Safety and Security

Note: publications are in date of release order.

From November 2009 Road crash statistics are published by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). Bulletins are available on the BITRE website under Road Transport Statistics  and Safety and Security.


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Featured Publication

Cost of road crashes in Australia 2006 - Report 118
Cost of road crashes in Australia 2006 - Report 118 February 2010
Road crashes impose large human and financial costs on society and substantial investments are made in infrastructure and safety programs to reduce road trauma. The cost of road crashes is important to the safety debate in Australia, and the unit values particularly for a fatality, injury or cost of a fatal crash are key inputs into policy development and cost-benefit analysis for safety programs and infrastructure projects.

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Road Deaths Australia - March 2010April 2010
This bulletin contains summaries and current counts of fatal road crashes and road crash deaths. It is produced monthly and published on the Bureau's website.
Road Deaths Australia - February 2010March 2010
This bulletin contains summaries and current counts of fatal road crashes and road crash deaths. It is produced monthly and published on the Bureau's website.
Road Deaths Australia December 2009January 2010
This bulletin contains summaries and current counts of fatal road crashes and road crash deaths. It is produced monthly and published on the Bureau's website.
Road deaths Australia, November 2009December 2009
This bulletin contains summaries and current counts of fatal road crashes and road crash deaths. It is produced monthly and published on the Bureau's website.
Road deaths AustraliaOctober 2009
This is a monthly bulletin on road crash statistics.
Report 113: Cost of Aviation Accidents and IncidentsMarch 2006
In 1998, the Bureau of Transport Economics published its Report 98 Cost of Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents. That report was based on occurrences in 1996 and presented values in 1996 dollars. Report 113 is an update of that analysis based on occurrences in the 2003/04 financial year and using 2004 dollar values.
Working Paper 63 - Health Impacts of Transport Emissions in Australia: Economic CostsJune 2005
This report is part of a series of BTRE research on the socioeconomic costs of transport impacts and focuses on the health impact costs of motor vehicle emissions in Australian capital cities.
Working Paper 59 - Road Speed Limits: Economic Effects of Allowing more FlexibilitySeptember 2003
This brief paper outlines the economics of setting speed limits. Its particular focus is on high speed rural roads where noise and pollution externalities can generally be ignored.
Report 108: Rail Accident Costs in AustraliaJuly 2003
This report is the third in a series covering the socio-economic costs of transport accidents in Australia. Transport accidents impose a significant burden on the Australian community. Not all of their consequences can be expressed in financial terms. However, to weigh up options for minimising and dealing with this burden, it is important to know the costs of transport accidents
Report 104: The Black Spot Program 1996-2002: An Evaluation of the First Three YearsJuly 2001
The Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics (BTCE) Report 90 Evaluation of the Black Spot Program published in 1995 evaluated the program that operated from 1990-91 to 1992-93 inclusive. The study found that the Program delivered benefits of four dollars for each dollar of expenditure. As remaining black spots are treated, periodic evaluation is necessary to assist governments to determine if treatment benefits continue to justify the costs.
Report 102: Road Crash Costs in AustraliaMay 2000
This report builds on the methodology of an earlier BTE report titled Cost of Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents and is the third BTE report on road crash costs.
Information Sheet 12- Cost of Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents - SummaryOctober 1999
This information sheet contains aviation statistics calculated for 1996 using the methodology of a previous BTCE Report 79. Statistics cover accidents, property damage and property damage.
Working Paper 26 - Valuing Transport Safety in AustraliaSeptember 1996
The value of transport safety is an important input to decisions on policies and investments with safety implications and for measuring the burden of transport accidents to the community. There are a number of approaches which may be used in valuing transport safety. The purpose of this Working Paper is to provide an appraisal of the approaches available and issues involved in valuing transport safety along with a survey of international developments.
Information Sheet 8 - Costs of maritime accidents in Australia, 1993December 1995
BTCE (1992) Social cost of transport accidents in Australia, Report 79, p. 52, estimated the total cost of rail accidents in 1988 as $94.5 million (in 1988 dollars). The Information Sheet table provides
updated estimates, including comparable figures for 1988 and 1993 that are expressed in 1993 dollars.
Information Sheet 7 - Costs of rail accidents in Australia - 1993December 1995
BTCE (1992) Social cost of transport accidents in Australia, Report 79, p. 52, estimated the total cost of rail accidents in 1988 as $94.5 million (in 1988 dollars). The Information Sheet table provides
updated estimates, including comparable figures for 1988 and 1993 that are expressed in 1993 dollars.
Report 90: Evaluation of the Black Spot ProgramMay 1995
This study evaluates the economic benefits of the Federal GovernmentĂ­s Black Spot Program. The study assesses the crash reduction benefits of a variety of road engineering treatments based on a sample of 254 projects drawn from all States and Territories.
Information Sheet 5 - Costs of Aviation Accidents in Australia -1993January 1994
This Information Paper details the costs of aviation accidents in Australia for 1993. Costs have been grouped into six broad categories: lost earnings of victims; family and community losses; pain and suffering; aircraft damage and property loss; insurance administration; and other.
Working Paper 9 - Cost - Effectiveness of 'Black Spot' Treatments : A Pilot StudyOctober 1993
This Paper presents the results of an evaluation of 5 1 'Black Spot' projects funded by the Australian Government, 26 in Victoria and 25 in New South Wales. The evaluation was based on the record of accidents before and after approved treatments were put in place. In order to isolate actual treatment effects, adjustments were made to take account of the major recent decline in accidents in suitable control areas.
Information Sheet 4 - Cost of Road Crashes in Australia - 1993October 1993
Road crashes cost Australia $6.1 billion in 1993. Road crash costs account for over 90% of the total cost of transport-related accidents in Australia.
Report 79: Social Cost of Transport Accidents in AustraliaJuly 1992
This study has refined the methodology and expanded the scope of a previous Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics study on the cost of road accidents in Australia. The human capital approach has been used in this study to estimate the social cost of road, rail, aviation and maritime accidents in Australia in 1988.
Report 70: Major Marine Oil Spills - Risk and ResponseAugust 1991
This study examines the risk associated with major oil spills (over 1000 tonnes) in open water anywhere on the Australian coast. This differs from previous work which has focused on the more numerous, smaller spills associated with ship operations in ports and sheltered waters. The study also examines the logistic constraints on providing rapid response along the whole length of the coast.
Information Sheet 3 - Costs of Aviation Accidents in Australia -1988January 1989
This Information Paper details the costs of aviation accidents in Australia for 1988. Costs have been grouped into four broad categories: lost productivity; aircraft damage; insurance administration and legal; and other.
Information Sheet 2 - Costs of Road Crashes in Australia - 1988: Supplementary InformationJanuary 1989
This supplementary Information Paper details the social costs of road crashes in Australia for 1988. Estimates of the social cost of road crashes, reflects not only on the costs borne by crash victims, but also those costs imposed on the wider community.
Information Sheet 01 - Costs of Road Crashes in Australia - 1988January 1988
This Information Paper details the costs of road crashes in Australia for 1988. Costs have been grouped into three broad categories: loss of victim; crash generated activities; and pain and suffering.

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