Datasets / Queensland / Transport and Main Roads / Crash data from Queensland roads

Road crash locations, Queensland

Name: Road crash locations, Queensland
Creator: Department of Transport and Main Roads
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Publisher Department of Transport and Main RoadsUpdated about twice a yearLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2026-04-24As at 30 June 2025Rows 415,407Fields 52

One row per reported road traffic crash in Queensland from 1 January 2001. The publisher includes a crash when a person was killed or injured, a vehicle was towed away, or property damage met its reporting threshold. Property damage only crashes stop after 31 December 2010. Crashes in the last 12 months of a release are preliminary because police investigations can take up to a year. Coordinates are GDA2020.

This is the largest of six tables the publisher releases together. The other five are aggregate counts by year and police region.

Part of Crash data from Queensland roads, 6 tables the publisher releases together: Road casualties, Queensland, Driver demographics in road crashes, Queensland, Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties, Queensland, Vehicle types in road crashes, Queensland, Factors in road crashes, Queensland.

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/qld-road-crash-locations/latest/data.parquet

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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_ref_number	integer	Crash_Ref_Number	The publisher's identifier for the crash. Unique within a release.
crash_severity	string	Crash_Severity	Fatal, Hospitalisation, Medical treatment, Minor injury or Property damage only. Property damage only crashes stop after 31 December 2010.
crash_year	integer	Crash_Year
crash_month	string	Crash_Month	Month name.
crash_day_of_week	string	Crash_Day_Of_Week
crash_hour	integer	Crash_Hour	Hour of the day, 0 to 23.
crash_nature	string	Crash_Nature	For example Angle, Rear-end, Hit pedestrian.
crash_type	string	Crash_Type	Single Vehicle, Multi-Vehicle, Hit pedestrian or Other.
crash_longitude	number	Crash_Longitude	Decimal degrees, GDA2020. Blank for 598 crashes in the April 2026 release.
crash_latitude	number	Crash_Latitude	Decimal degrees, GDA2020.
crash_street	string	Crash_Street
crash_street_intersecting	string	Crash_Street_Intersecting	Blank when the crash was not at an intersection.
state_road_name	string	State_Road_Name	Blank on locally controlled roads.
loc_suburb	string	Loc_Suburb
loc_local_government_area	string	Loc_Local_Government_Area
loc_post_code	string	Loc_Post_Code	Kept as text.
loc_police_division	string	Loc_Police_Division
loc_police_district	string	Loc_Police_District
loc_police_region	string	Loc_Police_Region
loc_queensland_transport_region	string	Loc_Queensland_Transport_Region
loc_main_roads_region	string	Loc_Main_Roads_Region
loc_abs_statistical_area_2	string	Loc_ABS_Statistical_Area_2	ABS SA2 name.
loc_abs_statistical_area_3	string	Loc_ABS_Statistical_Area_3	ABS SA3 name.
loc_abs_statistical_area_4	string	Loc_ABS_Statistical_Area_4	ABS SA4 name.
loc_abs_remoteness	string	Loc_ABS_Remoteness	ABS remoteness class.
loc_state_electorate	string	Loc_State_Electorate
loc_federal_electorate	string	Loc_Federal_Electorate
crash_controlling_authority	string	Crash_Controlling_Authority	State-controlled, Locally-controlled, Other or Not coded.
crash_roadway_feature	string	Crash_Roadway_Feature
crash_traffic_control	string	Crash_Traffic_Control
crash_speed_limit	string	Crash_Speed_Limit	A band such as 60 km/h or 100 - 110 km/h. Kept as text because the publisher uses bands.
crash_road_surface_condition	string	Crash_Road_Surface_Condition
crash_atmospheric_condition	string	Crash_Atmospheric_Condition
crash_lighting_condition	string	Crash_Lighting_Condition
crash_road_horiz_align	string	Crash_Road_Horiz_Align	Horizontal alignment.
crash_road_vert_align	string	Crash_Road_Vert_Align	Vertical alignment.
crash_dca_code	string	Crash_DCA_Code	DCA (Definitions for Coding Accidents) code. Kept as text to preserve leading zeros.
crash_dca_description	string	Crash_DCA_Description
crash_dca_group_description	string	Crash_DCA_Group_Description
dca_key_approach_dir	string	DCA_Key_Approach_Dir	Compass direction of the key vehicle. Blank in about 8,000 rows.
count_casualty_fatality	integer	Count_Casualty_Fatality
count_casualty_hospitalised	integer	Count_Casualty_Hospitalised
count_casualty_medically_treated	integer	Count_Casualty_MedicallyTreated
count_casualty_minor_injury	integer	Count_Casualty_MinorInjury
count_casualty_total	integer	Count_Casualty_Total
count_unit_car	integer	Count_Unit_Car	Number of cars involved.
count_unit_motorcycle_moped	integer	Count_Unit_Motorcycle_Moped
count_unit_truck	integer	Count_Unit_Truck
count_unit_bus	integer	Count_Unit_Bus
count_unit_bicycle	integer	Count_Unit_Bicycle
count_unit_pedestrian	integer	Count_Unit_Pedestrian
count_unit_other	integer	Count_Unit_Other

schema.json has the same list as a Frictionless Table Schema. The key is crash_ref_number.

A sample record

The first row of the latest version, as it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/latest/data.json
{
  "crash_ref_number": 1,
  "crash_severity": "Medical treatment",
  "crash_year": 2006,
  "crash_month": "November",
  "crash_day_of_week": "Saturday",
  "crash_hour": 17,
  "crash_nature": "Hit parked vehicle",
  "crash_type": "Single Vehicle",
  "crash_longitude": 153.549734259921,
  "crash_latitude": -28.165244516642,
  "crash_street": "Boundary St",
  "crash_street_intersecting": null,
  "state_road_name": null,
  "loc_suburb": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_local_government_area": "Gold Coast City",
  "loc_post_code": "4225",
  "loc_police_division": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_police_district": "Gold Coast",
  "loc_police_region": "South Eastern",
  "loc_queensland_transport_region": "SEQ South",
  "loc_main_roads_region": "South Coast",
  "loc_abs_statistical_area_2": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_abs_statistical_area_3": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_abs_statistical_area_4": "Gold Coast",
  "loc_abs_remoteness": "Major Cities",
  "loc_state_electorate": "Currumbin",
  "loc_federal_electorate": "Mcpherson",
  "crash_controlling_authority": "Locally-controlled",
  "crash_roadway_feature": "No Roadway Feature",
  "crash_traffic_control": "No traffic control",
  "crash_speed_limit": "0 - 50 km/h",
  "crash_road_surface_condition": "Sealed - Dry",
  "crash_atmospheric_condition": "Clear",
  "crash_lighting_condition": "Daylight",
  "crash_road_horiz_align": "Straight",
  "crash_road_vert_align": "Grade",
  "crash_dca_code": "703",
  "crash_dca_description": "Off Path-Straight: Left Off Cway Hit Obj",
  "crash_dca_group_description": "16: Off Carriageway on Straight Hit Object",
  "dca_key_approach_dir": "E",
  "count_casualty_fatality": 0,
  "count_casualty_hospitalised": 0,
  "count_casualty_medically_treated": 1,
  "count_casualty_minor_injury": 0,
  "count_casualty_total": 1,
  "count_unit_car": 2,
  "count_unit_motorcycle_moped": 1,
  "count_unit_truck": 0,
  "count_unit_bus": 0,
  "count_unit_bicycle": 0,
  "count_unit_pedestrian": 0,
  "count_unit_other": 0
}

{
  "crash_ref_number": 1,
  "crash_severity": "Medical treatment",
  "crash_year": 2006,
  "crash_month": "November",
  "crash_day_of_week": "Saturday",
  "crash_hour": 17,
  "crash_nature": "Hit parked vehicle",
  "crash_type": "Single Vehicle",
  "crash_longitude": 153.549734259921,
  "crash_latitude": -28.165244516642,
  "crash_street": "Boundary St",
  "crash_street_intersecting": null,
  "state_road_name": null,
  "loc_suburb": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_local_government_area": "Gold Coast City",
  "loc_post_code": "4225",
  "loc_police_division": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_police_district": "Gold Coast",
  "loc_police_region": "South Eastern",
  "loc_queensland_transport_region": "SEQ South",
  "loc_main_roads_region": "South Coast",
  "loc_abs_statistical_area_2": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_abs_statistical_area_3": "Coolangatta",
  "loc_abs_statistical_area_4": "Gold Coast",
  "loc_abs_remoteness": "Major Cities",
  "loc_state_electorate": "Currumbin",
  "loc_federal_electorate": "Mcpherson",
  "crash_controlling_authority": "Locally-controlled",
  "crash_roadway_feature": "No Roadway Feature",
  "crash_traffic_control": "No traffic control",
  "crash_speed_limit": "0 - 50 km/h",
  "crash_road_surface_condition": "Sealed - Dry",
  "crash_atmospheric_condition": "Clear",
  "crash_lighting_condition": "Daylight",
  "crash_road_horiz_align": "Straight",
  "crash_road_vert_align": "Grade",
  "crash_dca_code": "703",
  "crash_dca_description": "Off Path-Straight: Left Off Cway Hit Obj",
  "crash_dca_group_description": "16: Off Carriageway on Straight Hit Object",
  "dca_key_approach_dir": "E",
  "count_casualty_fatality": 0,
  "count_casualty_hospitalised": 0,
  "count_casualty_medically_treated": 1,
  "count_casualty_minor_injury": 0,
  "count_casualty_total": 1,
  "count_unit_car": 2,
  "count_unit_motorcycle_moped": 1,
  "count_unit_truck": 0,
  "count_unit_bus": 0,
  "count_unit_bicycle": 0,
  "count_unit_pedestrian": 0,
  "count_unit_other": 0
}

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_year (25 files)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

by/crash_year/index.json lists every file with its row count.

By loc_local_government_area (79 files)

Aurukun Shire Balonne Shire Banana Shire Barcaldine Region Barcoo Shire Blackall Tambo Region Boulia Shire Brisbane City Bulloo Shire Bundaberg Region Burdekin Shire Burke Shire Cairns Region Carpentaria Shire Cassowary Coast Region Central Highlands Region Charters Towers Region Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Cloncurry Shire Cook Shire Croydon Shire Diamantina Shire Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Douglas Shire Etheridge Shire Flinders Shire Fraser Coast Region Gladstone Region Gold Coast City Goondiwindi Region Gympie Region Hinchinbrook Shire Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Ipswich City Isaac Region Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Livingstone Shire Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Lockyer Valley Region Logan City Longreach Region Mackay Region Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Maranoa Region Mareeba Shire Mckinlay Shire Moreton Bay Region Mornington Shire Mount Isa City Murweh Shire Napranum Aboriginal Shire Noosa Shire North Burnett Region Northern Peninsula Area Region Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Paroo Shire Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Quilpie Shire Redland City Richmond Shire Rockhampton Region Scenic Rim Region Somerset Region South Burnett Region Southern Downs Region Sunshine Coast Region Tablelands Region Toowoomba Region Torres Shire Torres Strait Island Region Townsville City Unknown Weipa Town Western Downs Region Whitsunday Region Winton Shire Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire

by/loc_local_government_area/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. The "as at" date is the publisher's own.

2026-04-24as at 30 June 2025
415,407 rows52 fieldsutf-8-sig975be4b02a23

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (17 MB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

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.

The publisher releases Crash data from Queensland roads as 6 files at once, so all 6 tables here share a version date.

Attribution the licence asks for

Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Government, Crash data from Queensland roads, sourced 24 September 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/crash-data-from-queensland-roads, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

It is already inside every file, so you only need this if you print a table.

For agents and tools

datapackage.jsonFrictionless data package pointing at the latest version
schema.jsonTable Schema for every field
versions.jsonevery version with date, rows, fields and hash
changes.jsondiff for every consecutive pair
manifest.jsonwhere the bytes came from and when
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

Department of Transport and Main Roads publishes this table on www.data.qld.gov.au. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

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