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TRANSPORT STATISTICS

OBJECTIVES

The Transport Statistics program is responsible for producing statistics on transport and transport related activities. It is also actively involved in stakeholder collaboration on transport policy priorities to assist in identifying data needs and alternative methods of collecting data.

There are multiple main clients of the program including: the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics; state and territory government transport agencies; the National Transport Commission; the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator; and industry and academic organisations.

Statistics from the transport collections are used to assist in policy and planning deliberations by governments and transport organisations, particularly in the areas of long term planning and infrastructure investment, the regulation of road transport operators, and for accident exposure and fuel use analysis. Information about the vehicle fleet provides a measure of the stock of vehicles registered for road use at a point in time and supports the study of links between demographic change and vehicle ownership and use. Statistics on new motor vehicle sales provide an economic indicator of consumer confidence.

OUTPUTS

The key regular outputs of the program are:

• Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia (cat. no. 9314.0) - a monthly major economic indicator
• Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia (cat. no. 9208.0)
• Motor Vehicle Census, Australia (cat. no. 9309.0).

• disseminate Road Freight Movement statistics from data collected as part of the Survey of Motor Vehicle Use 2014 - due September 2015
• continue to pursue the development of nationally consistent road freight statistics from sources such as administrative records or on board devices - ongoing
• support the activities of the Australian Transport Data Action Network as it progresses the Data Action Plan for the Transport and Infrastructure Council - ongoing.