One offence on one day, at one camera location where there is one, for one registration state and client type, with the number of infringements and the sum of their penalties in dollars.

What do the infringement types mean?

They are the publisher's codes. TRF_RLC covers red light and fixed speed cameras, TRF_CIN mobile speed cameras, TRF_MDDC mobile phone detection cameras, TRF_DSB and TRF_PSB driver and passenger seatbelt offences, TRF_P2P point to point cameras, TRF_TIN infringements issued by police and other officers, and UNRGSTRD and UNINSRD unregistered and uninsured vehicles. The publisher notes that TRF_TIN rows carry no camera location code.

How do I map the offences?

The camera location code matches the location codes in the ACT traffic camera locations and the mobile distraction camera locations tables in this collection. The publisher says some cleaning may be needed for the codes to match.

Datasets / Australian Capital Territory / Access Canberra / Traffic and parking fines in the ACT

Traffic and camera offences and fines, ACT

Name: Traffic and camera offences and fines, ACT
Creator: Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate
Published: 2026-09-28
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Publisher Access Canberra, City and Environment DirectorateUpdated weeklyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2026-09-28Rows 198,579Fields 8

Daily counts of the traffic and camera offences Access Canberra records in the ACT from 1 July 2021. Each row carries the offence date, the state of the vehicle's registration, whether the client is a person or an organisation, the infringement type, the camera location code, the offence description, the number of infringements and the sum of their penalty amounts.

Also called: ACT speeding fines data, Canberra speed camera fines, ACT red light camera infringements, ACT traffic infringement notices.

Part of Traffic and parking fines in the ACT, 6 tables the publisher releases together: Traffic camera offences and fines, ACT, 2010 to 2021, Parking offences and fines, ACT, Mobile speed camera visits, ACT, Traffic camera locations, ACT, Mobile phone detection camera sites, ACT.

Before you use it

What is in each row?: One offence on one day, at one camera location where there is one, for one registration state and client type, with the number of infringements and the sum of their penalties in dollars.
What do the infringement types mean?: They are the publisher's codes. TRF_RLC covers red light and fixed speed cameras, TRF_CIN mobile speed cameras, TRF_MDDC mobile phone detection cameras, TRF_DSB and TRF_PSB driver and passenger seatbelt offences, TRF_P2P point to point cameras, TRF_TIN infringements issued by police and other officers, and UNRGSTRD and UNINSRD unregistered and uninsured vehicles. The publisher notes that TRF_TIN rows carry no camera location code.
How do I map the offences?: The camera location code matches the location codes in the ACT traffic camera locations and the mobile distraction camera locations tables in this collection. The publisher says some cleaning may be needed for the codes to match.

198,579offence days

2022 to 2025years drawn

8fields

9formats

1version

Infringements per year, 2022 to 2025. Rows where date is at least 2022-01-01 are drawn. 2026 is not drawn because the rows run to 25 September 2026. The figure is a sum of the infringements column from version 2026-09-28, worked out in the build. Nothing else is added.

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Then ask it: What does Traffic and camera offences and fines, ACT hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

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aggregate?group=offence_description&metric=sum.infringements

Infringements by offence: 401,021 20 Non-school zone exceed speed limit by <= 15km/h, 63,423 300 (1) Driver using mobile device, 30,917 20 School Zone Exceed Speed Limit By <= 15 Km/H, 28,690 20 Non-School Zone Exceed Speed Limit > 15 But <= 30 Km/H.

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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.

Format

Version "Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version never changes.

https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/latest/data.xlsx

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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-traffic-camera-offences/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/latest/data.csv

In 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-traffic-camera-offences/latest/data.csv

In 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-traffic-camera-offences")
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-traffic-camera-offences")
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-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/data.duckdb' AS act_traffic_camera_offences (READ_ONLY);
SELECT infringement_type, count(*) FROM act_traffic_camera_offences.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-traffic-camera-offences/aggregate?group=offence_description&metric=sum.infringements");
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
offence_date	date	Offence Date
registration_state	string	Registration State
client_type	string	Client Type	PRSN for a person and ORGN for an organisation, as the publisher codes it.
infringement_type	string	Infringement Type
camera_location	string	Camera Location
offence_description	string	Offence Description
penalty_amount	number	Sum of Penalty Amount
infringements	integer	Infringement Count

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json.

A sample of 10 rows

From the latest version, newest first by date, each infringement type in turn, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.

offence_date	registration_state	client_type	infringement_type	camera_location	offence_description	penalty_amount	infringements
2026-09-25	VIC	PRSN	TRF_RLC	1006	59 (1) Enter Intersection or Marked Foot Crossing When Traffic Light Red	619	1
2026-09-24	ACT	ORGN	TRF_CIN	4008	20 Non-school zone exceed speed limit by <= 15km/h	1730	1
2026-09-24	ACT	PRSN	TRF_TIN	null	20 Non-school zone exceed speed limit by <= 15km/h	394	1
2026-09-24	ACT	PRSN	UNRGSTRD	1004	18 (1) Use Unregistered/Suspended Vehicle	750	1
2026-09-23	QLD	ORGN	TRF_MDDC	7083	300 (1) Driver using mobile device	2835	1
2026-09-23	VIC	ORGN	TRF_DSB	5001	264 (1) (c) Driver not wear properly adjusted/fastened seatbelt	2965	1
2026-09-23	VIC	PRSN	TRF_PSB	7083	265A (1) Driver not ensure passenger complying with seatbelt or seating position requirements	641	1
2024-11-06	ACT	PRSN	UNINSRD	1008	289 (1) Use Uninsured Motor Vehicle on road or road related area	1009	1
2023-02-01	ACT	ORGN	TRF_P2P	2004	20 Non-School Zone Exceed Speed Limit > 15 But <= 30 Km/H	2030	1
2026-09-25	QLD	PRSN	TRF_RLC	1006	59 (1) Enter Intersection or Marked Foot Crossing When Traffic Light Red	619	1

The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/latest/data.json
{
  "offence_date": "2024-03-06",
  "registration_state": "ACT",
  "client_type": "PRSN",
  "infringement_type": "TRF_RLC",
  "camera_location": "1026N",
  "offence_description": "20 Non-school zone exceed speed limit by <= 15km/h",
  "penalty_amount": 316.0,
  "infringements": 1
}

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.

Try rows or aggregate for this dataset. The query builder needs JavaScript.

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 1 newest version is 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. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By infringement_type (9 files)

TRF_CIN TRF_DSB TRF_MDDC TRF_P2P TRF_PSB TRF_RLC TRF_TIN UNINSRD UNRGSTRD

by/infringement_type/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.

2026-09-28
198,579 rows8 fieldsutf-8-sigeffbcb6d7e0e

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (511 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Traffic and camera offences and fines as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open Traffic and camera offences and fines in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 198,579 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-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

What years does Traffic and camera offences and fines cover?

The current version covers 2021 to 2025. Each release from Access Canberra becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

How often is Traffic and camera offences and fines updated?

Access Canberra releases it weekly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Traffic and camera offences and fines 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 Traffic and camera offences and fines?

No. The publisher is Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/vr9h-djj8. 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 infringement type?

Every version has one JSON file per value of infringement_type, 9 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/by/infringement_type/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/by/infringement_type/trf-rlc.json holds the 100,579 rows where infringement_type is TRF_RLC.

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.

Traffic and parking fines in the ACT is 6 tables here, and each takes its version date from its own file.

Attribution and citation

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Access Canberra, ACT Government, Traffic and Camera Offences and Fines, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/vr9h-djj8, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/v/2026-09-28/

The attribution alone is inside every file. Harvard is the author-date form a report or a brief asks for. Paste the HTML on a web page so the links carry.

Licence record

Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate states the licence, CC BY 4.0, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 1 October 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2026-09-28 read it from www.data.act.gov.au on 3 October 2026.

Also published on

Hugging Faceload_dataset("National-Digital/act-traffic-camera-offences")
Kagglewith a starter notebook
ZenodoDOI 10.5281/zenodo.23123453

Each copy carries the same attribution and links back to this page.

For agents and tools

datapackage.jsonFrictionless data package pointing at the latest version
schema.jsonTable Schema for every field
schema.xlsxthe same field list as an Excel data dictionary
versions.jsonevery version with date, rows, fields and hash
changes.jsondiff for every consecutive pair
manifest.jsonwhere the bytes came from and when
Query APIfiltered rows and counts without a download
openapi.jsonOpenAPI 3.1 for this dataset's query paths
explore/charts and dashboards in the browser, shareable and embeddable
index.mdthis page as Markdown

This page carries a schema.org Dataset record and is listed in /.well-known/ard.json and /catalog.json.

Source

Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate publishes this table on www.data.act.gov.au. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

Fetched 3 October 2026. Source SHA-256 effbcb6d7e0e7339…

Improve this dataset

This page is built from register/act-traffic-camera-offences.yaml on GitHub. Anyone can propose a fix to it, such as a clearer description or a field the publisher renamed, as a pull request.

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