--- title: Road crashes, Tasmania resource: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/ publisher: Department of State Growth licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-04 rows: 176221 fields: 25 source: https://data.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/ags/rest/services/PUBLIC/CDM_CRASH/FeatureServer/0 source_sha256: 6124d5a4dbba3f614e4aa6905f3bbc2ad6219f9a5a5c01f6ada44797252ba693 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Road crashes, Tasmania Every crash on a Tasmanian road since 1998 reported by Tasmania Police or the public, one row per crash, with its coordinates, date and time, severity, crash movement, speed zone and road surface. Published by Department of State Growth under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of State Growth has not endorsed this site. Also called: Tasmanian Vehicle Crash Data, Tasmanian Crash Data (CDM), Tasmania car accident data, State Growth crash statistics. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.csv (61 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.xlsx (29 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.json (127 MB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.geojson (147 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.parquet (7.5 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.sqlite (56 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.duckdb (10 MB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.gpkg (68 MB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.geo.parquet (8.1 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.ndjson (126 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.arrow (19 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.csv.gz (10 MB) Pinned version 2026-10-04: `https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query 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. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-road-crashes/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-road-crashes/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-road-crashes/rows?severity=eq.Fatal&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-road-crashes/aggregate?group=light_condition&metric=count&severity=eq.Fatal 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`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `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//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. 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 for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `severity`: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/by/severity/index.json lists 6 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `id` | integer | ID | The feature layer's object id. | | `vcrn` | string | VCRN | The police crash report number. Kept as text. | | `description` | string | DESCRIPTION | The DCA (Definitions for Coding Accidents) code and its description. | | `crash_date_time` | datetime | CRASH_DATE_TIME | UTC, from the layer's date field. | | `severity` | string | SEVERITY | | | `visited` | string | VISITED | | | `surface_type` | string | SURFACE_TYPE | | | `light_condition` | string | LIGHT_CONDITION | | | `centre_line` | string | CENTRE_LINE | | | `speed_zone` | string | SPEED_ZONE | Kept as text to preserve leading zeros, for example 060. | | `location_description` | string | LOCATION_DESCRIPTION | | | `longitude` | number | (longitude) | Decimal degrees, WGS84, from the point geometry. | | `latitude` | number | (latitude) | Decimal degrees, WGS84, from the point geometry. | | `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. | Key: `id`. ## Versions - 2026-10-04: 176221 rows, 25 fields, sha256 6124d5a4dbba (18 added, 0 removed, 7 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/ - 2026-10-03: 176203 rows, 25 fields, sha256 b9524641c0a7 (46 added, 0 removed, 39 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-03/ - 2026-10-01: 176157 rows, 25 fields, sha256 854c7df5ba96 (8 added, 0 removed, 1 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-01/ - 2026-09-30: 176149 rows, 25 fields, sha256 f1f3d528b711 (18 added, 2 removed, 29 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-09-30/ - 2026-09-29: 176133 rows, 25 fields, sha256 5d4f0e21680d. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-09-29/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Road crashes, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-road-crashes/) (ACT) - [Road crash locations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/) (Qld) - [Road crash locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-road-crash-locations/) (SA) - [Road crashes, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/) (Vic) - [Road crashes, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-road-crashes/) (NSW) - [Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/) (Qld) - [Factors in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/) (Qld) - [Vehicle types in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/) (Qld) - [Australian Road Deaths Database, fatalities](https://publicdata.au/d/au-road-deaths/) (Cth) - [Road casualties, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/) (Qld) - [Driver demographics in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/) (Qld) - [Mobile speed camera visits, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-speed-camera-visits/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation Department of State Growth, Tasmanian Government, Tasmanian Vehicle Crash Data, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian, accessed 4 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of State Growth, Tasmanian Government, Tasmanian Vehicle Crash Data, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian, accessed 4 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/ Harvard: Department of State Growth (2026) Road crashes, Tasmania, version 2026-10-04 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 4 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/ Markdown: Data: [Road crashes, Tasmania](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian), Department of State Growth, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 4 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Road crashes as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/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/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 176,221 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/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Road crashes cover? The current version covers 1998 to 2025. Each release from State Growth becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Road crashes updated? State Growth releases it as the police database changes. 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 Department of State Growth, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one severity? Every version has one JSON file per value of severity, 6 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/by/severity/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/v/2026-10-04/by/severity/property-damage-only.json holds the 121,524 rows where severity is Property Damage Only. A GeoJSON file sits beside each one. ### What coordinate system does Road crashes use? Longitude and latitude in WGS84 (EPSG:4326), as the feature service projects them on request. The layer's own coordinates are Web Mercator. 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 State Growth 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. ### Where is the publisher's file? There is none. The publisher serves the crashes as an ArcGIS feature layer with no download. This site reads every feature of the layer in pages, in the order of the layer's own identifier, and keeps them as one GeoJSON file, which is the source file beside every version. ### Does it include every crash? The publisher includes crashes reported by Tasmania Police, and property damage only crashes reported by the public. A crash nobody reported is not here. ### How often is it updated? The layer changes as the police crash database changes. This site checks it weekly and adds a dated version when the features change. ### Why are there crashes before 2009? The publisher names the layer for crashes since 1 January 2009, and it also holds 56,136 crashes dated from January 1998 to December 2008 in the September 2026 version. They are kept as published. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/tas-road-crashes.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/tas-road-crashes.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.