--- title: Road crashes, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/ publisher: Department of Transport and Planning licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-09-15 rows: 200754 fields: 64 source: https://opendata.transport.vic.gov.au/dataset/bb77800e-1857-4edc-bf9e-e188437a1c8e/resource/5df1f373-0c90-48f5-80e1-7b2a35507134/download/victorian_road_crash_data.csv source_sha256: 5d1621deef51bb92a9bd6934736d0e5201928038f8a00b9a8722238079eea39c language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Road crashes, Victoria Every crash reported to Victoria Police since 2012 in which someone was killed or injured, one row per crash, with its coordinates, road, lighting, speed zone and counts of people and vehicles. Published by Department of Transport and Planning under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Transport and Planning has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victoria Road Crash Data, VicRoads crash statistics, Victorian car accident data, Road Crash Information System (RCIS) data. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.csv (108 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.xlsx (69 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.json (295 MB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.geojson (315 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.parquet (13 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.sqlite (99 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.duckdb (30 MB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.gpkg (117 MB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.geo.parquet (13 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.ndjson (295 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.arrow (35 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.csv.gz (22 MB) Pinned version 2026-09-15: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/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/vic-road-crashes/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-road-crashes/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-road-crashes/rows?severity=eq.Fatal%20accident&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-road-crashes/aggregate?group=accident_type&metric=count&severity=eq.Fatal%20accident 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/vic-road-crashes/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `lga_name`: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/by/lga_name/index.json lists 88 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `accident_no` | string | ACCIDENT_NO | The publisher's identifier for the crash. | | `accident_date` | date | ACCIDENT_DATE | | | `accident_time` | string | ACCIDENT_TIME | 24-hour time. | | `accident_type` | string | ACCIDENT_TYPE | | | `day_of_week` | string | DAY_OF_WEEK | | | `dca_code` | string | DCA_CODE | DCA (Definitions for Classifying Accidents) code. Kept as text. | | `dca_code_description` | string | DCA_CODE_DESCRIPTION | | | `light_condition` | string | LIGHT_CONDITION | | | `police_attend` | string | POLICE_ATTEND | Yes, No or Not known. | | `road_geometry` | string | ROAD_GEOMETRY | | | `severity` | string | SEVERITY | Fatal accident, Serious injury accident, Other injury accident or Non injury accident. | | `speed_zone` | string | SPEED_ZONE | A band such as 60 km/hr. Kept as text because the publisher uses bands. | | `run_offroad` | string | RUN_OFFROAD | | | `road_name` | string | ROAD_NAME | | | `road_type` | string | ROAD_TYPE | | | `road_route_1` | string | ROAD_ROUTE_1 | Kept as text. | | `lga_name` | string | LGA_NAME | | | `dtp_region` | string | DTP_REGION | | | `latitude` | number | LATITUDE | Decimal degrees. Blank for 85 crashes in the September 2026 release. | | `longitude` | number | LONGITUDE | Decimal degrees. | | `vicgrid_x` | number | VICGRID_X | | | `vicgrid_y` | number | VICGRID_Y | | | `total_persons` | integer | TOTAL_PERSONS | | | `inj_or_fatal` | integer | INJ_OR_FATAL | | | `fatality` | integer | FATALITY | | | `seriousinjury` | integer | SERIOUSINJURY | | | `otherinjury` | integer | OTHERINJURY | | | `noninjured` | integer | NONINJURED | | | `males` | integer | MALES | | | `females` | integer | FEMALES | | | `bicyclist` | integer | BICYCLIST | | | `passenger` | integer | PASSENGER | | | `driver` | integer | DRIVER | | | `pedestrian` | integer | PEDESTRIAN | | | `pillion` | integer | PILLION | | | `motorcyclist` | integer | MOTORCYCLIST | | | `unknown` | integer | UNKNOWN | | | `ped_cyclist_5_12` | integer | PED_CYCLIST_5_12 | | | `ped_cyclist_13_18` | integer | PED_CYCLIST_13_18 | | | `old_ped_65_and_over` | integer | OLD_PED_65_AND_OVER | | | `old_driver_75_and_over` | integer | OLD_DRIVER_75_AND_OVER | | | `young_driver_18_25` | integer | YOUNG_DRIVER_18_25 | | | `no_of_vehicles` | integer | NO_OF_VEHICLES | | | `heavyvehicle` | integer | HEAVYVEHICLE | | | `passengervehicle` | integer | PASSENGERVEHICLE | | | `motorcycle` | integer | MOTORCYCLE | | | `pt_vehicle` | integer | PT_VEHICLE | | | `deg_urban_name` | string | DEG_URBAN_NAME | | | `srns` | string | SRNS | | | `rma` | string | RMA | Road Management Act class, such as Freeway, Arterial Highway or Local Road. | | `divided` | string | DIVIDED | | | `stat_div_name` | string | STAT_DIV_NAME | | | `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: `accident_no`. ## Versions - 2026-09-15: 200754 rows, 64 fields, sha256 5d1621deef51. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-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 crashes, Tasmania](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-road-crashes/) (Tas) - [Road crashes, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-road-crashes/) (NSW) - [Road crash locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-road-crash-locations/) (SA) - [Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/) (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) - [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) - [Mobile speed camera visits, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-speed-camera-visits/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria, Victoria Road Crash Data, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victoria-road-crash-data, accessed 29 September 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 Transport and Planning, Victoria, Victoria Road Crash Data, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victoria-road-crash-data, accessed 29 September 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/ Harvard: Department of Transport and Planning (2026) Road crashes, Victoria, version 2026-09-15 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 29 September 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/ Markdown: Data: [Road crashes, Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victoria-road-crash-data), Department of Transport and Planning, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 29 September 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Road crashes as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/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/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 200,754 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/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Road crashes cover? The current version covers 2012 to 2025. Each release from Transport and Planning becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Road crashes updated? Transport and Planning releases it monthly. 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 Transport and Planning, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victoria-road-crash-data. 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 lga name? Every version has one JSON file per value of lga_name, 88 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/by/lga_name/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/vic-road-crashes/v/2026-09-15/by/lga_name/melbourne.json holds the 10,422 rows where lga_name is MELBOURNE. A GeoJSON file sits beside each one. ### What coordinate system does Road crashes use? Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees as published, with the publisher's VicGrid easting and northing beside them. The publisher does not name the datum in the file; GDA94 is the Victorian Government's standard and differs from GDA2020 and WGS84 by under 2 metres. 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 Transport and Planning 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. ### Does it include every crash? No. The publisher includes crashes reported to Victoria Police in which a person was killed or injured, consolidated with hospital injury records. A crash with no injury that nobody reported is not here. ### Why do recent months have fewer crashes? The publisher adds crashes as police reports and hospital records are matched, which can take months. Recent months rise in later releases, and each release becomes a version here. ### What are the other files on the portal? The publisher also releases person, vehicle, event, node and condition tables that join to this one on accident_no. This dataset is the flattened file the publisher provides with one row per crash and its coordinates. ## 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.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-road-crashes.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-road-crashes.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.