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Department of Transport and Main Roads

Gaining new insights through linking serious injury road crash data

3 bike riders, 2 riding in one direction and one in the other, on a bike path running parallel to one road and intersecting with one other that turns off at a T-intersection. There is a speed bump on the road where it crosses the bike path, and 2 of the bike riders are crossing on it. A car is turning from the parallel road into the intersection.
Data on bicycle incidents and injuries can help us to identify and implement improved road safety measures.

Overview

Action 5.5: Test improvements to link bicycle injury and incident data sources to enhance analysis of serious injury road crash data.

Lead agency: Department of Transport and Main Roads

Status: Complete

Achievements

In July 2023, the Road Safety Data Bureau received linked data from Queensland Health, Motor Accident Insurance Commission and Queensland Ambulance.

The linked transport-related serious injury data includes the following various sources:

  • road crash
  • hospital admission
  • cause of death
  • ambulance
  • compulsory third-party insurance claim data.

To allow data sharing between departments, Memorandums of Understanding were established between the Department of Transport and Main Roads, Motor Accident Insurance Commission and Queensland Health.

The linked data will be analysed and managed by the Road Safety Data Bureau.

The development of a database and supporting processes will ensure the linked data is stored securely, for the purpose of capturing and identifying factors and associations that would otherwise be difficult to determine.

Next steps

Once the linked data is processed and analysed, reports and dashboards will be created to present the serious injury road crash data.

Last updated
11 July 2024