Road Deaths — methodology

What this metric measures

Deaths from motor vehicle accidents (V01-V79, V89.2) by year of registration, from the ABS Causes of Death collection. BITRE's monthly road-death bulletins are not machine-readable, so this is the automated annual series.

Why it matters: Road deaths are the largest single cause of transport fatalities and a direct measure of road safety.

Source & provenance

Publisher

ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - external causes, total motor vehicle accidents (V01-V79, V89.2), deaths registered

Update frequency

annual

Licence

CC BY 4.0

How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Lower is better

Trend window

24 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

{
  "red_min_pct_of_baseline": 110,
  "amber_max_pct_of_baseline": 110,
  "green_max_pct_of_baseline": 95
}