# publicdata.au

> Australian government open data republished as JSON, CSV, Parquet, SQLite and GeoJSON at URLs that never change. Every release is a dated, immutable version with schema, provenance and a diff. Run by National Digital. No government agency has endorsed it.

## For agents

No keys, accounts or rate limits. `latest/` redirects (302) to the newest dated version; dated versions never change. Every JSON, NDJSON, GeoJSON, Parquet and SQLite file carries a `publicdata` header with the publisher, licence, attribution and source SHA-256. Use the attribution string when showing data to a person.

- Catalogue (DCAT JSON-LD): https://publicdata.au/catalog.json
- Discovery manifest (ARD): https://publicdata.au/.well-known/ard.json
- OpenAPI 3.1 for every path: https://publicdata.au/openapi.json
- Backlog and licences: https://publicdata.au/backlog.json
- Vote counts: https://publicdata.au/api/votes
- How to read the site: https://publicdata.au/agents/index.md

## Datasets

- [Road crash locations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/): 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. Publisher Department of Transport and Main Roads. CC BY 4.0. Latest 2026-04-24, 415,407 rows, 52 fields. Parquet https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/data.parquet · JSON https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/data.json · CSV https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/data.csv · SQLite https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/data.sqlite · Markdown https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/index.md
  Fields: crash_ref_number (integer), crash_severity (string), crash_year (integer), crash_month (string), crash_day_of_week (string), crash_hour (integer), crash_nature (string), crash_type (string), crash_longitude (number), crash_latitude (number), crash_street (string), crash_street_intersecting (string), state_road_name (string), loc_suburb (string), loc_local_government_area (string), loc_post_code (string), loc_police_division (string), loc_police_district (string), loc_police_region (string), loc_queensland_transport_region (string), loc_main_roads_region (string), loc_abs_statistical_area_2 (string), loc_abs_statistical_area_3 (string), loc_abs_statistical_area_4 (string), loc_abs_remoteness (string), loc_state_electorate (string), loc_federal_electorate (string), crash_controlling_authority (string), crash_roadway_feature (string), crash_traffic_control (string), crash_speed_limit (string), crash_road_surface_condition (string), crash_atmospheric_condition (string), crash_lighting_condition (string), crash_road_horiz_align (string), crash_road_vert_align (string), crash_dca_code (string), crash_dca_description (string), crash_dca_group_description (string), dca_key_approach_dir (string), count_casualty_fatality (integer), count_casualty_hospitalised (integer), count_casualty_medically_treated (integer), count_casualty_minor_injury (integer), count_casualty_total (integer), count_unit_car (integer), count_unit_motorcycle_moped (integer), count_unit_truck (integer), count_unit_bus (integer), count_unit_bicycle (integer), count_unit_pedestrian (integer), count_unit_other (integer)
  Key: crash_ref_number
  Smaller files by: crash_year (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json), loc_local_government_area (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-locations/v/2026-04-24/by/loc_local_government_area/index.json)
- [Road casualties, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/): Casualties from Queensland road crashes counted by year, police region, severity, age group, gender and road user type. Publisher Department of Transport and Main Roads. CC BY 4.0. Latest 2026-04-24, 38,893 rows, 7 fields. Parquet https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/v/2026-04-24/data.parquet · JSON https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/v/2026-04-24/data.json · CSV https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/v/2026-04-24/data.csv · SQLite https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/v/2026-04-24/data.sqlite · Markdown https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/index.md
  Fields: crash_year (integer), crash_police_region (string), casualty_severity (string), casualty_age_group (string), casualty_gender (string), casualty_road_user_type (string), casualty_count (integer)
  Key: crash_year, crash_police_region, casualty_severity, casualty_age_group, casualty_gender, casualty_road_user_type
  Smaller files by: crash_year (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-casualties/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json)
- [Driver demographics in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/): Crash and casualty counts by year, police region and severity, split by whether a male, female, young, senior, provisional, overseas licensed or unlicensed driver was involved. Publisher Department of Transport and Main Roads. CC BY 4.0. Latest 2026-04-24, 22,699 rows, 16 fields. Parquet https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/v/2026-04-24/data.parquet · JSON https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/v/2026-04-24/data.json · CSV https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/v/2026-04-24/data.csv · SQLite https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/v/2026-04-24/data.sqlite · Markdown https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/index.md
  Fields: crash_year (integer), crash_police_region (string), crash_severity (string), involving_male_driver (boolean), involving_female_driver (boolean), involving_young_driver_16_24 (boolean), involving_senior_driver_60plus (boolean), involving_provisional_driver (boolean), involving_overseas_licensed_driver (boolean), involving_unlicensed_driver (boolean), count_crashes (integer), count_casualty_fatality (integer), count_casualty_hospitalised (integer), count_casualty_medically_treated (integer), count_casualty_minor_injury (integer), count_casualty_all (integer)
  Key: crash_year, crash_police_region, crash_severity, involving_male_driver, involving_female_driver, involving_young_driver_16_24, involving_senior_driver_60plus, involving_provisional_driver, involving_overseas_licensed_driver, involving_unlicensed_driver
  Smaller files by: crash_year (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-driver-demographics/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json)
- [Seatbelt and helmet use in road crash casualties, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/): Casualty counts by year, police region, severity, age group, gender, road user type and whether a restraint or helmet was used. Publisher Department of Transport and Main Roads. CC BY 4.0. Latest 2026-04-24, 42,787 rows, 8 fields. Parquet https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/data.parquet · JSON https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/data.json · CSV https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/data.csv · SQLite https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/data.sqlite · Markdown https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/index.md
  Fields: crash_year (integer), crash_police_region (string), casualty_severity (string), casualty_age_group (string), casualty_gender (string), casualty_road_user_type (string), casualty_restraint_helmet_use (string), casualty_count (integer)
  Key: crash_year, crash_police_region, casualty_severity, casualty_age_group, casualty_gender, casualty_road_user_type, casualty_restraint_helmet_use
  Smaller files by: crash_year (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-restraint-helmet-use/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json)
- [Vehicle types in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/): Crash and casualty counts by year, police region and severity, split by whether a motorcycle or moped, a truck or a bus was involved. Publisher Department of Transport and Main Roads. CC BY 4.0. Latest 2026-04-24, 3,764 rows, 12 fields. Parquet https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/v/2026-04-24/data.parquet · JSON https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/v/2026-04-24/data.json · CSV https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/v/2026-04-24/data.csv · SQLite https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/v/2026-04-24/data.sqlite · Markdown https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/index.md
  Fields: crash_year (integer), crash_police_region (string), crash_severity (string), involving_motorcycle_moped (boolean), involving_truck (boolean), involving_bus (boolean), count_crashes (integer), count_casualty_fatality (integer), count_casualty_hospitalised (integer), count_casualty_medically_treated (integer), count_casualty_minor_injury (integer), count_casualty_all (integer)
  Key: crash_year, crash_police_region, crash_severity, involving_motorcycle_moped, involving_truck, involving_bus
  Smaller files by: crash_year (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-vehicle-types/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json)
- [Factors in road crashes, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/): Crash and casualty counts by year, police region and severity, split by whether drink driving, speed, driver fatigue or a defective vehicle was involved. Publisher Department of Transport and Main Roads. CC BY 4.0. Latest 2026-04-24, 5,523 rows, 13 fields. Parquet https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/v/2026-04-24/data.parquet · JSON https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/v/2026-04-24/data.json · CSV https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/v/2026-04-24/data.csv · SQLite https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/v/2026-04-24/data.sqlite · Markdown https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/index.md
  Fields: crash_year (integer), crash_police_region (string), crash_severity (string), involving_drink_driving (boolean), involving_driver_speed (boolean), involving_fatigued_driver (boolean), involving_defective_vehicle (boolean), count_crashes (integer), count_fatality (integer), count_hospitalised (integer), count_medically_treated (integer), count_minor_injury (integer), count_all_casualties (integer)
  Key: crash_year, crash_police_region, crash_severity, involving_drink_driving, involving_driver_speed, involving_fatigued_driver, involving_defective_vehicle
  Smaller files by: crash_year (https://publicdata.au/d/qld-road-crash-factors/v/2026-04-24/by/crash_year/index.json)

## Backlog

- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, CC BY 3.0 AU): building
- ACNC Register of Australian charities (Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, CC BY 3.0 AU): backlog
- ABN Bulk Extract (Australian Business Register, CC BY 3.0 AU): backlog
- directory.gov.au daily export (Department of Finance, CC BY 4.0): backlog
- Fuel Check, NSW (NSW Fair Trading, CC BY-SA 4.0): backlog
- Year 12 outcomes by school, Queensland (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, CC BY 4.0): backlog
- Consultancies and contractors, Office of the Information Commissioner (Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland, CC-BY-ND-4.0): blocked by licence
- Coastal wave monitoring, Tweed offshore (Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, CC-BY-ND-4.0): blocked by licence

## Pages

- https://publicdata.au/backlog/index.md
- https://publicdata.au/publishers/index.md
- https://publicdata.au/agents/index.md
- https://publicdata.au/about/index.md