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Crashes in Cairns Region

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Publisher Department of Transport and Main RoadsLicence CC BY 4.0Version 2026-04-24As at 30 June 2025Rows 14,041

14,041 of the 415,407 crashes in Road crash locations, Queensland are in Cairns Region, 2001 to 2024. Published by Department of Transport and Main Roads under CC BY 4.0, version 2026-04-24 as at 30 June 2025.

Every reported crash on a Queensland road since 1 January 2001, one row per crash, with its coordinates, severity, road conditions and casualty and vehicle counts. This page holds the rows where council area is Cairns Region. The whole table, with every council area, is Road crash locations, Queensland.

Crashes counted in cells of 0.05 degrees. State outlines from the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021, CC BY 4.0.

14,041crashes

2001 to 2024years drawn

415,407in the whole table

FatalHospitalisationMedical treatmentMinor injury

Crashes per year by severity, 2001 to 2024. Rows where severity is not Property damage only are drawn. 2025 is not drawn because the file runs to 30 June 2025. A count of rows from version 2026-04-24, worked out in the build. Nothing else is added.

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Files for Cairns Region

The rows for this council area alone, cut from version 2026-04-24. Each file carries the publisher's attribution and names the partition it holds.

cairns-region.json14,041 rows as JSON
cairns-region.geojsonthe same rows as GeoJSON

The query API answers the same rows and counts from a URL, in JSON, CSV or NDJSON: rows and aggregate. Every format of the whole table, with a format picker, is on the dataset page.

A sample of 10 rows

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

crash_ref_number	crash_severity	crash_year	crash_month	crash_day_of_week	crash_hour	crash_nature	crash_type	crash_longitude	crash_latitude	crash_street	crash_street_intersecting	state_road_name	loc_suburb	loc_local_government_area	loc_post_code	loc_police_division	loc_police_district	loc_police_region	loc_queensland_transport_region	loc_main_roads_region	loc_abs_statistical_area_2	loc_abs_statistical_area_3	loc_abs_statistical_area_4	loc_abs_remoteness	loc_state_electorate	loc_federal_electorate	crash_controlling_authority	crash_roadway_feature	crash_traffic_control	crash_speed_limit	crash_road_surface_condition	crash_atmospheric_condition	crash_lighting_condition	crash_road_horiz_align	crash_road_vert_align	crash_dca_code	crash_dca_description	crash_dca_group_description	dca_key_approach_dir	count_casualty_hospitalised	count_casualty_total	count_unit_car	count_unit_motorcycle_moped	count_unit_bus	count_unit_pedestrian	count_unit_other	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
84845	Hospitalisation	2025	June	Monday	16	Angle	Multi-Vehicle	145.745066704	-16.9162407341	Anderson St	Mccormack St	Anderson Street	Manunda	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Manunda	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	State-controlled	Intersection - Cross	No traffic control	60 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Daylight	Straight	Level	202	Vehs Opposite Approach: Thru-Right	03: Opposing Vehicles Turning	E	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	306021152	Manunda	32080	Cairns	31755	Manunda	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt
85035	Hospitalisation	2025	March	Friday	12	Hit parked vehicle	Single Vehicle	145.717687706	-16.9151007322	Henderson Cl	Mcfarlane Dr	null	Kanimbla	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Kanimbla - Mooroobool	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	Locally-controlled	Intersection - T-Junction	No traffic control	0 - 50 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Daylight	Straight	Level	601	Vehs On Path: Parked	10: Hit Parked Vehicle	N	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	306021149	Kanimbla - Mooroobool	32080	Cairns	31483	Kanimbla (Qld)	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt
85267	Hospitalisation	2025	January	Thursday	0	Angle	Multi-Vehicle	145.761994703	-16.9188177353	Draper St	Gatton St	null	Parramatta Park	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Cairns City	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	Locally-controlled	Intersection - Cross	Stop sign	60 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Darkness - Lighted	Straight	Level	101	Vehs Adjacent Approach: Thru-Thru	01: Intersection: Adjacent Approach	N	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	306021145	Cairns City	32080	Cairns	32279	Parramatta Park	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt
93962	Hospitalisation	2025	April	Friday	17	Hit pedestrian	Hit pedestrian	145.739632702	-16.9423927339	Mulgrave Rd	null	Mulgrave Road	Earlville	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Earlville - Bayview Heights	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	State-controlled	No Roadway Feature	No traffic control	60 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Daylight	Straight	Level	001	Pedn: Near Side Vehicle Hit From Right	12: Pedestrian	S	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	306021146	Earlville - Bayview Heights	32080	Cairns	30917	Earlville	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt
94901	Hospitalisation	2025	February	Thursday	8	Fall from vehicle	Single Vehicle	145.758807704	-16.907209735	Mcleod St	Smith St	null	Cairns North	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Cairns City	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	Locally-controlled	Intersection - Cross	Give way sign	0 - 50 km/h	Sealed - Wet	Raining	Daylight	Straight	Level	408	Vehs Manoeuvring: Entering From Footway	08: Vehicle Leaving Driveway	null	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	306021145	Cairns City	32080	Cairns	30479	Cairns North	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt
94902	Hospitalisation	2025	February	Thursday	8	Hit pedestrian	Hit pedestrian	145.741282697	-17.0078957346	Mclaughlin Rd	null	null	Bentley Park	Cairns Region	4869	Edmonton	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Bentley Park	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Mulgrave	Kennedy	Locally-controlled	No Roadway Feature	No traffic control	0 - 50 km/h	Sealed - Wet	Clear	Daylight	Straight	Level	001	Pedn: Near Side Vehicle Hit From Right	12: Pedestrian	N	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	306021144	Bentley Park	32080	Cairns	30236	Bentley Park	4869	4869	30060	Mulgrave	317	Kennedy
94942	Hospitalisation	2025	March	Sunday	15	Angle	Multi-Vehicle	145.822860683	-17.1289627414	Behana Gorge Rd	null	null	Aloomba	Cairns Region	4871	Gordonvale	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Babinda	Innisfail - Cassowary Coast	Cairns	Outer Regional	Mulgrave	Kennedy	Locally-controlled	No Roadway Feature	No traffic control	80 - 90 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Daylight	Straight	Level	408	Vehs Manoeuvring: Entering From Footway	08: Vehicle Leaving Driveway	null	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	306031158	Babinda	32080	Cairns	30044	Aloomba	4871	4871	30060	Mulgrave	317	Kennedy
95087	Hospitalisation	2025	March	Friday	20	Hit parked vehicle	Single Vehicle	145.694938716	-16.7941897295	Moresby St	null	null	Trinity Beach	Cairns Region	4879	Smithfield	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Trinity Beach - Smithfield	Cairns - North	Cairns	Outer Regional	Barron River	Leichhardt	Locally-controlled	No Roadway Feature	No traffic control	0 - 50 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Darkness - Lighted	Straight	Level	705	Off Path-Straight: Out Of Control On Cway	17: Out of Control on Straight	S	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	306011142	Trinity Beach - Smithfield	32080	Cairns	32872	Trinity Beach	4879	4879	30004	Barron River	318	Leichhardt
95227	Hospitalisation	2025	May	Tuesday	19	Angle	Multi-Vehicle	145.734407706	-16.9006097332	Jensen St	Woodward St	null	Whitfield	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Whitfield - Edge Hill	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	Locally-controlled	Intersection - Cross	No traffic control	60 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Darkness - Lighted	Straight	Level	202	Vehs Opposite Approach: Thru-Right	03: Opposing Vehicles Turning	E	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	306021156	Whitfield - Edge Hill	32080	Cairns	33065	Whitfield (Qld)	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt
95233	Hospitalisation	2025	May	Wednesday	15	Angle	Multi-Vehicle	145.760129703	-16.9089837351	James St	Mcleod St	Anderson Street	Cairns North	Cairns Region	4870	Cairns	Far North	Far Northern	Northern	North Queensland	Cairns City	Cairns - South	Cairns	Outer Regional	Cairns	Leichhardt	State-controlled	Intersection - Cross	Operating traffic lights	0 - 50 km/h	Sealed - Dry	Clear	Daylight	Straight	Level	408	Vehs Manoeuvring: Entering From Footway	08: Vehicle Leaving Driveway	N	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	306021145	Cairns City	32080	Cairns	30479	Cairns North	4870	4870	30014	Cairns	318	Leichhardt

The 64 fields are described on the dataset page, and schema.xlsx is the data dictionary.

Before you use it

Does it include every car accident in Queensland?

No. It holds the crashes reported to police that met the publisher's criteria, so a minor collision that nobody reported is not here. Property damage only crashes stop after 31 December 2010, and from then on a crash needs a casualty or a tow to be included.

Why are the most recent months lower than expected?

The publisher treats the last 12 months of each release as preliminary, because a police investigation can take up to a year to finalise. The counts for those months rise in later releases.

Where is the Queensland road toll in this data?

Each crash row carries count_casualty_fatality, and the Road casualties table has fatalities counted by year, police region, age group and road user type. The department also publishes a road toll separately and updates it more often, so the two can differ for recent months.

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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.

Department of Transport and Main Roads (2026) Road crash locations, Queensland, version 2026-04-24 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 24 September 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/

The map's state outlines are from the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021, under CC BY 4.0.

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Source

Department of Transport and Main Roads publishes the whole table on www.data.qld.gov.au. This site cuts these rows from it without changing them. Questions about the content go to the publisher.

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