Melbourne Traffic Intelligence Update

Generated 2026-09-02T15:09:42. Data windows: SCATS 2026-04-08 to 2026-08-30; TIRTL 2026-05-23 to 2026-08-30.

Media-ready headline

Fresh public traffic data has been processed into a same-day intelligence pack showing high-volume signal sites, major truck-volume locations, truck-share hotspots and quality-controlled change findings.

Headline numbers

• SCATS: 17,795,171,900 vehicle movements across 4,627 sites.
• TIRTL: 1,331,803,363 vehicles, including 66,420,043 trucks.
• TIRTL truck share: 4.99%.
• Validated TIRTL freight-share uplifts: 0.
• TIRTL comparisons held for coverage review: 210.

Named findings

• The busiest named SCATS site was EASTERN Freeway OFF RAMP / HODDLE - Abbotsford, with 21,471,165 movements.
• The strongest provisional SCATS change candidate was MIDLAND Highway / ARCHER - Shepparton, with a first/latest difference of 122,247.00 movements per day. This remains provisional pending a SCATS completeness gate.
• The heaviest named TIRTL truck location was West Gate Bridge outbound W (westbound) - Spotswood / Port Melbourne corridor, with 520,988 classified truck passings.
• The highest truck-share named hotspot was Dohertys Rd (WB) (westbound) - ALTONA NORTH, with a 21.94% truck share.
• No TIRTL freight-share uplift candidate met the complete-week, interval-equivalence, minimum-volume and truck-share quality requirements for this release.
• 210 TIRTL site-heading comparisons were placed in coverage review and excluded from the public uplift ranking.

Caution

Location names should be manually checked before publication. TIRTL coverage-review rows are not traffic-growth findings, and SCATS first/latest changes remain provisional. The data identifies measured patterns, not their cause.