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Bass Coast Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

32 fatalities 561 serious injuries 311 VRU crash records 35 heavy-vehicle crash records

1,105

Crash records

Fatalities

561

Serious injuries

1,064

Other injuries

9,874

Weighted harm score

46.0

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 Bass Coast by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

9,874

Weighted harm score

593

Fatal + serious injuries

10.8%

VRU share of harm

4.4%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

71.0%

High-speed road harm share

34.5%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Bass Coast recorded 1,105 injury crash records, 32 fatalities and 561 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 71.0% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 36.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	462	259	4,248	43.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	91	87	1,887	19.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	175	75	1,266	12.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	163	78	1,250	12.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	73	41	547	5.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	94	32	435	4.4%
Pedestrian conflict	43	20	228	2.3%
Object / roadside impact	4	1	13	0.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	192	259	3,875	42.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	57	87	1,835	20.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	73	78	1,149	12.7%
Other / mixed mechanism	66	75	1,126	12.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	36	41	506	5.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	25	32	335	3.7%
Pedestrian conflict	19	20	201	2.2%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	0.1%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	66	26	581	54.2%
Pedestrian conflict	43	20	228	21.3%
Turning / crossing conflict	23	9	105	9.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	8	5	57	5.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	5	55	5.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	8	4	45	4.2%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	9	12	303	69.0%
Turning / crossing conflict	16	8	90	20.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	1	12	2.7%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	2.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	1	1	10	2.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	1	1	10	2.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	4	0	4	0.9%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	602	419	7,009	71.0%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	260	92	1,745	17.7%
Local streets (50 km/h)	172	57	724	7.3%
Unknown speed zone	46	16	287	2.9%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	25	9	109	1.1%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	676	371	6,454	65.4%
Intersection	427	221	3,408	34.5%
Unknown geometry	1	1	10	0.1%
Other geometry	1	0	2	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	795	400	6,127	62.1%
Dark / street lights	221	144	3,008	30.5%
Dawn / dusk	71	40	547	5.5%
Other lighting	18	9	192	1.9%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	72	76	1,667	16.9%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	80	47	789	8.0%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	66	34	751	7.6%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	59	35	747	7.6%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	56	48	727	7.4%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	107	47	707	7.2%
RIGHT THROUGH	42	32	456	4.6%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	94	32	435	4.4%

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: Bass Coast's recent annualised harm rate is 822.7 versus a baseline annualised rate of 729.0, a change of 93.7 harm-score points per year.

Open full Bass Coast emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
BASS HIGHWAY / HESLOP ROAD	Strong worsening	3.9	34.7	30.8	4
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / PUNCH BOWL ROAD	Moderate worsening	14.3	23.8	9.5	9
VENTNOR ROAD / PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD	Strong worsening	14.3	29.0	14.7	2
VENTNOR ROAD / RED ROCKS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	13.3	12.9	4
BACK BEACH ROAD / GAP ROAD	Strong worsening	6.3	13.6	7.3	5
CAPE PATERSON-INVERLOCH ROAD / STRUAN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	8.4	8.2	3
VENTNOR ROAD / VENTNOR BEACH ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	8.4	8.0	3
SHEEPWAYS ROAD / MCGRATHS LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	7.8	7.8	3

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Strong worsening	133.9	179.6	45.7
Other / mixed mechanism	Strong worsening	85.8	135.8	50.0
Turning / crossing conflict	Moderate worsening	333.7	350.9	17.2
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Moderate worsening	32.5	37.1	4.6
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Watch	102.3	93.5	-8.8

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: Bass Coast recorded 158 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 3 fatalities and 66 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 14.3% of all recorded injury crashes and 10.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 32 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 30 records.

Open full Bass Coast VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	648	41	83
Bicyclist	423	28	75
Older pedestrian	279	17	30
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	174	15	32
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	716	38	89
Turning / crossing conflict	187	16	41
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	66	6	12
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	57	5	8
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	45	4	8

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
CAMPBELL STREET / BAXTERS DRIVE Open map	101	1	1	1	0
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / CLIFFORD ROAD Open map	101	1	1	1	0
LAURETTE AVENUE / BLACKFIN WAY Open map	100	1	1	0	1
THOMPSON AVENUE / THE ESPLANADE Open map	32	3	1	1	0
THOMPSON AVENUE / WATSON ROAD Open map	23	2	5	3	2
THE ESPLANADE / RAMSEY BOULEVARD Open map	21	2	2	2	0
THOMPSON AVENUE / CHAPEL STREET Open map	20	2	2	2	0
CAPE PATERSON-INVERLOCH ROAD / STRUAN ROAD Open map	20	2	1	1	0

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: Bass Coast recorded 35 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 2 fatalities and 22 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 4.4% of total weighted harm. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.

Open full Bass Coast 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
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	303	12	9
Turning / crossing conflict	90	8	16
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	12	1	3
Object / roadside impact	10	1	1
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	1	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	10	1	1

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
BASS HIGHWAY / HESLOP ROAD Open map	121	3	2
BASS HIGHWAY / RAILWAY ROAD Open map	121	3	2
MCKENZIE STREET / KORUMBURRA ROAD Open map	20	2	1
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / HOPETOUN CRESCENT Open map	20	2	1
GLEN ALVIE ROAD / WADE ROAD Open map	11	1	1
BACK BEACH ROAD / VENTNOR ROAD Open map	10	1	1

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

No records available for this table.

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.

Bass Coast 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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Bass Coast 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.

Bass Coast Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
BASS HIGHWAY / SOLDIERS ROAD	20 crashes; 1 fatal; 25 serious; harm 378	Street View	Google Maps
BASS HIGHWAY / RAILWAY ROAD	4 crashes; 2 fatal; 5 serious; harm 251	Street View	Google Maps
VENTNOR ROAD / PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD	9 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 226	Street View	Google Maps
INVERLOCH-KONGWAK ROAD / WILLOMBEE VIEW	5 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 223	Street View	Google Maps
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / PUNCH BOWL ROAD	8 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 206	Street View	Google Maps
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / CLEELAND ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 184	Street View	Google Maps
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / WOOLAMAI BEACH ROAD	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 177	Street View	Google Maps
BASS HIGHWAY / HESLOP ROAD	8 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 175	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / KETTLES ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 164	Street View	Google Maps
INVERLOCH-KONGWAK ROAD / LYNNES ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 153	Street View	Google Maps
PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / PANORAMA AVENUE	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 152	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / BASS HIGHWAY	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 143	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	Ped	Bike	Moto
1	BASS HIGHWAY / SOLDIERS ROAD	20	1	25	28	378	0	0	0	1
2	BASS HIGHWAY / RAILWAY ROAD	4	2	5	1	251	2	0	0	0
3	VENTNOR ROAD / PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD	9	2	2	6	226	0	0	1	0
4	INVERLOCH-KONGWAK ROAD / WILLOMBEE VIEW	5	2	2	3	223	0	0	0	0
5	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / PUNCH BOWL ROAD	8	1	10	6	206	0	0	0	2
6	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / CLEELAND ROAD	5	1	8	4	184	0	0	0	1
7	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / WOOLAMAI BEACH ROAD	9	1	7	7	177	1	0	0	0
8	BASS HIGHWAY / HESLOP ROAD	8	1	7	5	175	2	0	0	1
9	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / KETTLES ROAD	5	1	6	4	164	1	0	0	0
10	INVERLOCH-KONGWAK ROAD / LYNNES ROAD	5	1	5	3	153	0	0	0	0
11	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / PANORAMA AVENUE	2	1	5	2	152	0	0	0	0
12	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / BASS HIGHWAY	3	1	4	3	143	0	0	0	0
13	BILLSON STREET / BAILLIEU E STREET	5	1	4	2	142	0	0	0	1
14	BACK BEACH ROAD / SMITHS BEACH ROAD	8	1	1	16	126	0	0	0	1
15	BASS HIGHWAY / ANDERSON LINK ROAD	3	1	2	4	124	0	0	0	0
16	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / DUNVEGAN CRESCENT	2	1	2	3	123	0	0	0	0
17	RED ROCKS ROAD / VENTNOR REV ROAD SERVICE ROAD	2	1	1	3	113	0	0	0	0
18	JUSTICE ROAD / SILVERSTONE DRIVE	1	1	1	3	113	0	0	0	0
19	NYORA-ST HELIER ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	1	0	0	0
20	BACK BEACH ROAD / GAP ROAD	12	0	9	12	102	0	0	0	2
21	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / VENTNOR ROAD	3	1	0	2	102	0	0	1	1
22	CAPE PATERSON ROAD / SEAWARD DRIVE	2	1	0	2	102	0	0	0	1
23	CAMPBELL STREET / BAXTERS DRIVE	1	1	0	1	101	0	1	0	0
24	PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD / CLIFFORD ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	1	0	0
25	AGAR ROAD / SHENANDOAH DRIVE	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	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.

No rows available.

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

153

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records