AR Council

Ararat Road Harm Intelligence Report

Fatal and injury crash patterns, vulnerable road-user harm, heavy-vehicle involvement, SCATS exposure matching and TIRTL freight-conflict matching.

27 fatalities 231 serious injuries 89 VRU crash records 44 heavy-vehicle crash records

443

Crash records

Fatalities

231

Serious injuries

380

Other injuries

5,390

Weighted harm score

34.2

Priority score

Method caveat: This is a public-interest analytical report. It is not an engineering safety audit. Locations should be treated as candidates for further review.

Safety diagnosis

This section diagnoses the type of road-harm problem in Ararat by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

5,390

Weighted harm score

258

Fatal + serious injuries

2.9%

VRU share of harm

18.5%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

84.3%

High-speed road harm share

16.0%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Ararat recorded 443 injury crash records, 27 fatalities and 231 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 18.5% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 84.3% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 22.7% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	156	90	1,852	34.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	112	60	1,211	22.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	37	41	890	16.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	72	29	542	10.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	20	12	416	7.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	28	16	364	6.8%
Object / roadside impact	6	6	66	1.2%
Pedestrian conflict	12	4	49	0.9%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	70	90	1,731	34.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	54	60	1,144	22.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	27	41	877	17.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	25	29	474	9.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	6	12	398	7.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	14	16	342	6.7%
Object / roadside impact	3	6	62	1.2%
Pedestrian conflict	4	4	41	0.8%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	11	6	65	41.1%
Pedestrian conflict	12	4	49	31.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	2	2	20	12.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	2	1	11	7.0%
Turning / crossing conflict	2	1	11	7.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	1.3%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	13	16	435	43.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	3	304	30.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	12	3	129	12.9%
Turning / crossing conflict	11	10	103	10.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	5	1	16	1.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	1	1	10	1.0%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	285	207	4,545	84.3%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	64	17	336	6.2%
Local streets (50 km/h)	63	21	264	4.9%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	7	5	148	2.7%
Unknown speed zone	24	8	97	1.8%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	324	212	4,529	84.0%
Intersection	119	46	861	16.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	309	180	4,142	76.8%
Dark / street lights	89	60	936	17.4%
Dawn / dusk	40	16	289	5.4%
Other lighting	5	2	23	0.4%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	26	33	801	14.9%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	40	32	799	14.8%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	56	35	744	13.8%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	51	22	459	8.5%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	19	12	415	7.7%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	20	14	332	6.2%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY TO LEFT	22	9	285	5.3%
STRUCK ANIMAL	27	10	219	4.1%

Caveat: This is a public-interest diagnostic layer. It identifies patterns for review and does not assign legal fault, engineering causation or treatment responsibility.

Emerging hotspots and worsening trends

This section compares recent road harm against the long-run baseline to identify patterns that may be getting worse.

Plain-English signal: Ararat's recent annualised harm rate is 453.5 versus a baseline annualised rate of 396.1, a change of 57.4 harm-score points per year.

Open full Ararat emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
WESTERN HIGHWAY / HILLSIDE ROAD	Major worsening	6.3	89.8	83.6	7
GLENELG HIGHWAY / EURAMBEEN-STREATHAM ROAD	Strong worsening	15.4	44.6	29.3	8
WESTERN HIGHWAY / WESTERN HIGHWAY	Strong worsening	5.0	27.9	22.9	1
PYRENEES HIGHWAY / WOODLANDS ROAD	Strong worsening	12.6	26.6	14.0	1
WOORNDOO-STREATHAM ROAD / ENNERDALE LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	8.1	8.1	3
PYRENEES HIGHWAY / WARRAYATKIN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2	2
WESTERN HIGHWAY / COLONIAL ROAD	Moderate worsening	4.3	8.4	4.1	3

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Major worsening	25.8	165.0	139.2
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Major worsening	11.8	81.2	69.4
Other / mixed mechanism	Watch	49.8	43.1	-6.7

Comparison period

Baseline: 2012-2019
Recent: 2022-2025

Metrics are annualised. This is a statistical screening layer, not an engineering safety audit.

Vulnerable Road User Atlas

This section focuses on pedestrian, bicyclist, motorcyclist, school-age pedestrian/cyclist and older-pedestrian harm patterns where fields are available.

Plain-English VRU signature: Ararat recorded 31 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 0 fatalities and 14 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 7.0% of all recorded injury crashes and 2.9% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 6 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 5 records.

Open full Ararat VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	102	9	20
Bicyclist	56	5	11
Older pedestrian	32	3	5
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	24	2	6
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	91	8	19
Turning / crossing conflict	34	3	6
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	20	2	2
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	11	1	2
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
HIGH STREET / ALBERT STREET Open map	11	1	2	2	0
HIGH STREET / QUEEN STREET Open map	11	1	1	1	0
BANFIELD STREET / ELLERKER AVENUE Open map	10	1	1	0	1
BANFIELD STREET / HIGH STREET Open map	10	1	1	0	1
GRANO STREET / SMITH STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
HENDERSON STREET / COAD STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
HIGH STREET / INGOR STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
MARX CRESCENT / TATYOON ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	1

Freight Conflict Index

This section focuses on heavy-vehicle crash harm, vulnerable-road-user overlap and TIRTL freight exposure where available.

Plain-English freight signature: Ararat recorded 44 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 7 fatalities and 27 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 18.5% of total weighted harm. There are 1 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.

Open full Ararat freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	435	16	13	0
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	304	3	2	0
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	129	3	12	1
Turning / crossing conflict	103	10	11	0
Other / mixed mechanism	16	1	5	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	1	1	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
WESTERN HIGHWAY / OLD BREWERY ROAD Open map	302	3	1
WESTERN HIGHWAY / WESTERN HIGHWAY Open map	114	2	4
WESTERN HIGHWAY / HILLSIDE ROAD Open map	112	2	2
MOYSTON-WILLAURA ROAD / TAITS ROAD Open map	110	2	1
MAROONA-GLENTHOMPSON ROAD / RED HILL ROAD Open map	100	1	1
WESTERN HIGHWAY / PEACOCKS ROAD Open map	31	3	1

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
GRAMPIANS ROAD / SERRA ROAD Open map	11	1	2	0	0	1

SCATS exposure-adjusted intersection league table

This section ranks signalised intersections by total road harm and by harm adjusted for observed SCATS movements.

Plain-English SCATS signal: No SCATS-matched signal-site exposure summary is available for this council.

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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

No SCATS records available for this table.

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

No SCATS records available for this table.

Ararat crash map

Interactive self-contained Google Map showing crash records, fatal crashes, serious-injury crashes, vulnerable road-user crashes and heavy-vehicle crashes for this council area.

Map caveat: this is public-interest road-harm intelligence, not an engineering safety audit.

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Ararat road-harm graphs

Large-format colour-coded graph pack showing this council's severity trend, harm composition, road-user involvement, top locations and exposure layers.

Annual severity trend

Crash records by year, stacked by fatal, serious injury and other injury severity.

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Harm composition

Fatalities, serious injuries and other injuries in the official crash data.

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Road-user involvement

Pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle and heavy-vehicle crash involvement.

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Top crash locations by harm

Highest weighted-harm locations in this council area.

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Statewide priority comparison

Combined priority score and statewide rank compared with other councils.

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Graph caveat: these are public-interest road-harm intelligence charts, not an engineering safety audit.

Ararat Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / HILLSIDE ROAD	10 crashes; 3 fatal; 8 serious; harm 394	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / OLD BREWERY ROAD	3 crashes; 3 fatal; 3 serious; harm 335	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / EURAMBEEN-STREATHAM ROAD	10 crashes; 2 fatal; 11 serious; harm 317	Street View	Google Maps
PYRENEES HIGHWAY / WOODLANDS ROAD	6 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 213	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / MILE POST LANE	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 177	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / WESTERN HIGHWAY	11 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 169	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / HEATH STREET	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 121	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / DOERYS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / PETTICOAT GULLY ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
MAROONA-GLENTHOMPSON ROAD / RED HILL ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 113	Street View	Google Maps
PYRENEES HIGHWAY / L J DAWSON ROAD	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps
MOYSTON-DUNKELD ROAD / ANDREWS LANE	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS site	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
No Street View links available.

Top crash locations

Ranked by weighted harm score. Weighting: fatality ×100, serious injury ×10, other injury ×1.

Rank	Location	Crashes	Fatalities	Serious injuries	Other injuries	Harm score	HV crashes	Moto
1	WESTERN HIGHWAY / HILLSIDE ROAD	10	3	8	14	394	2	0
2	WESTERN HIGHWAY / OLD BREWERY ROAD	3	3	3	5	335	1	0
3	GLENELG HIGHWAY / EURAMBEEN-STREATHAM ROAD	10	2	11	7	317	2	0
4	PYRENEES HIGHWAY / WOODLANDS ROAD	6	2	1	3	213	0	0
5	WESTERN HIGHWAY / MILE POST LANE	6	1	7	7	177	1	1
6	WESTERN HIGHWAY / WESTERN HIGHWAY	11	1	6	9	169	4	0
7	WESTERN HIGHWAY / HEATH STREET	3	1	2	1	121	0	0
8	GLENELG HIGHWAY / DOERYS ROAD	2	1	2	0	120	0	0
9	WESTERN HIGHWAY / PETTICOAT GULLY ROAD	1	1	2	0	120	0	0
10	MAROONA-GLENTHOMPSON ROAD / RED HILL ROAD	4	1	1	3	113	1	1
11	PYRENEES HIGHWAY / L J DAWSON ROAD	3	1	1	1	111	0	0
12	MOYSTON-DUNKELD ROAD / ANDREWS LANE	2	1	1	1	111	0	0
13	MOYSTON-DUNKELD ROAD / WHITE PATCH ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	1
14	MOYSTON-WILLAURA ROAD / TAITS ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	1	0
15	MORTLAKE-ARARAT ROAD / BURRUMBEEP ROAD	1	1	0	5	105	0	0
16	WESTERN HIGHWAY / BARKLY STREET	3	1	0	3	103	0	0
17	WESTERN HIGHWAY / WOODNAGGERAK ROAD	2	1	0	3	103	0	0
18	GLENELG HIGHWAY / HOWLETT ROAD	2	1	0	2	102	0	0
19	GLENELG HIGHWAY / GRAHAM ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0
20	LOGAN ROAD / TATYOON ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0
21	POMONAL EAST ROAD / POMONAL ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0
22	WESTERN HIGHWAY / COLONIAL ROAD	9	0	7	6	76	1	0
23	GRAMPIANS ROAD / SERRA ROAD	7	0	5	7	57	2	1
24	MORTLAKE-ARARAT ROAD / DELACOMBE WAY	3	0	4	3	43	1	0
25	WESTERN HIGHWAY / PEACOCKS ROAD	2	0	4	1	41	1	0

SCATS signal-site exposure layer

Crash records matched to nearby SCATS sites using the selected proximity radius. This is a signal/intersection-adjacent view, not full road-network attribution.

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TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Heavy-vehicle crash records matched to nearby TIRTL freight monitoring sites. This is a freight-corridor candidate layer.

No rows available.

Road-user summaries

Pedestrian crash records

Bicycle crash records

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records