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Central Goldfields Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

16 fatalities 202 serious injuries 93 VRU crash records 14 heavy-vehicle crash records

366

Crash records

Fatalities

202

Serious injuries

274

Other injuries

3,894

Weighted harm score

28.9

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

3,894

Weighted harm score

218

Fatal + serious injuries

11.7%

VRU share of harm

10.0%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

72.0%

High-speed road harm share

34.1%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Central Goldfields recorded 366 injury crash records, 16 fatalities and 202 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 10.0% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 72.0% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 23.4% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	159	96	1,539	39.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	21	20	667	17.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	76	47	614	15.8%
Other / mixed mechanism	60	29	512	13.1%
Pedestrian conflict	23	14	330	8.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	23	11	219	5.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	4	1	13	0.3%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	85	96	1,439	39.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	12	20	655	17.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	40	47	571	15.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	25	29	472	12.9%
Pedestrian conflict	14	14	321	8.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	11	11	205	5.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	1	1	10	0.3%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Pedestrian conflict	23	14	330	72.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	11	4	47	10.3%
Turning / crossing conflict	5	4	41	9.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	5	2	23	5.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	1	1	10	2.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	1	0	3	0.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	0	1	0.2%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	5	4	223	57.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	3	2	112	28.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	4	3	34	8.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	2	20	5.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	193	152	2,803	72.0%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	81	35	607	15.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)	68	24	390	10.0%
Unknown speed zone	13	4	51	1.3%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	11	3	43	1.1%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	234	152	2,567	65.9%
Intersection	131	66	1,326	34.1%
Unknown geometry	1	0	1	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	258	146	2,932	75.3%
Dark / street lights	83	58	717	18.4%
Dawn / dusk	19	9	193	5.0%
Other lighting	6	5	52	1.3%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	14	15	522	13.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	40	29	492	12.6%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	47	37	486	12.5%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	47	17	400	10.3%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	24	19	290	7.4%
STRUCK ANIMAL	18	9	190	4.9%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	13	7	167	4.3%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.	10	6	155	4.0%

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: Central Goldfields's recent annualised harm rate is 217.7 versus a baseline annualised rate of 287.3, a change of -69.6 harm-score points per year.

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Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
DUNOLLY-TIMOR ROAD / D245 TRACK	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2	2
INKERMAN STREET / CLARENDON STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2	2
MARYBOROUGH-ST ARNAUD ROAD / PORTEOUS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	6.5	5.3	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Other / mixed mechanism	Strong worsening	18.8	60.3	41.6
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Watch	21.9	14.1	-7.8
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Watch	62.9	42.6	-20.3

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: Central Goldfields recorded 47 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 2 fatalities and 23 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 12.8% of all recorded injury crashes and 11.7% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 14 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 12 records.

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VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	368	17	32
Older pedestrian	257	7	12
Bicyclist	87	8	15
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	68	6	14
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	201	10	21
Turning / crossing conflict	196	10	15
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	44	4	8
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	10	1	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	3	0	1
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	0	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped
CLARENDON STREET / INKERMAN STREET Open map	100	1	1	1
HIGH STREET -INKERMAN STREET / HIGH STREET Open map	100	1	1	1
HIGH STREET -TUAGGRA STREET / TUAGGRA STREET Open map	31	3	3	3
ALMA STREET / TUAGGRA STREET Open map	10	1	1	1
BROADWAY / TWEEDDALE STREET Open map	10	1	1	1
BURNS STREET / INKERMAN STREET Open map	10	1	1	1
CARRICK STREET / LOGAN STREET Open map	10	1	1	1
CLARENDON STREET / TUAGGRA STREET Open map	10	1	1	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: Central Goldfields recorded 14 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 8 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 10.0% of total weighted harm. There are 2 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.

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TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict	223	4	5	0
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	112	2	3	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	34	3	4	1
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	20	2	2	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
WIMMERA HIGHWAY / MOLIAGUL-RHEOLA ROAD Open map	200	2	1	0
AVOCA ROAD / OLD AVOCA ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1
TIMBERTOP ROAD / STIEGMEIERS ROAD Open map	12	1	1	0
AVOCA ROAD / BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD Open map	11	1	1	0
MARYBOROUGH-DUNOLLY ROAD / SIMSON W ROAD Open map	11	1	1	1
DERBY ROAD / RINALDI DRIVE Open map	10	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
AVOCA ROAD / OLD AVOCA ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	0	1
MARYBOROUGH-DUNOLLY ROAD / SIMSON W ROAD Open map	11	1	1	0	0	1

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.

Central Goldfields 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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Central Goldfields 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.

Central Goldfields Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
WIMMERA HIGHWAY / MOLIAGUL-RHEOLA ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200	Street View	Google Maps
BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / POLLOCKS ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 132	Street View	Google Maps
BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / SING TRACK	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 121	Street View	Google Maps
BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / ELMA COURT	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
HIGH STREET -INKERMAN STREET / HIGH STREET	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 114	Street View	Google Maps
MARYBOROUGH-DUNOLLY ROAD / D195 TRACK	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps
MCKINNON ROAD / STEELE STREET	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
CLARENDON STREET / INKERMAN STREET	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	Street View	Google Maps
ARCHDALE-DUNOLLY ROAD / PUZZLE FLAT ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 100	Street View	Google Maps
AVOCA ROAD / OLD AVOCA ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 100	Street View	Google Maps
BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / STEVENS ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 100	Street View	Google Maps
CLUNES-MT CAMERON ROAD / MT CAMERON-COTSWOLD ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 100	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	Moto
1	WIMMERA HIGHWAY / MOLIAGUL-RHEOLA ROAD	1	2	0	0	200	1	0	0
2	BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / POLLOCKS ROAD	4	1	3	2	132	0	0	0
3	BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / SING TRACK	2	1	2	1	121	0	0	0
4	BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / ELMA COURT	1	1	2	0	120	0	0	0
5	HIGH STREET -INKERMAN STREET / HIGH STREET	6	1	1	4	114	0	1	0
6	MARYBOROUGH-DUNOLLY ROAD / D195 TRACK	1	1	1	1	111	0	0	0
7	MCKINNON ROAD / STEELE STREET	2	1	1	0	110	0	0	1
8	CLARENDON STREET / INKERMAN STREET	2	1	0	1	101	0	1	1
9	ARCHDALE-DUNOLLY ROAD / PUZZLE FLAT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
10	AVOCA ROAD / OLD AVOCA ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	1	0	1
11	BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / STEVENS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
12	CLUNES-MT CAMERON ROAD / MT CAMERON-COTSWOLD ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
13	COTSWOLD ROAD / PYRENEES HIGHWAY	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	1
14	DUNACH-EDDINGTON ROAD / WHITTLES ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
15	TULLAROOP ROAD / PIGEON GULLY TRACK	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	1
16	PYRENEES HIGHWAY / GORDON ROAD	4	0	4	2	42	0	0	0
17	PYRENEES HIGHWAY / DORAN ROAD	1	0	4	0	40	0	0	0
18	MARYBOROUGH-ST ARNAUD ROAD / PORTEOUS ROAD	3	0	3	5	35	0	1	0
19	DUNACH-EDDINGTON ROAD -LANDRIGAN ROAD / LANDRIGAN ROAD	3	0	3	3	33	0	0	1
20	HIGH STREET -TUAGGRA STREET / TUAGGRA STREET	4	0	3	2	32	0	3	1
21	BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / BOND STREET	3	0	3	1	31	0	0	0
22	BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / OXONIAN TRACK	2	0	3	1	31	0	0	0
23	PYRENEES HIGHWAY / COX ROAD	2	0	3	1	31	0	0	0
24	PYRENEES HIGHWAY / M23 TRACK	1	0	3	1	31	0	0	0
25	BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / M36 TRACK	3	0	3	0	30	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.

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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

Pedestrian crash records

Bicycle crash records

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records