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Banyule Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

23 fatalities 799 serious injuries 856 VRU crash records 91 heavy-vehicle crash records
2,793
Crash records
23
Fatalities
799
Serious injuries
2,672
Other injuries
12,962
Weighted harm score
61.6
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.

Highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

This council-level panel ranks signalised intersections using the SCATS exposure-adjusted road-harm screening layer.

Headline signal: Bell / Edwin is the strongest Banyule signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #95 statewide.
104
SCATS-matched sites
1,876
Matched crashes
522
Fatal/serious injuries
8,255
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
195Bell / Edwin
SCATS 3068
47724622.2141
2678Southern / Oriel
SCATS 4295
14112271.3111
3722GREENSBOROUGH Highway / GRIMSHAW ST
SCATS 4187
29721810.889
4725Southern / Waterdale
SCATS 4296
15412341.2131
5842Heidelberg / Lwr Heidelberg / Upp Heidelberg
SCATS 3311
1807182.280

Caveat: SCATS movements are an exposure proxy. Crash-to-SCATS matching is proximity-based. This is a public-interest prioritisation tool and not an engineering safety audit.

Safety diagnosis

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

12,962
Weighted harm score
822
Fatal + serious injuries
25.8%
VRU share of harm
3.4%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
6.6%
High-speed road harm share
54.2%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Banyule recorded 2,793 injury crash records, 23 fatalities and 799 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 33.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict9352854,33533.4%
Pedestrian conflict2511091,97615.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict652941,70513.2%
Other / mixed mechanism370961,55212.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict157821,33010.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control241931,2899.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict178597305.6%
Object / roadside impact94450.3%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict2612853,46333.0%
Pedestrian conflict1071091,82017.4%
Other / mixed mechanism93961,24411.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict59821,21311.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control89931,12410.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict90949889.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict56595945.7%
Object / roadside impact44400.4%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict2511091,97659.2%
Other / mixed mechanism1253159317.8%
Turning / crossing conflict1123845613.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2981043.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control238952.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict316892.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict61150.4%
Object / roadside impact11100.3%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4413029.3%
Turning / crossing conflict24911325.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2748018.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1667216.3%
Other / mixed mechanism1834610.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2020.5%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,5414727,59558.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)7252153,13224.2%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)162539327.2%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)180568586.6%
Unknown speed zone185264453.4%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection1,6144347,02654.2%
Midblock / not at intersection1,1763865,91245.6%
Unknown geometry22220.2%
Other geometry1020.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight1,9285468,58766.2%
Dark / street lights5382083,37326.0%
Dawn / dusk248668986.9%
Other lighting7921040.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)649941,70113.1%
RIGHT THROUGH278911,38910.7%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT78421,0938.4%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE137588666.7%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)93658346.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE70487826.0%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)186486785.2%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.116435134.0%

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: Banyule has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
BELL STREET / DAREBIN CREEK TRAILEmerging from low baseline0.126.926.81
THE CIRCUIT / LORIMER STREETStrong worsening5.429.223.92
SOUTHERN ROAD / LAWSON PARADEEmerging from low baseline0.511.711.24
BELL STREET / ORIEL ROADStrong worsening2.19.77.53
LOWER HEIDELBERG ROAD / THE EYRIEEmerging from low baseline1.68.16.53
GRIMSHAW STREET / WATSONIA ROADStrong worsening2.98.15.23
UPPER HEIDELBERG ROAD / ALTONA STREETStrong worsening2.98.96.03
HEIDELBERG ROAD / FAIRY STREETEmerging from low baseline0.46.35.92

Worsening mechanism families

No worsening records met the filter for this table.

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: Banyule recorded 578 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 10 fatalities and 192 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 20.7% of all recorded injury crashes and 25.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 80 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 86 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian2,389127313
Older pedestrian1,0744986
Bicyclist95175267
School-age pedestrian/cyclist3062480
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism1,99792247
Turning / crossing conflict96981228
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1631342
Run-off-road / loss-of-control95823
Rear-end / same-lane conflict89631
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1516

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
THE CIRCUIT / LORIMER STREET
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12134400
PLENTY ROAD / GREENHILLS ROAD
Open map
11022200
MAIN STREET / GRIMSHAW STREET
Open map
10314310
HENRY STREET / VERMONT PARADE
Open map
10112110
GRIMSHAW STREET / MONCKTON ROAD
Open map
10111100
ORIEL ROAD / REDWOOD STREET
Open map
10111100
BELL STREET / PLUNKETT STREET
Open map
10011100
ST HELENA ROAD / MAXINE DRIVE
Open map
10011100

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: Banyule recorded 91 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 1 fatalities and 25 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 3.4% of total weighted harm. There are 13 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.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Other / mixed mechanism1565206
Turning / crossing conflict12310253
Rear-end / same-lane conflict804271
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict726161
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict12132

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
BELL STREET / PLUNKETT STREET
Open map
100111
BANKSIA STREET / LOWER HEIDELBERG ROAD
Open map
19140
GREENSBOROUGH HIGHWAY / GRIMSHAW STREET
Open map
17170
BANKSIA STREET / CAPE STREET
Open map
13131
HEIDELBERG ROAD / FAIRY STREET
Open map
12121
ROSANNA ROAD / BROWN STREET
Open map
11120

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
BELL STREET / PLUNKETT STREET
Open map
10011100
BANKSIA STREET / CAPE STREET
Open map
1313001
HEIDELBERG ROAD / FAIRY STREET
Open map
1212010
BIRDWOOD AVENUE / SOMERS AVENUE
Open map
1011010
BROADFORD CRESCENT / GLENMORE STREET
Open map
1011100
DAREBIN STREET / WEYBURN COURT
Open map
1011100

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: Banyule has 104 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 1,876 matched crash records and 522 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Bell / Edwin, with a priority score of 90.3.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Bell / Edwin
SCATS 3068
Open map
90.3477.0242.2High
Southern / Oriel
SCATS 4295
Open map
74.8141.0121.3High
GREENSBOROUGH Highway / GRIMSHAW ST
SCATS 4187
Open map
73.8297.0210.8High
Southern / Waterdale
SCATS 4296
Open map
73.8154.0121.2High
Heidelberg / Lwr Heidelberg / Upp Heidelberg
SCATS 3311
Open map
71.6180.072.2High
Upper Heidelberg / Waterdale / Livingstone
SCATS 4305
Open map
71.1182.071.6High
Southern / Liberty
SCATS 4294
Open map
69.3179.071.8High
The Circuit / Lorimer / G'Borourgh Shop
SCATS 3358
Open map
68.3166.062.0High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Watsonia-Morwell
SCATS 4177
Open map
14.869.05214,674,887
Lower Heidelberg Rd Between Carmichael St & Wilfred Rd
SCATS 5469
Open map
2.974.07925,947,798
Bell / Edwin
SCATS 3068
Open map
2.2477.02462215,754,642
Heidelberg / Lwr Heidelberg / Upp Heidelberg
SCATS 3311
Open map
2.2180.071882,145,768
The Circuit / Lorimer / G'Borourgh Shop
SCATS 3358
Open map
2.0166.061782,322,975
Southern / Liberty
SCATS 4294
Open map
1.8179.0721100,136,211
Upper Heidelberg / Waterdale / Livingstone
SCATS 4305
Open map
1.6182.0726116,971,075
Southern / Oriel
SCATS 4295
Open map
1.3141.01227105,881,571

Banyule 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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Banyule 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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Annual severity trend

Harm composition

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

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Harm composition

Road-user involvement

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

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Road-user involvement

Statewide priority comparison

Combined priority score and statewide rank compared with other councils.

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Statewide priority comparison

SCATS signal-site exposure layer

Top SCATS-matched sites by weighted harm where signal-site exposure data is available.

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SCATS signal-site exposure layer

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

Banyule Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
GREENSBOROUGH HIGHWAY / GRIMSHAW STREET74 crashes; 0 fatal; 19 serious; harm 274Street ViewGoogle Maps
GREENSBOROUGH HIGHWAY / GREENSBOROUGH-METROPOLITAN RING IN ON RAMP38 crashes; 0 fatal; 17 serious; harm 216Street ViewGoogle Maps
BELL STREET / ALFRED STREET14 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 191Street ViewGoogle Maps
THE CIRCUIT / LORIMER STREET17 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 166Street ViewGoogle Maps
FITZSIMONS LANE / ROSEHILL ROAD13 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 164Street ViewGoogle Maps
PLENTY ROAD / GREENHILLS ROAD9 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 153Street ViewGoogle Maps
GRIMSHAW STREET / WILLIAM STREET17 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 153Street ViewGoogle Maps
BRIDGE STREET -SHERBOURNE ROAD / BOLTON STREET7 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 135Street ViewGoogle Maps
UPPER HEIDELBERG ROAD / ST ELMO ROAD6 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 133Street ViewGoogle Maps
WAIORA ROAD / NORTHERN ROAD5 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 124Street ViewGoogle Maps
PLENTY ROAD / AMBROSE TREACY DRIVE21 crashes; 0 fatal; 9 serious; harm 115Street ViewGoogle Maps
BANKSIA STREET / LOWER HEIDELBERG ROAD31 crashes; 0 fatal; 8 serious; harm 115Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Bell / EdwinSite 3068; 62 matched crashes; harm 477Street ViewGoogle Maps
GREENSBOROUGH Highway / GRIMSHAW STSite 4187; 81 matched crashes; harm 297Street ViewGoogle Maps
METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / GREENSBOROUGH HighwaySite 3357; 44 matched crashes; harm 250Street ViewGoogle Maps
Banksia / Lwr HeidelbergSite 3360; 47 matched crashes; harm 188Street ViewGoogle Maps
Upper Heidelberg / Waterdale / LivingstoneSite 4305; 26 matched crashes; harm 182Street ViewGoogle Maps
Plenty / GrimshawSite 3735; 34 matched crashes; harm 180Street ViewGoogle Maps
Heidelberg / Lwr Heidelberg / Upp HeidelbergSite 3311; 18 matched crashes; harm 180Street ViewGoogle Maps
Southern / LibertySite 4294; 21 matched crashes; harm 179Street ViewGoogle Maps
Grimshaw Street / Greensborough RoadSite 3344; 29 matched crashes; harm 176Street ViewGoogle Maps
The Circuit / Lorimer / G'Borourgh ShopSite 3358; 17 matched crashes; harm 166Street ViewGoogle Maps
Southern / WaterdaleSite 4296; 34 matched crashes; harm 154Street ViewGoogle Maps
Plenty / GreenhillsSite 4166; 9 matched crashes; harm 153Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1GREENSBOROUGH HIGHWAY / GRIMSHAW STREET74019842747216
2GREENSBOROUGH HIGHWAY / GREENSBOROUGH-METROPOLITAN RING IN ON RAMP38017462160001
3BELL STREET / ALFRED STREET1418111911100
4THE CIRCUIT / LORIMER STREET1715161661401
5FITZSIMONS LANE / ROSEHILL ROAD1315141640012
6PLENTY ROAD / GREENHILLS ROAD91531530201
7GRIMSHAW STREET / WILLIAM STREET1713231530211
8BRIDGE STREET -SHERBOURNE ROAD / BOLTON STREET71351350110
9UPPER HEIDELBERG ROAD / ST ELMO ROAD61331330311
10WAIORA ROAD / NORTHERN ROAD51241241001
11PLENTY ROAD / AMBROSE TREACY DRIVE2109251150131
12BANKSIA STREET / LOWER HEIDELBERG ROAD3108351154223
13UPPER HEIDELBERG ROAD / WAVERLEY AVENUE31121120100
14FITZSIMONS LANE / FITZSIMONS LANE2309201101022
15BONDS ROAD / MONTPELIER DRIVE11101100000
16BELL STREET / PLUNKETT STREET41051051100
17SHERBOURNE ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD41051050010
18MAIN STREET / GRIMSHAW STREET51041040310
19BELL STREET / DAREBIN CREEK TRAIL41041040001
20NORMAN STREET / SEDDON STREET31021020200
21ST HELENA ROAD / MAXINE DRIVE31021020100
22ORIEL ROAD / REDWOOD STREET21021020100
23PARA ROAD / STATION ROAD21021020001
24SOUTHERN ROAD / ORIEL ROAD1509111010520
25HENRY STREET / VERMONT PARADE21011010110

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.

RankSCATSSiteCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesHarm scoreMovementsHarm / millionHVPedBikeMoto
13068Bell / Edwin62222477215,754,6422.2111121
24187GREENSBOROUGH Highway / GRIMSHAW ST81021297371,012,6700.809125
33357METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / GREENSBOROUGH Highway44020250495,736,1420.500001
43360Banksia / Lwr Heidelberg47014188452,364,2880.424435
54305Upper Heidelberg / Waterdale / Livingstone2616182116,971,0751.5611061
63311Heidelberg / Lwr Heidelberg / Upp Heidelberg181618082,145,7682.190332
73735Plenty / Grimshaw3414180407,474,3840.440603
84294Southern / Liberty2116179100,136,2111.791320
93344Grimshaw Street / Greensborough Road2914176201,454,2860.871211
103358The Circuit / Lorimer / G'Borourgh Shop171516682,322,9752.021401
114296Southern / Waterdale34012154130,091,5711.181715
124166Plenty / Greenhills915153242,344,5890.630201
134306UPPER HEIDELBERG near ST ELMO1514152157,913,6820.960354
143333Greensborough / Lwr Plenty39011148286,723,1910.521126
152946BELL near ORIEL & PLUNKETT1413144297,987,5080.481202
164295Southern / Oriel27012141105,881,5711.331830
173067Bell / Waterdale4808141216,257,0560.653323
183347Main / Para / Circuit / Hailes1712137178,016,5990.770512
194301Banksia / Studley29010131316,654,5740.415022
203332Lwr Plenty / Rosanna3409129248,562,7280.522303
213737Plenty / Taunton22010125231,679,2480.540131
223317Burgundy / Studley / Streetradbroke / Mount3509123116,036,9691.060654
234172Grimshaw / Watsonia / Macorna2509116146,254,8850.790232
24984Main / Fitzsimons2709115295,708,8090.391023
25720PARA near DOBSON91011086,310,6861.270002

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

313
Pedestrian crash records
267
Bicycle crash records
276
Motorcycle crash records
91
Heavy-vehicle crash records