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Bayside Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

21 fatalities 1,096 serious injuries 1,202 VRU crash records 48 heavy-vehicle crash records
2,380
Crash records
21
Fatalities
1,096
Serious injuries
1,737
Other injuries
14,797
Weighted harm score
64.3
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: South / Hampton is the strongest Bayside signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #105 statewide.
81
SCATS-matched sites
1,426
Matched crashes
673
Fatal/serious injuries
8,980
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
1105South / Hampton
SCATS 3632
28017322.5171
2132South / Bluff / Cummins
SCATS 3634
31728442.1120
3143BEACH near BAYVIEW
SCATS 3033
24914206.9130
4164St Kilda / Bay
SCATS 3025
23421302.3160
5260BEACH near BLUFF
SCATS 3037
17615402.5320

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

14,797
Weighted harm score
1,117
Fatal + serious injuries
41.6%
VRU share of harm
3.4%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
12.0%
High-speed road harm share
54.3%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Bayside recorded 2,380 injury crash records, 21 fatalities and 1,096 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Vulnerable road-user crashes account for 41.6% of weighted harm, making this a major local signature. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 31.5% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict9074455,68038.4%
Pedestrian conflict2201221,98113.4%
Other / mixed mechanism3591421,85212.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2651421,75511.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict354991,60910.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1681011,1888.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict100626894.7%
Object / roadside impact74430.3%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict3954455,08438.4%
Pedestrian conflict1141221,86114.1%
Other / mixed mechanism1361421,61012.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1311421,60812.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict93991,2899.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control941011,1098.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict51626334.8%
Object / roadside impact44400.3%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict2201221,98132.1%
Turning / crossing conflict2841291,55525.2%
Other / mixed mechanism218821,05917.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1246277812.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict30143405.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control37252704.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict25121382.2%
Object / roadside impact54410.7%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict14625250.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3110220.3%
Other / mixed mechanism966512.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict63336.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict42234.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict100163.2%
Pedestrian conflict21112.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,4117159,18062.0%
Local streets (50 km/h)4752182,94619.9%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)2521131,77812.0%
Unknown speed zone154385063.4%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)88333872.6%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection1,3946358,03954.3%
Midblock / not at intersection9814816,74445.6%
Other geometry21110.1%
Unknown geometry3030.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight1,7237789,95867.3%
Dark / street lights4202493,57624.2%
Dawn / dusk180771,0867.3%
Other lighting57131771.2%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
RIGHT THROUGH3011511,84112.4%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)353981,59710.8%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD1681001,2618.5%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)206991,1357.7%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.112571,0006.8%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE59466704.5%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)126546404.3%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE75465914.0%

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: Bayside 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
ESPLANADE / PARK STREETStrong worsening5.116.711.66
ESPLANADE / WELLINGTON STREETStrong worsening3.011.28.24
BENT AVENUE / NEW STREETEmerging from low baseline0.57.87.33
BAY ROAD / JACKSON ROADEmerging from low baseline1.37.86.63
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / NORTH ROADModerate worsening8.614.15.55
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / NEPEAN HIGHWAYEmerging from low baseline0.36.36.02
BEACH ROAD / CORONET GROVEStrong worsening2.57.85.33
ST KILDA STREET / CHATSWORTH AVENUEStrong worsening2.57.85.33

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictModerate worsening45.554.69.1
Other / mixed mechanismWatch224.6182.5-42.1

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: Bayside recorded 943 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 12 fatalities and 438 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 39.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 41.6% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 125 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 77 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Bicyclist3,937314696
Pedestrian2,329145262
Older pedestrian9785977
School-age pedestrian/cyclist60642125
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict2,555186396
Other / mixed mechanism1,977142310
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict84167140
Rear-end / same-lane conflict3401430
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2702537
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1381225

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
BEACH ROAD / ORLANDO STREET
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17489090
CHURCH STREET / ST ANDREWS STREET
Open map
14153210
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / MARTIN STREET
Open map
13548530
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / HAWTHORN ROAD
Open map
12233120
HAMPTON STREET / SMALL STREET
Open map
11224220
BEACH ROAD / MELROSE STREET
Open map
11123210
CHALMERS AVENUE / WALTHAM STREET
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11122200
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / UNION STREET
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11122020

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: Bayside recorded 48 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 16 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 3.4% of total weighted harm. There are 11 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 16 across 5 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
Nepean Hwy NR Arnot St (NB)
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56.3123107.4
Nepean Hwy NR Arnot St (SB)
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40.34242.5

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict2526144
Run-off-road / loss-of-control102130
Other / mixed mechanism767115
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict33360
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict23241
Rear-end / same-lane conflict160101

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
BLUFF ROAD / SUMMIT AVENUE
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100110
RESERVE ROAD / WANGARA ROAD
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100110
ST KILDA STREET / NORTH ROAD
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100111
BLUFF ROAD / FEWSTER ROAD
Open map
20210
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / DENDY STREET
Open map
12120
BAY ROAD / RESERVE ROAD
Open map
11110

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
ST KILDA STREET / NORTH ROAD
Open map
10011010
HAMPTON STREET / LUDSTONE STREET
Open map
1111010
BEACH ROAD / CORONET GROVE
Open map
1011010
CARPENTER STREET / WELL STREET
Open map
1011010
NORTH ROAD / SUSSEX ROAD
Open map
1011010
SOUTH ROAD / HAMPTON STREET
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: Bayside has 81 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 1,426 matched crash records and 673 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is South / Hampton, with a priority score of 89.7.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
South / Hampton
SCATS 3632
Open map
89.7280.0172.5High
South / Bluff / Cummins
SCATS 3634
Open map
88.7317.0282.1High
BEACH near BAYVIEW
SCATS 3033
Open map
88.3249.0146.9Medium
St Kilda / Bay
SCATS 3025
Open map
87.8234.0212.3High
BEACH near BLUFF
SCATS 3037
Open map
85.2176.0152.5High
Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton
SCATS 2317
Open map
84.2347.0201.4High
BEACH near ORLANDO
SCATS 3104
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83.2222.0122.7High
Dendy / Hampton
SCATS 3957
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82.6167.0151.8High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
BEACH near BAYVIEW
SCATS 3033
Open map
6.9249.0142036,142,673
BEACH near MASEFIELD
SCATS 4869
Open map
3.5148.0141641,852,108
BEACH near ORLANDO
SCATS 3104
Open map
2.7222.0121981,301,604
South / Hampton
SCATS 3632
Open map
2.5280.01732111,860,297
BEACH near BLUFF
SCATS 3037
Open map
2.5176.0154070,948,924
BAY RD near FERNHILL RD
SCATS 1364
Open map
2.485.072034,786,386
St Kilda / Bay
SCATS 3025
Open map
2.3234.02130101,902,973
BEACH near RESERVE
SCATS 3087
Open map
2.3116.0101851,176,087

Bayside 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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Bayside 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

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Top TIRTL-matched freight-conflict sites by weighted harm where freight data is available.

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TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

Bayside Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / UNION STREET19 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 248Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH ROAD / ORLANDO STREET21 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 233Street ViewGoogle Maps
ST KILDA STREET / BAY STREET25 crashes; 0 fatal; 18 serious; harm 202Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / MARTIN STREET20 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 184Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / THOMAS STREET11 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 177Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH ROAD / CERBERUS WAY11 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 172Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / HAWTHORN ROAD11 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 167Street ViewGoogle Maps
SOUTH ROAD / HEMMING STREET6 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 152Street ViewGoogle Maps
CHURCH STREET / ST ANDREWS STREET4 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 151Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH ROAD / BAY TRAIL11 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 146Street ViewGoogle Maps
ST KILDA STREET / NORTH ROAD13 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 139Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / CENTRE ROAD23 crashes; 0 fatal; 12 serious; harm 139Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Nepean / Bay / Milroy / HamptonSite 2317; 64 matched crashes; harm 347Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH near MELROSESite 3031; 20 matched crashes; harm 337Street ViewGoogle Maps
South / Bluff / CumminsSite 3634; 44 matched crashes; harm 317Street ViewGoogle Maps
Nepean / SouthSite 2322; 29 matched crashes; harm 289Street ViewGoogle Maps
South / HamptonSite 3632; 32 matched crashes; harm 280Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH near BAYVIEWSite 3033; 20 matched crashes; harm 249Street ViewGoogle Maps
Nepean / Marriage / ThomasSite 2321; 26 matched crashes; harm 241Street ViewGoogle Maps
St Kilda / BaySite 3025; 30 matched crashes; harm 234Street ViewGoogle Maps
Nepean / Martin / GardenvaleSite 2315; 35 matched crashes; harm 228Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH near ORLANDOSite 3104; 19 matched crashes; harm 222Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEACH near SMALLSite 3029; 27 matched crashes; harm 218Street ViewGoogle Maps
North / St KildaSite 3024; 26 matched crashes; harm 217Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1NEPEAN HIGHWAY / UNION STREET1923182482024
2BEACH ROAD / ORLANDO STREET21112132330093
3ST KILDA STREET / BAY STREET25018222020346
4NEPEAN HIGHWAY / MARTIN STREET2017141841533
5NEPEAN HIGHWAY / THOMAS STREET111771771202
6BEACH ROAD / CERBERUS WAY1116121720151
7NEPEAN HIGHWAY / HAWTHORN ROAD111671670123
8SOUTH ROAD / HEMMING STREET61521520210
9CHURCH STREET / ST ANDREWS STREET41511510210
10BEACH ROAD / BAY TRAIL111461460070
11NEPEAN HIGHWAY / CENTRE ROAD23012191391004
12ST KILDA STREET / NORTH ROAD131391391062
13ESPLANADE / CANTERBURY PLACE190121113100133
14BEACH ROAD / MELROSE STREET41311310212
15ESPLANADE / PARK STREET1401261260573
16NEPEAN HIGHWAY / NORTH ROAD24011161260003
17HAMPTON STREET / SMALL STREET61231230220
18RESERVE ROAD / WANGARA ROAD51221221021
19CHALMERS AVENUE / WALTHAM STREET21111110200
20SOUTH ROAD / WELWYN AVENUE11111110000
21BEACH ROAD / BAY ROAD41081080120
22NEPEAN HIGHWAY / DENDY STREET2009161062270
23NEPEAN HIGHWAY / RUSDEN STREET1909141041002
24BALCOMBE ROAD / CHARMAN ROAD1609131030611
25BLUFF ROAD / SUMMIT AVENUE31031031000

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
12317Nepean / Bay / Milroy / Hampton64119347251,219,7971.381479
23031BEACH near MELROSE202133371961,719,387.760793
33634South / Bluff / Cummins44028317148,075,1902.140246
42322Nepean / South29117289296,065,1150.980933
53632South / Hampton32116280111,860,2972.501737
63033BEACH near BAYVIEW2011324936,142,6736.890283
72321Nepean / Marriage / Thomas26112241332,405,5490.732223
83025St Kilda / Bay30021234101,902,9732.300457
92315Nepean / Martin / Gardenvale35110228387,977,2840.5916116
103104BEACH near ORLANDO1911122281,301,6042.730093
113029BEACH near SMALL27110218385,736,842.1111152
123024North / St Kilda26110217132,966,5021.6310143
132320Nepean / Centre34018207347,501,4190.601125
142319Nepean / Hawthorn1619198314,547,2330.630234
153030Beach / Hampton / Bridge32017188163,696,1471.1503134
162318BAY near JACK28016185106,750,1801.731321
173028South / Beach36015182121,803,2421.4901213
182316Nepean / North32016181432,349,5760.420123
193037BEACH near BLUFF4001517670,948,9242.4800302
203032Bay / Beach161617490,562,9101.920370
213022Ormond Esp / St Kilda / Head30015171352,302,8040.490168
223957Dendy / Hampton2801516793,245,0271.791491
233027Dendy / Esplanade2601415797,869,2591.6010106
244864Bay / Reserve32012152120,769,5081.261014
253959Centre / Thomas1901415092,953,7251.610401

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

RankTIRTLSiteHV crashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesHarm scoreTrucksTruck share %Harm / million trucks
1TIRTL_245Nepean Hwy NR Arnot St (NB)30112111,6811.65107.45
2TIRTL_246Nepean Hwy NR Arnot St (SB)200494,1261.4642.50

Road-user summaries

262
Pedestrian crash records
696
Bicycle crash records
244
Motorcycle crash records
48
Heavy-vehicle crash records