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Bendigo Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

81 fatalities 1,521 serious injuries 1,132 VRU crash records 139 heavy-vehicle crash records

3,890

Crash records

Fatalities

1,521

Serious injuries

3,541

Other injuries

26,851

Weighted harm score

74.5

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

26,851

Weighted harm score

1,602

Fatal + serious injuries

16.0%

VRU share of harm

9.0%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

44.7%

High-speed road harm share

41.2%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Greater Bendigo recorded 3,890 injury crash records, 81 fatalities and 1,521 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 9.0% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 44.7% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 31.8% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	1,648	709	11,715	43.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	587	273	4,211	15.7%
Other / mixed mechanism	551	196	2,856	10.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	166	117	2,598	9.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	219	107	1,962	7.3%
Pedestrian conflict	199	109	1,733	6.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	489	80	1,642	6.1%
Object / roadside impact	31	11	134	0.5%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	600	709	10,315	43.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	252	273	3,845	16.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	75	117	2,480	10.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	179	196	2,447	10.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	98	107	1,811	7.6%
Pedestrian conflict	107	109	1,636	6.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	72	80	1,100	4.6%
Object / roadside impact	11	11	112	0.5%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Pedestrian conflict	199	109	1,733	40.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	160	56	1,129	26.2%
Turning / crossing conflict	132	38	663	15.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	28	14	339	7.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	26	16	263	6.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	12	7	82	1.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	23	6	77	1.8%
Object / roadside impact	6	1	17	0.4%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	51	33	999	41.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	19	17	817	33.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	6	157	6.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	13	5	149	6.2%
Pedestrian conflict	6	4	132	5.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	18	8	96	4.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	22	3	59	2.4%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	1,055	644	12,008	44.7%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	1,786	651	10,000	37.2%
Local streets (50 km/h)	789	240	3,773	14.1%
Unknown speed zone	157	40	620	2.3%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	103	27	450	1.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	1,960	886	15,754	58.7%
Intersection	1,925	714	11,073	41.2%
Other geometry	1	2	20	0.1%
Unknown geometry	4	0	4	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	2,720	1,108	18,214	67.8%
Dark / street lights	814	366	6,696	24.9%
Dawn / dusk	309	124	1,855	6.9%
Other lighting	47	4	86	0.3%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	446	179	2,897	10.8%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	305	165	2,672	10.0%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	117	96	2,248	8.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	200	122	2,241	8.3%
RIGHT THROUGH	286	112	1,833	6.8%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	487	79	1,631	6.1%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	153	89	1,605	6.0%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	93	58	1,273	4.7%

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: Greater Bendigo's recent annualised harm rate is 1955.5 versus a baseline annualised rate of 1965.0, a change of -9.6 harm-score points per year.

Open full Greater Bendigo emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
HIGH STREET / WIRELESS STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.8	37.9	36.1	5
AXEDALE-TOOLLEEN ROAD / RALSTONS LANE	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	33.9	32.7	4
MURPHY STREET / BRICKWORKS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	29.0	29.0	2
BENDIGO-TENNYSON ROAD / WILLMANS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
HIGH STREET / MYRTLE STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	26.9	26.8	1
LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY / GRINTONS LANE	Emerging from low baseline	1.4	26.4	25.0	1
HIGH STREET / HIGH ALT STREET	Strong worsening	2.9	15.7	12.8	6
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / HOWARD STREET	Strong worsening	4.5	16.2	11.7	5

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Turning / crossing conflict	Strong worsening	900.3	936.8	36.4
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Major worsening	98.7	158.0	59.3
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Strong worsening	200.8	223.2	22.4
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Moderate worsening	155.9	171.8	15.9
Other / mixed mechanism	Watch	236.5	217.7	-18.7
Object / roadside impact	Moderate worsening	7.6	12.8	5.2

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: Greater Bendigo recorded 586 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 16 fatalities and 231 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 15.1% of all recorded injury crashes and 16.0% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 118 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 64 records.

Open full Greater Bendigo VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	2,576	142	282
Bicyclist	1,739	106	307
Older pedestrian	833	45	64
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	705	34	118
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	1,802	100	251
Turning / crossing conflict	1,533	94	222
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	453	25	44
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	339	14	28
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	82	7	12
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	77	6	23

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
CALDER HIGHWAY / MCINNES STREET Open map	101	1	1	1	0
HIGH STREET SERVICE ROAD / KIERAN COURT Open map	101	1	1	1	0
SEDGWICK ROAD / PEARCES ROAD Open map	101	1	1	0	1
STERNBERG STREET / LIGAR STREET Open map	101	1	1	1	0
STRATHFIELDSAYE ROAD / WOODLEA CLOSE Open map	101	1	1	0	1
WOOD STREET / HAVILAH ROAD Open map	101	1	1	1	0
BENDIGO-PYRAMID ROAD / SEBASTIAN ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
HATTAM STREET / WOODWARD ROAD Open map	100	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: Greater Bendigo recorded 139 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 17 fatalities and 59 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 9.0% of total weighted harm. There are 21 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 Greater Bendigo 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
Turning / crossing conflict	1,121	36	56	9
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	817	17	19	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	157	6	10	2
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	149	5	13	3
Other / mixed mechanism	106	9	19	6
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	59	3	22	1

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / TYSONS ROAD Open map	201	2	1
CALDER HIGHWAY / CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY Open map	121	3	1
CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY / FENTONS LANE Open map	120	3	3
ALLIES ROAD / OLD BRIDGEWATER ROAD Open map	111	2	1
CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY / BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD Open map	110	2	1
MCIVOR HIGHWAY / SUGARLOAF ROAD Open map	110	2	1

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY / BULLOCK ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	0	1
HATTAM STREET / WOODWARD ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1	0
HIGH STREET / MYRTLE STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0	0
HOLDSWORTH ROAD / HOLMES ROAD Open map	21	2	1	1	0	0
JEWELL COURT / MURPHY STREET Open map	21	2	1	0	1	0

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.

Greater Bendigo 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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Greater Bendigo 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.

Greater Bendigo Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY	18 crashes; 1 fatal; 16 serious; harm 275	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / LANMORE ROAD	3 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 241	Street View	Google Maps
LUCAN STREET / NOLAN STREET	10 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 240	Street View	Google Maps
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / WEIR ROAD	7 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 237	Street View	Google Maps
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / TUNNECLIFFS LANE	3 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 220	Street View	Google Maps
ALLIES ROAD / OLD BRIDGEWATER ROAD	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 211	Street View	Google Maps
AVERYS ROAD / VICTORIA STREET	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 210	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / MCINNES STREET	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 201	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / TYSONS ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 201	Street View	Google Maps
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / BENNETT STREET	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200	Street View	Google Maps
AXEDALE-GOORNONG ROAD / SANDY CREEK-BARNADOWN ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 175	Street View	Google Maps
HIGH STREET / WIRELESS STREET	11 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 159	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	CALDER HIGHWAY / CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY	18	1	16	15	275	1	1	1	2
2	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / LANMORE ROAD	3	2	4	1	241	0	0	0	0
3	LUCAN STREET / NOLAN STREET	10	2	3	10	240	0	0	0	1
4	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / WEIR ROAD	7	2	3	7	237	2	0	0	0
5	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / TUNNECLIFFS LANE	3	2	2	0	220	1	0	0	0
6	ALLIES ROAD / OLD BRIDGEWATER ROAD	2	2	1	1	211	1	0	0	0
7	AVERYS ROAD / VICTORIA STREET	2	2	1	0	210	0	0	0	1
8	CALDER HIGHWAY / MCINNES STREET	2	2	0	1	201	0	1	0	0
9	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / TYSONS ROAD	1	2	0	1	201	1	0	0	0
10	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / BENNETT STREET	1	2	0	0	200	0	0	0	0
11	AXEDALE-GOORNONG ROAD / SANDY CREEK-BARNADOWN ROAD	5	1	7	5	175	0	0	0	0
12	HIGH STREET / WIRELESS STREET	11	1	5	9	159	0	2	3	1
13	MCCRAE STREET / BAXTER STREET	21	1	3	23	153	1	1	3	0
14	ELMORE-RAYWOOD ROAD / BENDIGO-TENNYSON ROAD	4	1	5	1	151	0	0	0	0
15	HIGH STREET / MYRTLE STREET	11	1	4	10	150	1	1	0	2
16	MCIVOR ROAD / STERNBERG STREET	38	0	10	47	147	0	2	0	4
17	AXEDALE-TOOLLEEN ROAD / RALSTONS LANE	3	1	4	0	140	0	0	0	1
18	AXEDALE-TOOLLEEN ROAD / MURPHYS LANE	2	1	4	0	140	0	0	0	0
19	PROUSES ROAD / COHN STREET	2	1	4	0	140	0	0	0	0
20	MARONG ROAD / KRONK STREET	1	1	4	0	140	0	0	0	0
21	MCCRAE STREET / ARNOLD STREET	6	1	3	5	135	0	1	1	0
22	CALDER ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAY / FENTONS LANE	6	1	3	2	132	3	0	0	1
23	TOWNSEND STREET / CONDON STREET	5	1	3	2	132	0	1	0	0
24	KECK STREET / SOMERVILLE STREET	2	1	3	1	131	0	0	1	0
25	STRATHFIELDSAYE ROAD / WOODLEA CLOSE	2	1	3	1	131	0	0	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.

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

282

Pedestrian crash records

307

Bicycle crash records

543

Motorcycle crash records

139

Heavy-vehicle crash records