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.
PERSON_ID Person ID CHAR(2) Uniquely identifies each person involved in the accident. Persons who are drivers of a vehicle have a letter value assigned to them and persons who are not drivers have a numerical value assigned to them.
VEHICLE_ID Vehicle ID CHAR(1) VEHCILE_ID is a character field that uniquely identifies each vehicle involved in the accident. Vehicles have a letter value assigned to them
SEX Sex CHAR(1) This indicates the driver's sex and is a user editable field. Code Description M Male F Female U Not known
AGE_GROUP Age Group VARCHAR(7) The age grouping of the person involved in the crash
INJ_LEVEL Injury Level CHAR(1) This is a character field indicates the level or degree of injury that the person has experienced as a result of the accident. It is calculated field using inj_police_level and taken_hospital. This field cannot contain NULL values. Code Description 1 Fatality 2 Serious injury 3 Other injury 4 Not injured
INJ_LEVEL_DESC Injury Level Desc VARCHAR(100) This is a character field indicates the level or degree of injury that the person has experienced as a result of the accident Code Description 1 Fatality 2 Serious injury 3 Other injury 4 Not injured
SEATING_POSITION Seating Position CHAR(2) This is a character field indicates where the person was located on the vehicle. This field cannot contain NULL values. Code Description CF Centre-front CR Centre-rear D Driver or rider LF Left-front LR Left-rear NA Not applicable NK Not known OR Other-rear PL Pillion passenger PS Motorcycle sidecar passenger RR Right-rear
HELMET_BELT_WORN Seat Belt/Helmet Worn CHAR(1) This is a character field indicates whether or not the person was wearing a helmet or seatbelt at the time of the accident. This field cannot contain NULL values. Code Description 1 Seatbelt worn 2 Seatbelt not worn 3 Child restraint worn 4 Child restraint not worn 5 Seatbelt/restraint not fitted 6 Crash helmet worn 7 Crash helmet not worn 8 Not appropriate 9 Not known
ROAD_USER_TYPE Road User Type CHAR(2) ROAD_USER_TYPE is a character field indicates what the role of the person was at the time of the accident. It is calculated field using person_status and vehicle_type from vehicle table. This field cannot contain NULL values. Code Description 1 Pedestrian 2 Driver (of V-type 1-9 17 60-63 70-71) 3 Passenger (of V-type 1-9 17 60-63 70-71) 4 Motorcyclist 5 Pillion Passenger 6 Bicyclist (incl. passengers) 7 Other driver (V-type 14-16 99) 8 Other passenger (V-type 14-16 99) 9 Not known
ROAD_USER_TYPE_DESC Road User Type Desc VARCHAR(100) ROAD_USER_TYPE is a descriptive field indicates what the role of the person was at the time of the accident. It is calculated field using person_status and vehicle_type from vehicle table. Code Description 1 Pedestrian 2 Driver (of V-type 1-9 17 60-63 70-71) 3 Passenger (of V-type 1-9 17 60-63 70-71) 4 Motorcyclist 5 Pillion Passenger 6 Bicyclist (incl. passengers) 7 Other driver (V-type 14-16 99) 8 Other passenger (V-type 14-16 99) 9 Not known
LICENCE_STATE Licence State CHAR(1) This is a character field indicates the state of issue of the person s driver license. This field cannot contain NULL values. A Australian Capital Territory B Commonwealth D Northern Territory N New South Wales O Overseas Q Queensland S South Australia T Tasmania V Victoria W Western Australia Z Not known _ Not available (Blank value entered)
TAKEN_HOSPITAL Taken to hospital CHAR(1) This is a character field indicates whether or not the person was taken to hospital. This field cannot contain NULL values. Y Yes N No _ Not Known
EJECTED_CODE Ejected Code CHAR(1) This is a character field indicates whether or not the person was ejected or thrown out of the vehicle. This field cannot contain NULL values. Code Description 0 Not applicable 1 Total ejected 2 Partially ejected 3 Partial ejection involving extraction _ Not known

Additional information

Field Value
Dataset Last Updated Date 14 April 2025
Last Updated Date 13 April 2025
Publication Date 1 January 2012
Format CSV
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Open Data Title Person
Dataset File Size 24.8 MiB
Dataset Security Value BIL1 OFFICIAL - Authorised Public Release
Dataset Reporting Period Start 1 January 2012
Dataset Reporting Period End 31 August 2024