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Boroondara Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

42 fatalities 1,528 serious injuries 1,944 VRU crash records 75 heavy-vehicle crash records
4,323
Crash records
42
Fatalities
1,528
Serious injuries
3,510
Other injuries
22,990
Weighted harm score
75.7
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: Auburn / Riversdale is the strongest Boroondara signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #90 statewide.
169
SCATS-matched sites
3,102
Matched crashes
1,085
Fatal/serious injuries
15,748
Weighted harm score
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Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
190Auburn / Riversdale
SCATS 4271		32620522.1361
2102Burke / Toorak
SCATS 4043		30226581.6243
3112High / Denmark / Princess / Studley Park
SCATS 3662		41619572.1321
4201Glenferrie / Riversdale
SCATS 4270		24622401.8230
5266Burke / Canterbury
SCATS 3120		28617391.6191

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

22,990
Weighted harm score
1,570
Fatal + serious injuries
35.3%
VRU share of harm
5.6%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
8.7%
High-speed road harm share
51.1%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Boroondara recorded 4,323 injury crash records, 42 fatalities and 1,528 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Vulnerable road-user crashes account for 35.3% of weighted harm, making this a major local signature. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 31.9% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,6125988,25435.9%
Pedestrian conflict4882283,65615.9%
Other / mixed mechanism5121793,00113.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict7651442,43610.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3781882,1839.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3401392,1579.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict218901,2575.5%
Object / roadside impact104460.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5535986,99635.5%
Pedestrian conflict2252283,37217.1%
Other / mixed mechanism1671792,62013.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1801881,97810.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1291391,9359.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1251441,6638.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict77901,0965.6%
Object / roadside impact44400.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4872283,65545.0%
Turning / crossing conflict3631461,88623.2%
Other / mixed mechanism207691,01512.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict953293011.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control71324505.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict267921.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict286821.0%
Object / roadside impact21110.1%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3541331.8%
Pedestrian conflict5330223.3%
Turning / crossing conflict20827621.3%
Other / mixed mechanism17818113.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict20101168.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict9090.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1010.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,61297214,11161.4%
Local streets (50 km/h)7742884,35618.9%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)3051271,9908.7%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)3531271,6257.1%
Unknown speed zone279569083.9%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,44882511,75651.1%
Midblock / not at intersection1,86874311,20948.8%
Unknown geometry52230.1%
Other geometry2020.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,8861,00715,25166.3%
Dark / street lights8884035,32423.2%
Dawn / dusk4061432,0158.8%
Other lighting143174001.7%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
RIGHT THROUGH6252493,09613.5%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)7601432,42110.5%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2271062,0969.1%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD199891,5576.8%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)209891,1034.8%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)217781,0684.6%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)261781,0154.4%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT141728893.9%

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: Boroondara has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.
Open full Boroondara emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
YARRA BOULEVARD / CHANDLER HIGHWAYEmerging from low baseline0.129.028.92
BURWOOD ROAD / POWER STREETStrong worsening4.331.627.33
THOMPSONS ROAD / BULLEEN ROADEmerging from low baseline0.026.426.41
RIVERSDALE ROAD / AUBURN ROADStrong worsening7.632.124.53
BURKE ROAD / EASTERN OUT-BURKE OF RAMPStrong worsening4.927.222.31
YARRA BOULEVARD / BELLBIRD ROADStrong worsening3.014.111.15
WHITEHORSE ROAD / MANGAN STREETEmerging from low baseline0.510.49.94
RIVERSDALE ROAD / TRAFALGAR ROADStrong worsening7.517.09.56

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Other / mixed mechanismStrong worsening308.0351.243.2

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: Boroondara recorded 1,279 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 23 fatalities and 498 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 29.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 35.3% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 163 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 128 records.
Open full Boroondara VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian4,853278586
Bicyclist3,315247701
Older pedestrian1,76080128
School-age pedestrian/cyclist89659163
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,982252590
Other / mixed mechanism2,255170428
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1,24953134
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4503271
Rear-end / same-lane conflict92726
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict82628

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
EASTERN FREEWAY / BELFORD ROAD
Open map		41051100
HIGH STREET -HIGH STREET / STUDLEY PARK ROAD
Open map		1525171070
BURGESS STREET / TOORONGA ROAD
Open map		15161100
RIVERSDALE ROAD / AUBURN ROAD
Open map		12437340
RATHMINES ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD
Open map		12033210
VALERIE STREET / HARP ROAD
Open map		11627430
GLENFERRIE ROAD / WATTLE ROAD
Open map		11424130
BURWOOD ROAD / POWER STREET
Open map		11325320

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: Boroondara recorded 75 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 10 fatalities and 24 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 5.6% of total weighted harm. There are 20 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 Boroondara freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict57611236
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict413532
Other / mixed mechanism18381910
Rear-end / same-lane conflict11610200
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict9091
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1011

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
EASTERN FREEWAY / BELFORD ROAD
Open map		411521
BURKE ROAD / BURKE AVENUE
Open map		100111
BURWOOD ROAD / POWER STREET
Open map		100111
HIGH STREET -HIGH STREET / STUDLEY PARK ROAD
Open map		100111
HIGH STREET / WARD STREET
Open map		100111
HODGSON STREET / MCEVOY STREET
Open map		100110

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
EASTERN FREEWAY / BELFORD ROAD
Open map		41152100
BURKE ROAD / BURKE AVENUE
Open map		10011100
BURWOOD ROAD / POWER STREET
Open map		10011100
HIGH STREET -HIGH STREET / STUDLEY PARK ROAD
Open map		10011100
HIGH STREET / WARD STREET
Open map		10011100
EASTERN FREEWAY / THOMPSONS-EASTERN OUT ON RAMP
Open map		1112001

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: Boroondara has 169 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 3,102 matched crash records and 1,085 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Auburn / Riversdale, with a priority score of 90.4.
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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Auburn / Riversdale
SCATS 4271
Open map		90.4326.0202.1High
Burke / Toorak
SCATS 4043
Open map		89.8302.0261.6High
High / Denmark / Princess / Studley Park
SCATS 3662
Open map		89.5416.0192.1High
Glenferrie / Riversdale
SCATS 4270
Open map		86.7246.0221.8High
Burke / Canterbury
SCATS 3120
Open map		85.0286.0171.6High
Eastern Freeway / Bulleen / Thompsons
SCATS 2827
Open map		85.0529.0271.4High
Glenferrie / Wakefield
SCATS 4284
Open map		84.6161.0133.4Medium
Glenferrie / Callantina
SCATS 4275
Open map		84.3226.0122.8High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Union Road between Sunbury Cres & Stirling Cres
SCATS 32000
Open map		8.2224.04627,482,875
Glenferrie / Wakefield
SCATS 4284
Open map		3.4161.0133747,503,012
TOORONGA near BURGESS
SCATS 4277
Open map		3.4199.0101159,088,672
Glenferrie / Callantina
SCATS 4275
Open map		2.8226.0122681,081,865
TOORONGA near CAMPBELL
SCATS 4287
Open map		2.5115.02646,278,005
GLENFERRIE near URQUHART
SCATS 4274
Open map		2.4142.041259,669,347
AUBURN near AIREDALE
SCATS 4276
Open map		2.269.061431,797,651
BURWOOD near BARTON
SCATS 4289
Open map		2.1117.0102455,297,550

Boroondara 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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Boroondara 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.

Boroondara Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
EASTERN FREEWAY / BELFORD ROAD25 crashes; 4 fatal; 11 serious; harm 529Street ViewGoogle Maps
HIGH STREET -HIGH STREET / STUDLEY PARK ROAD35 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 255Street ViewGoogle Maps
CHANDLER HIGHWAY / EASTERN OUT-CHANDLER OF RAMP13 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 231Street ViewGoogle Maps
EASTERN FREEWAY / EASTERN IN-BULLEEN OF RAMP46 crashes; 0 fatal; 17 serious; harm 213Street ViewGoogle Maps
RATHMINES ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD15 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 206Street ViewGoogle Maps
UNION ROAD / SUNBURY CRESCENT2 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 201Street ViewGoogle Maps
JOFFRE STREET / GARDEN ROAD1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200Street ViewGoogle Maps
RIVERSDALE ROAD / AUBURN ROAD22 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 194Street ViewGoogle Maps
YARRA BOULEVARD / YARRA STREET12 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 160Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD ROAD / POWER STREET13 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 157Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURKE ROAD / EASTERN OUT-BURKE OF RAMP15 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 157Street ViewGoogle Maps
BULLEEN ROAD / BULLEEN-EASTERN IN ON RAMP7 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 153Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Eastern Freeway / Bulleen / ThompsonsSite 2827; 72 matched crashes; harm 529Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / Denmark / Princess / Studley ParkSite 3662; 57 matched crashes; harm 416Street ViewGoogle Maps
Auburn / RiversdaleSite 4271; 52 matched crashes; harm 326Street ViewGoogle Maps
Burke / ToorakSite 4043; 58 matched crashes; harm 302Street ViewGoogle Maps
Burke / CanterburySite 3120; 39 matched crashes; harm 286Street ViewGoogle Maps
Barkers / Denmark / PowerSite 3002; 62 matched crashes; harm 270Street ViewGoogle Maps
Burwood / AuburnSite 4266; 60 matched crashes; harm 262Street ViewGoogle Maps
CHANDLER Highway / EAST Freeway E OFFSite 2823; 15 matched crashes; harm 253Street ViewGoogle Maps
Eastern / Burke On RampSite 2825; 32 matched crashes; harm 250Street ViewGoogle Maps
Glenferrie / RiversdaleSite 4270; 40 matched crashes; harm 246Street ViewGoogle Maps
Burwood / PowerSite 4263; 52 matched crashes; harm 245Street ViewGoogle Maps
CHANDLER Highway / EAST Freeway E ONSite 2822; 26 matched crashes; harm 234Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1EASTERN FREEWAY / BELFORD ROAD25411195292101
2HIGH STREET -HIGH STREET / STUDLEY PARK ROAD351132525511075
3CHANDLER HIGHWAY / EASTERN OUT-CHANDLER OF RAMP13112112311002
4EASTERN FREEWAY / EASTERN IN-BULLEEN OF RAMP46017432131006
5RATHMINES ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD1511062061214
6UNION ROAD / SUNBURY CRESCENT22012010000
7JOFFRE STREET / GARDEN ROAD12002000000
8RIVERSDALE ROAD / AUBURN ROAD22181419403410
9YARRA BOULEVARD / YARRA STREET1215101600071
10BURWOOD ROAD / POWER STREET131571571322
11BURKE ROAD / EASTERN OUT-BURKE OF RAMP1514171570001
12BULLEEN ROAD / BULLEEN-EASTERN IN ON RAMP714131531003
13BURGESS STREET / TOORONGA ROAD11511510100
14CHANDLER HIGHWAY / CHANDLER-EASTERN OUT ON RAMP1214111510011
15RIVERSDALE ROAD / GLENFERRIE ROAD240131614601221
16EASTERN FREEWAY / THOMPSONS-EASTERN OUT ON RAMP27012241442005
17VALERIE STREET / HARP ROAD121391390431
18RIVERSDALE ROAD / TRAFALGAR ROAD22012161360307
19BURKE ROAD / COTHAM ROAD28011211310503
20BARKERS ROAD / FINDON CRESCENT24011161260226
21TOORAK ROAD / BURKE ROAD22011161261225
22BURKE ROAD / BURKE AVENUE91261261314
23GLENFERRIE ROAD / HAWTHORN GLEN61231230023
24CANTERBURY ROAD / WILLANDRA AVENUE31211210102
25HIGH STREET / WARD STREET31201201200

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
12827Eastern Freeway / Bulleen / Thompsons72225529370,582,0731.435019
23662High / Denmark / Princess / Studley Park57217416197,431,8862.111121010
34271Auburn / Riversdale52119326157,119,4482.07151120
44043Burke / Toorak58026302189,744,7281.5934614
53120Burke / Canterbury39116286176,357,5441.6215410
63002Barkers / Denmark / Power62022270262,558,2191.030475
74266Burwood / Auburn60022262194,340,2571.350151012
82823CHANDLER Highway / EAST Freeway E OFF15114253208,316,7451.211002
92825Eastern / Burke On Ramp32112250168,545,7341.480103
104270Glenferrie / Riversdale40022246135,383,4441.8201355
114263Burwood / Power52110245227,379,0931.0821189
122822CHANDLER Highway / EAST Freeway E ON26111234147,207,0671.590012
134275Glenferrie / Callantina2611122681,081,8652.790296
1432000Union Road between Sunbury Cres & Stirling Cres62222427,482,8758.150120
154057Balwyn / Belmore2019203118,545,6181.710513
164277TOORONGA near BURGESS111919959,088,6723.370411
17970Warrigal / High Street Road37017198209,083,2980.950811
184046Toorak / Summerhill / Camberwell45016198281,249,1550.7001149
194030Burke / Doncaster / Kilby / High47015196170,905,3111.151385
203804Riversdale / Trafalgar36017195122,290,7121.5913110
214068Mont Albert / Union271618096,051,9431.870356
224321High / Harp / Valerie2516180225,853,6470.801772
232824CHANDLER Highway / YARRA BLVD / GUIDE DOG ACCESS1516171235,922,4400.720032
244035Burke / Barkers / Mont Albert37013162478,691,1760.341345
254284Glenferrie / Wakefield3701316147,503,0123.39013134

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

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Road-user summaries

586
Pedestrian crash records
701
Bicycle crash records
657
Motorcycle crash records
75
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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