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Buloke 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 146 serious injuries 38 VRU crash records 32 heavy-vehicle crash records

217

Crash records

Fatalities

146

Serious injuries

148

Other injuries

3,908

Weighted harm score

29.3

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.

Safety diagnosis

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

3,908

Weighted harm score

169

Fatal + serious injuries

4.4%

VRU share of harm

12.8%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

89.5%

High-speed road harm share

14.1%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Buloke recorded 217 injury crash records, 23 fatalities and 146 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 12.8% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 89.5% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 29.8% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	101	93	2,429	62.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	14	18	550	14.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	59	37	503	12.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	14	8	180	4.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	4	3	126	3.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	19	7	85	2.2%
Object / roadside impact	4	2	24	0.6%
Pedestrian conflict	2	1	11	0.3%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	69	93	2,389	62.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	12	18	546	14.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	31	37	464	12.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	6	8	171	4.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	3	124	3.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	6	7	71	1.9%
Object / roadside impact	2	2	22	0.6%
Pedestrian conflict	1	1	10	0.3%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	1	102	59.6%
Other / mixed mechanism	7	4	45	26.3%
Pedestrian conflict	2	1	11	6.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	1	10	5.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	1.2%
Turning / crossing conflict	1	0	1	0.6%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	16	13	226	45.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	4	3	213	42.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	7	3	35	7.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	3	1	12	2.4%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	12	2.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	1	0	1	0.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	174	149	3,496	89.5%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	18	7	177	4.5%
Unknown speed zone	4	4	130	3.3%
Local streets (50 km/h)	17	7	81	2.1%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	4	2	24	0.6%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	173	134	3,248	83.1%
Intersection	42	33	550	14.1%
Unknown geometry	2	2	110	2.8%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	151	116	2,715	69.5%
Dark / street lights	49	42	983	25.2%
Dawn / dusk	14	8	180	4.6%
Other lighting	3	3	30	0.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	35	31	1,321	33.8%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	11	14	510	13.1%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	17	15	341	8.7%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	32	16	280	7.2%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY TO RIGHT	15	17	262	6.7%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	13	13	229	5.9%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	9	7	166	4.2%
RIGHT THROUGH	2	4	130	3.3%

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: Buloke's recent annualised harm rate is 313.0 versus a baseline annualised rate of 270.2, a change of 42.8 harm-score points per year.

Open full Buloke emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY / KELLYS ALT ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Turning / crossing conflict	Major worsening	153.9	264.2	110.3
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Moderate worsening	30.0	31.9	1.8

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: Buloke recorded 15 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 1 fatalities and 6 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 6.9% of all recorded injury crashes and 4.4% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 5 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 2 records.

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VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Bicyclist	115	2	6
Pedestrian	56	5	9
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	15	1	5
Older pedestrian	2	0	2
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	102	1	2
Other / mixed mechanism	56	5	9
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	10	1	1
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2
Turning / crossing conflict	1	0	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
SEA LAKE-LASCELLES ROAD / STACEY ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
RACECOURSE ROAD / MCCULLOCH STREET Open map	21	2	1	1	0
BLAIR STREET / WOODS STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
BORUNG HIGHWAY / LAEN-LITCHFIELD ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	1
ODONNELLS ROAD / CURNOWS ROAD Open map	10	1	1	1	0
WOODS STREET / BLAIR STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
MILDURA WAY / DONALD ROAD Open map	2	0	1	0	1
ALLEN STREET / CORACK STREET Open map	1	0	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: Buloke recorded 32 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 18 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 12.8% of total weighted harm. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.

Open full Buloke 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
Turning / crossing conflict	226	13	16
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	213	3	4
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	35	3	7
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	12	1	3
Object / roadside impact	12	1	1
Other / mixed mechanism	1	0	1

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
BOORT-CHARLTON ROAD / CALDER HIGHWAY Open map	111	2	1
CALDER HIGHWAY / PIER MILLAN-CHINKAPOOK ROAD Open map	101	1	1
CALDER HIGHWAY / ELLIOTS ROAD Open map	100	1	1
CALDER HIGHWAY / WATCHUPGA ROAD Open map	30	3	3
SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY / KELLYS ALT ROAD Open map	20	2	2
CHARLTON-ST ARNAUD ROAD / NAT WHITE ROAD Open map	12	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.

Buloke 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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Buloke 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.

Buloke Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / BLUE ALLANS ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 210	Street View	Google Maps
SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY / FRASERS ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 142	Street View	Google Maps
DONALD-SWAN HILL ROAD / SHERIDANS LANE	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 130	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / BIDDLESTONES ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 121	Street View	Google Maps
BORUNG HIGHWAY / GIL GIL ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
BIRCHIP-WYCHEPROOF ROAD / DUMOSA-BIRCHIP ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 116	Street View	Google Maps
BOORT-CHARLTON ROAD / CALDER HIGHWAY	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / EDGECUMBE ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / TIP ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
SEA LAKE-SWAN HILL ROAD / SEA LAKE-SPRINGFIELD ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
WARRACKNABEAL-BIRCHIP ROAD / OREILLY ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / PIER MILLAN-CHINKAPOOK ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	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	Bike	Moto
1	ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / BLUE ALLANS ROAD	1	2	1	0	210	0	0	0
2	SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY / FRASERS ROAD	4	1	4	2	142	0	0	0
3	DONALD-SWAN HILL ROAD / SHERIDANS LANE	1	1	3	0	130	0	0	0
4	CALDER HIGHWAY / BIDDLESTONES ROAD	2	1	2	1	121	0	0	0
5	BORUNG HIGHWAY / GIL GIL ROAD	1	1	2	0	120	0	0	0
6	BIRCHIP-WYCHEPROOF ROAD / DUMOSA-BIRCHIP ROAD	1	1	1	6	116	0	0	0
7	BOORT-CHARLTON ROAD / CALDER HIGHWAY	1	1	1	1	111	1	0	0
8	CALDER HIGHWAY / EDGECUMBE ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
9	CALDER HIGHWAY / TIP ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
10	SEA LAKE-SWAN HILL ROAD / SEA LAKE-SPRINGFIELD ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
11	WARRACKNABEAL-BIRCHIP ROAD / OREILLY ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	1
12	CALDER HIGHWAY / PIER MILLAN-CHINKAPOOK ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	1	0	0
13	MORTON PLAINS ROAD / WARRACKNABEAL-BIRCHIP ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	0	0
14	BACK ST ARNAUD ROAD / CLARKS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
15	CALDER HIGHWAY / ELLIOTS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	1	0	0
16	DANIELS ROAD / AUSTERBERY ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	1
17	DONALD-MURTOA ROAD / POPE ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
18	SEA LAKE-LASCELLES ROAD / STACEY ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	1	0
19	SHEAHANS CHANNEL ROAD / COOPERS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
20	ST ARNAUD-WYCHEPROOF ROAD / GLEESONS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
21	SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY / AERODROME ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
22	SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY / TOWER HILL ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
23	CHARLTON-ST ARNAUD ROAD / SEVEN MILE ROAD	1	0	5	0	50	0	0	0
24	CALDER HIGHWAY / JONES ROAD	2	0	3	2	32	0	0	0
25	CALDER HIGHWAY / DOG NETTING ROAD	2	0	3	1	31	1	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

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records