The data provides information on road safety enforcement activities undertaken across the Australian states and territories from 2008 to 2023, including:

• unlicensed driving
• random roadside alcohol breath tests
• roadside drug tests
• speeding infringements
• mobile phone use while driving infringements
• seatbelt infringements

The series is collated from data collected by multiple organisations with varied definitions and data collection practices are not fully consistent across states and territories. Please see the data dictionary and the dashboard for more information.

BITRE is working with data owners to introduce more consistent definitions, address data gaps, and investigate opportunities to streamline the data collection and sharing processes. This will improve the value of this data series for policy makers, including for reporting on progress on the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 and National Road Safety Action Plan 2023-25.

New for 2023

Starting from the collection of 2023 data, the data structure has changed to allow for more detailed police enforcement data. The following data is new for 2023:

• Unlicensed driving
• Monthly granularity, where available
• Age groups, where available
• Remoteness area, where available
• Details on detection method used, where available
• Details on drug type for positive drug tests
• Number of charges and arrests