Crashes Last 5 Years

Dataset Number1122
Dataset TitleCrashes Last 5 Years
CustodianData Authority: Department for Infrastructure and Transport
Data Provider: Department for Infrastructure and Transport

Description

DescriptionCrashes for the last 5 years are extracted from the Traffic Accident Register (TARS) for any crash which has enough information to be located. Information has been summarized to enable display and query crashes.
UsageBlack Spot Analysis

Data Quality

LineageReconciled against Traffic Accident Register (TARS)
Completeness90%
Positional AccuracySites +/- 100m

Geographic Extent

Extent NameSouth Australia
Min Easting or Longitude129
Min Northing or Latitude-38.25
Max Easting or Longitude141
Max Northing or Latitude-26

Dataset Status

Initially AcquiredUnknown
Last Updated2015
Update FrequencyAnnually
Maintenance MethodAutomated process to refresh from TARS
AusGOALCC BY (Attribution)

Attributes

TableNameField AliasData TypeDescription
Point Attribute TableUNIQUE_LOC textConcatenation of the X and Y co-ordinate for each crash to group crashes at the same location.
Point Attribute TableTOTAL_CRASHES Long IntegerTotal number of crashes.
Point Attribute TableCSE_PDO Long IntegerTotal number of Property Damage Crashes. Reported property damage of greater than $5000 or a Vehicle was towed away or the crash involved a motor cycle, wheel chair, scooter or bicycle.
Point Attribute TableCSE_INJ Long IntegerTotal number of Injury Crashes.
Point Attribute TableCSE_FAT Long IntegerTotal number of Fatal Crashes
Point Attribute TableCSE_SI Long IntegerTotal number of Serious Injury Crashes, this total is a subset of Injury Crashes
Point Attribute TableTOTAL_CASUALTIES Long IntegerTotal number of injured parties involved in the crash including fatalities
Point Attribute TableTOTAL_FATALITIES Long IntegerTotal number of fatalities involved in the crash. Death occurred within 30 days of the crash
Point Attribute TableTOTAL_SERIOUS_INJURY Long IntegerTotal number of injured parties admitted to hospital involved in the crash
Point Attribute TableCTY_REAR_END Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as a Rear End collision. Both vehicles are travelling in the same direct, with one vehicle behind the other.
Point Attribute TableCTY_HIT_FIXED_OBJECT Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as hitting a fixed object, eg stobie or light pole, tree, sign posts, traffic signal.
Point Attribute TableCTY_SIDE_SWIPE Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as a side swipe, both vehicles travelling side by side in the same direction on the same road, carriageway/lane.
Point Attribute TableCTY_RIGHT_ANGLE Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as a right angle collision. Both vehicles were travelling on different roads or exiting a driveway.
Point Attribute TableCTY_HEAD_ON Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as colliding head on. Both vehicles are travelling in opposing directions on the same road.
Point Attribute TableCTY_HIT_PEDESTRIAN Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as hitting a pedestrian. There must have been a pedestrian involved in the crash, pedestrians include wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs/gophers. NB - If a vehicle collides with another vehicle then a pedestrian this incident is not classed as a Hit Pedestrian Crash.
Point Attribute TableCTY_ROLL_OVER Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as a roll over. The vehicle lost control then subsequently rolls before hitting any other object or no object at all. NB ¿ If the vehicle collided with an object or other vehicle then rolled, the crash type is at the first point of impact not a roll over.
Point Attribute TableCTY_RIGHT_TURN Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as a right turn collision. Both vehicles were travelling on the same road in opposing directions, one vehicle was travelling straight ahead and the other executed a right turn or U-turn.
Point Attribute TableCTY_HIT_PARKED_VEHICLE Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as colliding with a parked vehicle. The parked vehicle must have the motor switched off and the vehicle may have be attended by the driver or a passenger or the vehicle was unattended.
Point Attribute TableCTY_HIT_ANIMAL Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as hitting and animal, whether the animal was wild or domestic (not ridden). NB ¿ If the vehicle swerves to avoid an animal and hits another object this is not a Hit Animal crash
Point Attribute TableCTY_HIT_OBJECT_ON_ROAD Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash was classed as hitting an on the road which is not classed as a fixed eg crate, tree limb, something which may have fallen from another vehicle.
Point Attribute TableCTY_LEFT_ROAD_OC Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash where the vehicle lost control and left the road and caused damage eg the vehicle left the road out of control and came to rest in a ditch without hitting anything or rolling.
Point Attribute TableCTY_OTHER Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where the movement leading up to the crash could not be classified in any of the above categories.
Point Attribute TableCTY_UNKNOWN Long IntegerNot Coded
Point Attribute TableUTY_BICYCLE Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where one of the units involved in the crash was a bicycle
Point Attribute TableUTI_PEDESTRIAN Long IntegerTotal number of crashes where one of the units involved in the crash was a Pedestrian
Point Attribute TableLCO_NIGHT Long IntegerTotal number of crashes which occurred at night as defined by the sunrise and sunset tables published by the Bureau of Meteorology for SA for the day month and year of the crash.

Contact Information

OrganisationDepartment for Infrastructure and Transport
Postal Address77 Grenfell Street

ADELAIDE
5000
Emaildpti.gisoffice@sa.gov.au