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Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties, Queensland

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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 42,787Fields 8

Aggregate counts of casualties from reported Queensland road crashes from 1 January 2001, by restraint use for vehicle occupants and helmet use for motorcycle and bicycle riders and pillions.

Also called: seatbelt statistics Queensland, motorcycle helmet crash data Queensland, restraint use in crashes.

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

Before you use it
What is in casualty_restraint_helmet_use?
The publisher's category for whether the person was wearing a seatbelt, a child restraint or a helmet, or was not, or it was not applicable or unknown. The values are kept exactly as published.
42,787rows
2001 to 2024years drawn
8fields
9formats
1version
05k10k15k20k2001 Fatality: 2722001 Hospitalised: 4,8832001 Medically treated: 7,5482001 Minor injury: 4,6652002 Fatality: 2852002 Hospitalised: 5,1812002 Medically treated: 7,3482002 Minor injury: 4,6182003 Fatality: 2602003 Hospitalised: 5,3752003 Medically treated: 7,0832003 Minor injury: 4,52620032004 Fatality: 2762004 Hospitalised: 5,8212004 Medically treated: 7,0952004 Minor injury: 4,4362005 Fatality: 2912005 Hospitalised: 5,8762005 Medically treated: 7,0352005 Minor injury: 4,2452006 Fatality: 2892006 Hospitalised: 5,5002006 Medically treated: 7,1302006 Minor injury: 4,77520062007 Fatality: 3182007 Hospitalised: 5,6212007 Medically treated: 7,3132007 Minor injury: 5,9582008 Fatality: 2962008 Hospitalised: 6,4122008 Medically treated: 7,7302008 Minor injury: 5,0332009 Fatality: 2912009 Hospitalised: 6,2472009 Medically treated: 7,6672009 Minor injury: 3,99120092010 Fatality: 2212010 Hospitalised: 6,0792010 Medically treated: 7,0302010 Minor injury: 3,7762011 Fatality: 2352011 Hospitalised: 5,9712011 Medically treated: 6,6052011 Minor injury: 3,3662012 Fatality: 2532012 Hospitalised: 6,1502012 Medically treated: 6,9532012 Minor injury: 2,96520122013 Fatality: 2502013 Hospitalised: 6,5172013 Medically treated: 7,0722013 Minor injury: 2,4112014 Fatality: 2042014 Hospitalised: 6,2502014 Medically treated: 7,0022014 Minor injury: 2,5642015 Fatality: 2222015 Hospitalised: 5,8242015 Medically treated: 7,4782015 Minor injury: 1,98720152016 Fatality: 2142016 Hospitalised: 5,9212016 Medically treated: 7,4822016 Minor injury: 2,3472017 Fatality: 2102017 Hospitalised: 6,1432017 Medically treated: 6,7252017 Minor injury: 3,0632018 Fatality: 2092018 Hospitalised: 6,4702018 Medically treated: 6,6742018 Minor injury: 3,27920182019 Fatality: 2032019 Hospitalised: 6,6672019 Medically treated: 6,4912019 Minor injury: 3,1492020 Fatality: 2452020 Hospitalised: 6,6862020 Medically treated: 5,5902020 Minor injury: 2,9742021 Fatality: 2552021 Hospitalised: 7,4872021 Medically treated: 6,1252021 Minor injury: 3,47820212022 Fatality: 2682022 Hospitalised: 7,1982022 Medically treated: 5,6202022 Minor injury: 3,5962023 Fatality: 2472023 Hospitalised: 7,6272023 Medically treated: 5,5732023 Minor injury: 3,6022024 Fatality: 2612024 Hospitalised: 7,9472024 Medically treated: 5,3872024 Minor injury: 4,0342024
FatalityHospitalisedMedically treatedMinor injury
Casualties per year by severity, 2001 to 2024. 2025 is not drawn because the file runs to 30 June 2025. The figure is a sum of the casualties column from version 2026-04-24, worked out in the build. Nothing else is added.

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https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/latest/data.xlsx
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https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/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.

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.

FieldTypePublisher's headerNote
crash_yearintegerCrash_Year
crash_police_regionstringCrash_PoliceRegionQueensland Police Service region, or Unknown.
casualty_severitystringCasualty_SeverityFatality, Hospitalised, Medically treated or Minor injury.
casualty_age_groupstringCasualty_AgeGroupAge band such as 17 to 24.
casualty_genderstringCasualty_GenderFemale, Male or Unknown.
casualty_road_user_typestringCasualty_Road_User_TypeVehicle Occupant, Motorcyclist or Bicyclist.
casualty_restraint_helmet_usestringCasualty_Restraint_Helmet_UseRestrained, Unrestrained, Helmet Worn, Helmet Not Worn, Not applicable, or the publisher's not determined values.
casualty_countintegerCasualty_CountNumber of casualties in this group.

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is crash_year, crash_police_region, casualty_severity, casualty_age_group, casualty_gender, casualty_road_user_type, casualty_restraint_helmet_use.

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_yearcrash_police_regioncasualty_severitycasualty_age_groupcasualty_gendercasualty_road_user_typecasualty_restraint_helmet_usecasualty_count
2025BrisbaneFatality0 to 16MaleVehicle OccupantRestraint Use Not determined1
2025BrisbaneFatality17 to 24MaleMotorcyclistHelmet Worn1
2025BrisbaneFatality25 to 29MaleMotorcyclistHelmet Worn1
2025BrisbaneFatality25 to 29MaleVehicle OccupantRestrained1
2025BrisbaneFatality30 to 39MaleMotorcyclistHelmet Worn1
2025BrisbaneFatality30 to 39MaleVehicle OccupantRestraint Use Not determined1
2025BrisbaneFatality40 to 49MaleMotorcyclistHelmet Use Not determined1
2025BrisbaneFatality50 to 59MaleMotorcyclistHelmet Worn1
2025BrisbaneFatality50 to 59MaleVehicle OccupantRestrained2
2025BrisbaneFatality60 to 74MaleBicyclistHelmet Not Worn1
The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/latest/data.json
{
  "crash_year": 2001,
  "crash_police_region": "Brisbane",
  "casualty_severity": "Fatality",
  "casualty_age_group": "0 to 16",
  "casualty_gender": "Female",
  "casualty_road_user_type": "Vehicle Occupant",
  "casualty_restraint_helmet_use": "Restrained",
  "casualty_count": 1
}

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OperatorWhat it matches
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in.(a,b,c)Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.nullBlank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.
ParameterWhat it does
selectFields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
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Smaller files

The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By crash_year (25 files)

by/crash_year/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
    42,787 rows8 fieldsutf-8-sigb017bdbd75da

    Files rebuilt on 25 September 2026 so every one carries the operator and a ready-made cite string in its provenance header, and to add the Excel, Arrow, GeoPackage, gzipped CSV, SQL and CSVW files. Rows unchanged.

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (61 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/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 Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 42,787 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/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

What years does Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties cover?

The current version covers 2001 to 2025, as at 30 June 2025. Each release from Transport and Main Roads becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

How often is Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties updated?

Transport and Main Roads releases it about twice a year. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties 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 Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties?

No. The publisher is Department of Transport and Main Roads, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/crash-data-from-queensland-roads. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. 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 year?

Every version has one JSON file per value of crash_year, 25 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/2006.json holds the 1,924 rows where crash_year is 2006.

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 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, 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. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/

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

Department of Transport and Main Roads states the licence, CC BY 4.0, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 25 September 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2026-04-24 read it on 24 September 2026.

Also published on
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  • Kagglewith a starter notebook
  • ZenodoDOI 10.5281/zenodo.23076552

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

For agents and tools

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.

Fetched 24 September 2026. Source SHA-256 b017bdbd75dae6f6…

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