--- title: Mobile phone detection camera sites, ACT resource: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/ publisher: Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-09-27 rows: 118 fields: 7 source: https://www.data.act.gov.au/api/views/5ezj-yjxz/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD source_sha256: d9a8b3bcd5996bfe2fe0c89f7d4558f9a2e8bff674389bd81fbb00731b33cf55 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Mobile phone detection camera sites, ACT The fixed and transportable sites the ACT uses for mobile phone detection cameras, one row per site with its coordinates and the direction of travel monitored. Published by Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate has not endorsed this site. Also called: ACT mobile distraction camera locations, Canberra mobile phone camera sites, ACT seatbelt camera locations. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.csv (11 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.xlsx (14 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.json (25 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.geojson (36 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.parquet (10 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.sqlite (41 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.gpkg (78 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.geo.parquet (9.5 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.ndjson (24 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.arrow (9.8 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.csv.gz (2.8 KB) Pinned version 2026-09-27: `https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/aggregate?group=suburb&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `site_name` | string | Site Name | | | `suburb` | string | Suburb | | | `latitude` | number | Latitude | | | `longitude` | number | Longitude | | | `direction_of_travel` | string | Direction of travel to be monitored | | | `site_type` | string | Site Type | | | `location_code` | string | Location Code | | Key: `location_code`. ## Versions - 2026-09-27: 118 rows, 7 fields, sha256 d9a8b3bcd599. https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/history.tar.zst ## Part of Traffic and parking fines in the ACT - [Traffic and camera offences and fines, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/) - [Traffic camera offences and fines, ACT, 2010 to 2021](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences-2010-2021/) - [Parking offences and fines, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-parking-offences/) - [Mobile speed camera visits, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-speed-camera-visits/) - [Traffic camera locations, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-locations/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Mobile speed camera sites, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-mobile-speed-camera-sites/) (Qld) - [Mobile safety camera location codes, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-mobile-camera-location-codes/) (SA) - [Approved mobile road safety camera locations, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-mobile-road-safety-camera-locations/) (Vic) - [Road safety camera trailer sites, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-speed-camera-trailer-sites/) (Qld) - [Speed and red light camera offences, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-camera-expiation-offences/) (SA) - [Road crashes, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-barbecues/) (ACT) - [Police stations, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-police-stations/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues in the Adelaide Park Lands and city](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-adelaide-city-barbecues/) (Local) - [Road crash locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-road-crash-locations/) (SA) - [Safety camera detections not issued as offences, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-camera-detections-not-accepted/) (SA) - [Infringements and fines by road safety camera site, Victoria, quarterly](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-safety-camera-fines-by-site/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Access Canberra, ACT Government, Mobile Distraction - Fixed and Transportable camera locations, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/5ezj-yjxz, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Access Canberra, ACT Government, Mobile Distraction - Fixed and Transportable camera locations, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/5ezj-yjxz, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/ Harvard: Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate (2026) Mobile phone detection camera sites, ACT, version 2026-09-27 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/ Markdown: Data: [Traffic and parking fines in the ACT](https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/5ezj-yjxz), Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Mobile phone detection camera sites as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Mobile phone detection camera sites in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 118 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/v/2026-09-27/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Mobile phone detection camera sites updated? Access Canberra releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Mobile phone detection camera sites commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Mobile phone detection camera sites? No. The publisher is Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/5ezj-yjxz. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Mobile phone detection camera sites use? Longitude and latitude in decimal degrees as published. The publisher does not name the datum; GDA94 differs from GDA2020 and WGS84 by under 2 metres. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One fixed or transportable site for the cameras that detect drivers using a mobile phone, with the site name, suburb, coordinates, the direction of travel monitored, the site type and the location code. ### How do I link it to the fines? The location code matches the camera location in the ACT traffic and camera fines table in this collection, where these cameras' infringements carry the type TRF_MDDC. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.