Road crashes, ACT
liveOne row per crash on an ACT road since 1 January 2015, as reported by police or the public through the Australian Federal Police Crash Report Form. Each row carries the date and time, suburb, coordinates, whether it was at an intersection or midblock, the direction and type of crash, its severity, and the lighting, road surface and weather at the time.
Also called: ACT Road Crash Data, Canberra car accident data, AFP Crash Report Form data, Roads ACT crash statistics.
- Does it include every crash in the ACT?
- No. The publisher includes crashes reported by police or the public through the AFP Crash Report Form. A crash reported another way, or not reported, is not here. The publisher also notes a backlog of entries, so recent months rise in later releases.
- How accurate are the locations?
- The publisher says a crash location is indicative and may not be the exact position of the people involved.
- How often is it updated?
- The publisher adds rows to the portal through the year. This site checks it weekly and adds a dated version when the rows change.
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Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 27 fields, count and filter across all 76,657 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Roads ACT's attribution. No key.
Then ask it: What does Road crashes, ACT hold, and what changed in the newest version?
claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcpOne command. No key, no account, no sign-up.
Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste https://publicdata.au/mcp.
On the web and in the desktop app.
https://publicdata.au/mcpStreamable HTTP. Cursor, VS Code or any client that connects to a remote MCP server.
Using https://publicdata.au/llms.txt, how many people died on Queensland roads in 2025, by month?For an assistant that reads the web and has no connector.
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Query APIFilter and count from a URLaggregate?group=crash_type&metric=count&crash_severity=eq.Fatal
Crashes by crash type where severity is Fatal: 37 Struck object (Off Road), 18 Head on collision, 11 Right angle collision, 7 Struck pedestrian (On Road).
Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 9 more formats
Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.
In your own tools
Use it in Excel, R, Python and more
Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.
The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/latest/ redirects to the newest version.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/latest/data.csvIn Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.
https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/latest/data.csvIn Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.
library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("act-road-crashes")
pd_attribution(df)install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.
import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("act-road-crashes")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.
INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/data.duckdb' AS act_road_crashes (READ_ONLY);
SELECT crash_severity, count(*) FROM act_road_crashes.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).
const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-road-crashes/aggregate?group=crash_type&metric=count&crash_severity=eq.Fatal");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.
What is in it
Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised. Cells were typed and headers were made snake_case. The publisher's header is kept beside every field in schema.json. Rows were left alone.
| Field | Type | Publisher's header | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| crash_id | integer | CRASH_ID | The publisher's identifier for the crash. |
| crash_date | date | CRASH_DATE | |
| crash_time | string | CRASH_TIME | 12-hour time as the publisher types it, for example 5:44 PM. |
| suburb_location | string | SUBURB_LOCATION | |
| longitude | number | LONGITUDE | Decimal degrees. |
| latitude | number | LATITUDE | Decimal degrees. |
| intersection | boolean | INTERSECTION | |
| midblock | boolean | MIDBLOCK | |
| crash_direction | string | CRASH_DIRECTION | |
| crash_type | string | CRASH_TYPE | |
| crash_severity | string | CRASH_SEVERITY | Fatal, Injury or Property damage only. |
| lighting_condition | string | LIGHTING_CONDITION | |
| road_condition | string | ROAD_CONDITION | |
| weather_condition | string | WEATHER_CONDITION | |
| location | string | Location | The publisher's own text of the coordinates, as (latitude, longitude). |
| sa2_2021_code | string | (spine: sa2) | Code of the Statistical Area Level 2 (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-sa2-2021, not published by the publisher. |
| sa2_2021_name | string | (spine: sa2) | Name of the Statistical Area Level 2 (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-sa2-2021, not published by the publisher. |
| lga_2025_code | string | (spine: lga) | Code of the Local Government Area (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-lga-2025, not published by the publisher. |
| lga_2025_name | string | (spine: lga) | Name of the Local Government Area (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-lga-2025, not published by the publisher. |
| sal_2021_code | string | (spine: suburb) | Code of the Suburb and Locality (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-suburbs-localities-2021, not published by the publisher. |
| sal_2021_name | string | (spine: suburb) | Name of the Suburb and Locality (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-suburbs-localities-2021, not published by the publisher. |
| poa_2021_code | string | (spine: postcode) | Code of the Postal Area (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-postal-areas-2021, not published by the publisher. |
| poa_2021_name | string | (spine: postcode) | Name of the Postal Area (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-postal-areas-2021, not published by the publisher. |
| sed_2025_code | string | (spine: state_electorate) | Code of the State Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. |
| sed_2025_name | string | (spine: state_electorate) | Name of the State Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. |
| ced_2025_code | string | (spine: federal_electorate) | Code of the Commonwealth Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. |
| ced_2025_name | string | (spine: federal_electorate) | Name of the Commonwealth Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. |
Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is crash_id.
A sample of 10 rows
From the latest version, newest first by date, each severity in turn, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.
| crash_id | crash_date | crash_time | suburb_location | longitude | latitude | intersection | midblock | crash_direction | crash_type | crash_severity | lighting_condition | road_condition | weather_condition | location | sa2_2021_code | sa2_2021_name | lga_2025_code | lga_2025_name | sal_2021_code | sal_2021_name | poa_2021_code | poa_2021_name | sed_2025_code | sed_2025_name | ced_2025_code | ced_2025_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 354053 | 2026-09-07 | 3:15 am | STROMLO (RURAL) | 149.0084214 | -35.3321234 | false | true | null | Struck object (Off Road) | Injury | Dark - no street lights | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.3321234, 149.0084214) | 801111140 | ACT - South West | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80014 | ACT Remainder - Stromlo | 2611 | 2611 | 80004 | Murrumbidgee | 801 | Bean |
| 354133 | 2026-09-07 | 10:50 pm | LYNEHAM | 149.127362303 | -35.2455004586 | true | false | null | Rear end collision | Property damage only | Dark - good street lighting | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.2455004585599, 149.127362302541) | 801051057 | Lyneham | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80086 | Lyneham | 2602 | 2602 | 80003 | Kurrajong | 802 | Canberra |
| 347390 | 2026-04-04 | 2:40 pm | null | 149.02152026 | -35.32170136 | false | true | null | Other - Single vehicle (Off Road) | Fatal | Daylight | Good dry surface | Cloudy or Overcast | (-35.32170136, 149.02152026) | 801111140 | ACT - South West | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80014 | ACT Remainder - Stromlo | 2611 | 2611 | 80004 | Murrumbidgee | 801 | Bean |
| 354069 | 2026-09-07 | 8:45 am | AINSLIE | 149.145005145 | -35.2720515291 | true | false | null | Right angle collision | Injury | Daylight | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.2720515290581, 149.145005144966) | 801051050 | Ainslie | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80018 | Ainslie | 2602 | 2602 | 80003 | Kurrajong | 802 | Canberra |
| 354071 | 2026-09-07 | 10:15 am | WESTON | 149.06582594 | -35.33998435 | false | true | null | Same direction side swipe | Property damage only | Daylight | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.33998435, 149.06582594) | 801081098 | Weston | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80133 | Weston (ACT) | 2611 | 2611 | 80004 | Murrumbidgee | 801 | Bean |
| 345211 | 2026-02-17 | 4:20 pm | LYNEHAM | 149.12534309 | -35.23714528 | false | true | null | Struck pedestrian (On Road) | Fatal | Daylight | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.23714528, 149.12534309) | 801051057 | Lyneham | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80086 | Lyneham | 2602 | 2602 | 80003 | Kurrajong | 802 | Canberra |
| 354095 | 2026-09-07 | 3:45 pm | WARAMANGA | 149.05920625 | -35.35271295 | false | true | null | Other - vehicle to vehicle | Property damage only | Daylight | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.35271295, 149.05920625) | 801081097 | Waramanga | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80130 | Waramanga | 2611 | 2611 | 80004 | Murrumbidgee | 801 | Bean |
| 354049 | 2026-09-06 | 3:55 pm | JERRABOMBERRA (RURL) | 149.199981124 | -35.3442650822 | true | false | null | Rear end collision | Injury | Daylight | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.3442650822259, 149.199981123812) | 801031113 | Canberra East | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80008 | ACT Remainder - Jerrabomberra | 2600 | 2600 | 80003 | Kurrajong | 801 | Bean |
| 347129 | 2026-02-16 | 9:50 pm | HUME | 149.16088994 | -35.39519332 | false | true | null | Struck object (Off Road) | Fatal | Dark - good street lighting | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.39519332, 149.16088994) | 801031031 | Hume | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80077 | Hume | 2620 | 2620 | 80003 | Kurrajong | 801 | Bean |
| 354113 | 2026-09-07 | 9:30 am | AMAROO | 149.13198531 | -35.16502923 | false | true | null | Other - vehicle to vehicle | Property damage only | Daylight | Good dry surface | Fine | (-35.16502923, 149.13198531) | 801041034 | Amaroo | 89399 | Unincorporated ACT | 80019 | Amaroo (ACT) | 2914 | 2914 | 80005 | Yerrabi | 803 | Fenner |
The first row as JSON
As it appears in data.json.
GET https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/latest/data.json
{
"crash_id": 222055,
"crash_date": "2015-01-13",
"crash_time": "5:44 PM",
"suburb_location": "RURAL - MOLONGLO VALLEY",
"longitude": 149.0799676,
"latitude": -35.28839018,
"intersection": false,
"midblock": true,
"crash_direction": "North bound",
"crash_type": "Rear end collision",
"crash_severity": "Injury",
"lighting_condition": "Daylight",
"road_condition": "Wet surface",
"weather_condition": "Light rain",
"location": "(-35.28839018, 149.0799676)",
"sa2_2021_code": "801101134",
"sa2_2021_name": "Arboretum",
"lga_2025_code": "89399",
"lga_2025_name": "Unincorporated ACT",
"sal_2021_code": "80011",
"sal_2021_name": "ACT Remainder - Molonglo Valley",
"poa_2021_code": "2611",
"poa_2021_name": "2611",
"sed_2025_code": "80004",
"sed_2025_name": "Murrumbidgee",
"ced_2025_code": "801",
"ced_2025_name": "Bean"
}
Query it without downloading
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. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.
How filters work
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.
| Operator | What it matches |
|---|---|
| eq.value | Equal to the value. |
| neq.value | Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match. |
| gt.value | Greater than the value. |
| gte.value | Greater than or equal to the value. |
| lt.value | Less than the value. |
| lte.value | Less than or equal to the value. |
| like.*text* | Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive. |
| ilike.*text* | The same as like, ignoring case. |
| in.(a,b,c) | Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma. |
| is.null | Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher. |
| Parameter | What it does |
|---|---|
| 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/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 2 newest versions are loaded; versions lists them.
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.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.
https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.
Smaller files
The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each with a GeoJSON beside it. Each file carries the same provenance header.
By crash_severity (3 files)
by/crash_severity/index.json lists every file with its row count.
What changed
One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.
- 2026-10-01 76,657 rows+0 added −0 removed 0 changed27 fieldsutf-8-sig45dbb9445b51
- 2026-09-30 76,657 rows+0 added −0 removed 0 changed27 fieldsutf-8-sig562d854d4e03
- 2026-09-29 76,657 rows27 fieldsutf-8-sig70b3fcfb628d
versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (8.3 MB, every version's Parquet and manifest)
Questions
How do I download Road crashes as a CSV file?
Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/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 Road crashes in Excel?
Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 76,657 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-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.
What years does Road crashes cover?
The current version covers 2015 to 2025. Each release from Roads ACT becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.
How often is Road crashes updated?
Roads ACT releases it through the year. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.
Can I use Road crashes 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 Road crashes?
No. The publisher is Roads ACT, City and Environment Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/6jn4-m8rx. 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.
How do I get only the rows for one crash severity?
Every version has one JSON file per value of crash_severity, 3 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/by/crash_severity/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/by/crash_severity/property-damage-only.json holds the 69,976 rows where crash_severity is Property damage only. A GeoJSON file sits beside each one.
What coordinate system does Road crashes 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.
Which SA2, council area, suburb, postcode, state electorate and federal electorate is each row of Road crashes in?
Each row with coordinates carries the SA2 (2021), Council area (LGA 2025), Suburb or locality (2021), Postcode (postal area 2021), State electorate (2025) and Federal electorate (2025) its point falls in, with the code of each. This site joins them by location against the ABS boundaries, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-sa2-2021/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-lga-2025/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-suburbs-localities-2021/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-postal-areas-2021/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025/, and Roads ACT did not publish them. The schema marks each one as joined and names the boundary version. A row without coordinates, or a point outside every area, has them blank. Place columns from Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 boundaries, Australian Bureau of Statistics, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.