Melbourne Traffic Intelligence Update

Generated 2026-10-01T07:35:30. Data windows: SCATS 2026-04-08 to 2026-09-29; TIRTL 2026-05-23 to 2026-09-29.

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: 21,881,688,805 vehicle movements across 4,634 sites.
• TIRTL: 1,817,391,185 vehicles, including 91,766,207 trucks.
• TIRTL truck share: 5.05%.
• Validated TIRTL freight-share uplifts: 0.
• TIRTL comparisons held for coverage review: 237.

Named findings

• The busiest named SCATS site was EASTERN Freeway OFF RAMP / HODDLE - Abbotsford, with 26,332,020 movements.
• The strongest provisional SCATS change candidate was MIDLAND Highway / ARCHER - Shepparton, with a first/latest difference of 90,873.71 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 718,103 classified truck passings.
• The highest truck-share named hotspot was Dohertys Rd (WB) (westbound) - ALTONA NORTH, with a 21.84% truck share.
• No TIRTL freight-share uplift candidate met the complete-week, interval-equivalence, minimum-volume and truck-share quality requirements for this release.
• A quality-controlled general traffic-volume change candidate was identified at PFW 780m East of High Street/Newland St Entry Exit Ramps (OB) (westbound) - ALTONA MEADOWS; it is not classified as a freight-share uplift.
• 237 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.