run-off Road Crashes in Australia, 2016-2020This information sheet provides descriptive analysis of run-off road (RoR) crashes and compares these with other types of crashes in Australia. | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| Young Adult Road Safety - A Statistical PictureThis information sheet presents the latest available Australian and international statistics on the road safety of young adults. | CC-BY | 2024-05-30 | no download | |
| ACT Road Crash DataThis dataset only represents crashes that have been reported using the AFP Crash Report Form, and any crashes which have been reported through other channels are not displayed within this dataset. | HTML | none stated | 2024-05-24 | no licence stated |
| Crashes Last 5 Years - SACrashes for the last 5 years are extracted from the Traffic Accident Register (TARS) for any crash which has enough information to be located. Information has been summarized to enable display and query crashes. | HTML | CC-BY-3.0 | 2024-05-24 | no download |
| Queensland Speed Limits for State and Local RoadsSpeed limit information for most of Queensland's roads. Includes state and locally controlled roads. Point-in-time data as per date of collection in dataset. | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-05-16 | no download |
| NSW Road Network ClassificationsThe NSW Road Network Classifications Map is an interactive resource which illustrates the current state and regional roads in NSW. The map also contains a Local Government Area (LGA) layer which shows which state or regional roads are within each LGA. Along with the map, there… | HTML | none stated | 2024-05-15 | no licence stated |
| ANCAP Safety RatingsThe Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) conducts performance assessments of new cars to be introduced to the Australian market. The assessment involves testing the safety features and technologies to provide a rating out of 5 stars. | HTML | none stated | 2024-05-13 | no licence stated |
| National Land Transport NetworkThe National Land Transport Network (the Network) is a network of nationally important road and rail infrastructure links and their intermodal connections. The Network was reviewed and updated on 1 July 2020 under the National Land Transport Network Determination 2020 which… | HTML | none stated | 2024-05-13 | no licence stated |
| Queensland Traffic DataQueensland average daily traffic volume data for state-controlled roads broken down by hour of day and day of week as an average volume for the year prescribed. | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-05-13 | no download |
| Victoria Traffic Count LocationsThis dataset contains the location, GPS coordinates and textual description of all traffic counts conducted by VicRoads over the past 20+ years. VicRoads collects thousands of counts each year across the state. The type of equipment used determines the accuracy and the type of… | HTML | CC-BY | 2024-05-13 | no download |
| Australian Road Deaths Database (ARDD)The Australian Road Deaths Database 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. Road deaths from recent months are preliminary and the series is subject to… | CSV, PDF | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-12-11 | |
| International Airline Activity (Link)This is a link to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics web site. Microsoft Excel files containing time series data on the scheduled operations of international airlines operating into/out of Australia. Covers passenger, freight and mail movements… | XLS | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-11 | |
| Domestic Aviation Activity - Cities and RegionsThis file provides data on Regular Public Transport (RPT) Domestic Aviation Activity in Australia by sector type. Each sector is classified using the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 based on location of the airport pair. ‘Major Cities’ covers sectors… | CSV, TXT | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2023-08-09 | |
| International Airlines - Operated Flights and SeatsScheduled services operated by international airlines to and from Australia. Covers operated flights and seats by city, airline, route, country and region. Please read the Notes (text file) for explanation of items. | CSV, TXT | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-11-23 | |
| International Airlines - Seat utilisation factorsScheduled operations of International Airlines to and from Australia. Flights, passengers carried and seats made available by airline and country where single flight number services originate/terminate. | CSV, TXT | CC-BY-3.0-AU | 2022-11-23 |
Listed from the portals' own catalogues, read 28 September 2026. Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics has not endorsed this site. Every dataset here keeps its publisher's licence and attribution. catalogue.json has this list as data.