Data Dictionary

Field Name Name Type Description Fixed Values
ACCIDENT_NO Accident Number CHAR(12) "ACCIDENT_NO is the Primary Key for the database to uniquely identify the accident and cannot contain NULL values. First character T indicates TIS incident and characters 2-5 typically represent the year in which the accident created in TIS system and characters 6-11 are a numeric sequencing number"
NODE_ID Node ID INTEGER(10) The node id of the accident. It starts with 1 and incremented by one when a new accident location is identified.
ROAD_ROUTE_1 Road Route 1 INTEGER(10) ROAD_ROUTE_1 is character field indicates primary route for Road_Name_1. Null Values are valid entries. Group Classifications are: 2000-2999 Freeways or Highways 3000-3999 Forest Rds 4000-4999 Tourist Rds 5000-5999 Main Rds 7000-7999 Ramps (mainly Freeway ramps) 9999 Unclassified Roads e.g. Council / ‟Local‟ roads
ROAD_NAME Road Name NVARCHAR(50) ROAD_NAME is character field indicates highest priority road at intersection OR road on which accident took place.
ROAD_TYPE Road Type NVARCHAR(22) ROAD_TYPE is character field indicates type of Road_Name
ROAD_NAME_INT Road Name Int NVARCHAR(50) ROAD_NAME_INT is character field indicates other road at intersection OR nearest intersecting road (on_road)
ROAD_TYPE_INT Road Type Int NVARCHAR(22) ROAD_TYPE_INT is character field indicates type of Road_Name_Int at intersection OR nearest intersecting road (on_road)
DISTANCE_LOCATION Distance INTEGER(10) DISTANCE_LOCATION is an integer field indicating the distance (in metres) of the accident from the nearest intersecting road (if the crash is a non-intersection or mid-block accident).
DIRECTION_LOCATION Direction NVARCHAR(2) DIRECTION_LOCATION is a character field indicating the direction of the accident from the nearest intersecting road (if the crash is a non-intersection or mid-block accident). This field cannot contain NULL values. Code Description N North NE North East E East SE South East S South SW South West W West NW North West UK Not known

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Data last updated 18 March 2025
Metadata last updated 18 March 2025
Created 18 March 2025
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Dataset last updated date3 weeks ago
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Period start2012-01-01
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Publication date13 years ago
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Temporal Coverage Start 1 January 2012
Temporal Coverage End 31 July 2024