The Australian Road Deaths Database provides basic details of road transport crash fatalities in Australia as reported by the police each month to the State and Territory road safety authorities. Road deaths from recent months are preliminary and the series is subject to revision.

Overview:

Information on location and characteristics of crashes in Queensland for all reported Road Traffic Crashes occurred from 1 January 2001 to 30 June 2024.

Fatal, Hospitalisation, Medical treatment and Minor injury:

This dataset contains information on crashes reported to the police which resulted from the movement of at least 1 road vehicle on a road or road related area. Crashes listed in this resource have occurred on a public road and meet one of the following criteria:

• a person is killed or injured, or
• at least 1 vehicle was towed away, or
• the value of the property damage meets the appropriate criteria listed below.

Property damage:

1. $2500 or more damage to property other than vehicles (after 1 December 1999)
2. $2500 or more damage to vehicle and/or other property (after 1 December 1991 and before 1 December 1999)
3. value of property damage is greater than $1000 (before December 1991).

Please note:

• This data has been extracted from the Queensland Road Crash Database.
• Information held in the Road Crash Database on events occurring within the last 12 months is considered preliminary as investigations into crashes can take up to 1 year to finalise.
• Property damage only crashes ceased to be reported/recorded by Queensland Police Service after 31 December 2010.
• These crash location coordinates reference the current Australian geodetic datum is GDA2020 (previously it was GDA94).

Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Vehicle-km data was reported at 4.950 Ratio in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.559 Ratio for 2021. Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Vehicle-km data is updated yearly, averaging 6.141 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2022, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.113 Ratio in 1995 and a record low of 4.403 Ratio in 2018. Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Vehicle-km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] ROAD FATALITIES A road fatality is any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an injury accident, excluding suicides. A killed person is excluded if the competent authority declares the cause of death to be suicide, i.e. a deliberate act to injure oneself resulting in death. For countries that do not apply the threshold of 30 days, conversion coefficients are estimated so that comparison on the basis of the 30-day definition can be made. ROAD TRAFFIC Road traffic is any movement of a road vehicle on a given road network. When a road vehicle is being carried on another vehicle, only the movement of the carrying (active mode) is considered. [COVERAGE] ROAD TRAFFIC IRTAD - Data refer to road motor vehicle traffic of motorised two-wheelers, passenger cars, goods road motor vehicles and buses. [STAT_CONC_DEF] ROAD TRAFFIC IRTAD - Data are estimated by adjusting annual survey-based odometer readings through informational on fuel sales.

Context

The Australian Road Deaths Database provides basic details of road transport crash fatalities in Australia as reported by the police each month to the State and Territory road safety authorities. Road deaths from recent months are preliminary and the series is subject to revision.

Content

The data is collected from the year 1989 to 2021, Click here to lear more about the dataset.

Acknowledgements

Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics: The Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) provides economic analysis, research and statistics on infrastructure, transport and cities issues to inform both Australian Government policy development and wider community understanding. click here

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Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Inhabitants data was reported at 4.775 Ratio in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.567 Ratio for 2022. Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Inhabitants data is updated yearly, averaging 6.816 Ratio from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2023, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.203 Ratio in 1995 and a record low of 4.265 Ratio in 2020. Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Inhabitants data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] ROAD FATALITIES A road fatality is any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an injury accident, excluding suicides. A killed person is excluded if the competent authority declares the cause of death to be suicide, i.e. a deliberate act to injure oneself resulting in death. For countries that do not apply the threshold of 30 days, conversion coefficients are estimated so that comparison on the basis of the 30-day definition can be made.

This bulletin contains current counts and summaries of road crash deaths and fatal road crashes in Australia. It is produced monthly and published on BITRE's website on or around the 14th of each month. Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction.

Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Road Motor Vehicles data was reported at 0.605 Ratio in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.578 Ratio for 2022. Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Road Motor Vehicles data is updated yearly, averaging 0.894 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2023, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.850 Ratio in 1995 and a record low of 0.554 Ratio in 2021. Australia Road Fatalities: Per One Million Road Motor Vehicles data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] ROAD FATALITIES A road fatality is any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an injury accident, excluding suicides. A killed person is excluded if the competent authority declares the cause of death to be suicide, i.e. a deliberate act to injure oneself resulting in death. For countries that do not apply the threshold of 30 days, conversion coefficients are estimated so that comparison on the basis of the 30-day definition can be made. VEHICLES A road motor vehicle is a road vehicle fitted with an engine whence it derives its sole means of propulsion, which is normally used for carrying persons or goods or for drawing, on the road, vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods. [STAT_CONC_DEF] VEHICLES The stock of road motor vehicles is the number of road motor vehicles registered at a given date in a country and licenced to use roads open to public traffic. This includes road vehicles exempted from annual taxes or licence fee; it also includes imported second-hand vehicles and other road vehicles according to national practices. It should not include military vehicles.

Sites of Road Crashes in South Australia.

Details of reported road crashes and casualties in South Australia.

Australia Road Fatalities: 30 days data was reported at 1,306.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,272.000 Person for 2023. Australia Road Fatalities: 30 days data is updated yearly, averaging 1,284.500 Person from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2024, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,627.000 Person in 2005 and a record low of 1,097.000 Person in 2020. Australia Road Fatalities: 30 days data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] Number of road fatalities is defined as the number of road deaths in the 30 days following the accident. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Until 2002, data are not available.

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Road fatalities per 100,000 people

Australia Road Traffic: Motor Vehicle data was reported at 259,912.504 Vehicle-km mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 253,945.573 Vehicle-km mn for 2023. Australia Road Traffic: Motor Vehicle data is updated yearly, averaging 239,805.181 Vehicle-km mn from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2024, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 260,193.416 Vehicle-km mn in 2017 and a record low of 210,020.000 Vehicle-km mn in 2003. Australia Road Traffic: Motor Vehicle data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] Road traffic on national territory is defined as any movement of road vehicle within a national territory irrespective of the country in which these vehicles are registered. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Until 2002, data are not available. Quarterly and monthly data are not available.

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Australia Road Traffic: Vehicle-km per One Thousand Units of Current USD GDP data was reported at 148.300 Ratio in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 155.999 Ratio for 2021. Australia Road Traffic: Vehicle-km per One Thousand Units of Current USD GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 217.052 Ratio from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2022, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 519.716 Ratio in 2001 and a record low of 148.300 Ratio in 2022. Australia Road Traffic: Vehicle-km per One Thousand Units of Current USD GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual. [COVERAGE] ROAD TRAFFIC Road traffic is any movement of a road vehicle on a given road network. When a road vehicle is being carried on another vehicle, only the movement of the carrying (active mode) is considered. [COVERAGE] ROAD TRAFFIC IRTAD - Data refer to road motor vehicle traffic of motorised two-wheelers, passenger cars, goods road motor vehicles and buses. [STAT_CONC_DEF] ROAD TRAFFIC IRTAD - Data are estimated by adjusting annual survey-based odometer readings through informational on fuel sales.

Australia Mortality Caused by Road Traffic Injury: per 100,000 People data was reported at 4.900 Number in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.800 Number for 2018. Australia Mortality Caused by Road Traffic Injury: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 6.800 Number from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2019, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.900 Number in 2000 and a record low of 4.800 Number in 2018. Australia Mortality Caused by Road Traffic Injury: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;Weighted average;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 3.6.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

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Road Fatalities：每10亿车公里在12-01-2022达4.950Ratio，相较于12-01-2021的4.559Ratio有所增长。Road Fatalities：每10亿车公里数据按年更新，12-01-1995至12-01-2022期间平均值为6.141Ratio，共26份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1995，达12.113Ratio，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2018，为4.403Ratio。CEIC提供的Road Fatalities：每10亿车公里数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development，数据归类于全球数据库的澳大利亚 – Table AU.OECD.ITF: Road Traffic and Road Accident Fatalities: OECD Member: Annual。