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Darebin Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

36 fatalities 1,443 serious injuries 2,012 VRU crash records 102 heavy-vehicle crash records
4,775
Crash records
36
Fatalities
1,443
Serious injuries
4,370
Other injuries
22,400
Weighted harm score
79.3
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: High Street / Hughes Parade is the strongest Darebin signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #6 statewide.
122
SCATS-matched sites
3,337
Matched crashes
1,042
Fatal/serious injuries
15,406
Weighted harm score
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Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
16High Street / Hughes Parade
SCATS 32115		416285319.5132
276High / Separation / Arthurton
SCATS 4669		29016462.5332
385Plenty / Murray
SCATS 4790		27323562.1201
4126BOLDREWOOD near GENOA
SCATS 4795		21417472.4162
5165Plenty / High / Dundas / Miller
SCATS 3220		31718562.2390

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

22,400
Weighted harm score
1,479
Fatal + serious injuries
31.7%
VRU share of harm
4.5%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
1.0%
High-speed road harm share
60.8%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Darebin recorded 4,775 injury crash records, 36 fatalities and 1,443 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 35.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,9466249,19541.0%
Pedestrian conflict4932253,46215.5%
Other / mixed mechanism6611772,53011.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3731472,46711.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict8131152,1589.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3071011,3436.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict178871,2145.4%
Object / roadside impact43310.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5636247,48740.8%
Pedestrian conflict2192253,16417.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1311472,20612.0%
Other / mixed mechanism1691771,98010.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1041151,2807.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict931011,1146.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict71871,0825.9%
Object / roadside impact33300.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4932253,46248.7%
Turning / crossing conflict3921201,58622.3%
Other / mixed mechanism321841,28118.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict89183454.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control51151872.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict28101191.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2991131.6%
Object / roadside impact11100.1%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict261443443.1%
Pedestrian conflict8624224.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control5211411.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict304696.8%
Other / mixed mechanism184585.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict74464.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict84454.5%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,52085812,95557.8%
Local streets (50 km/h)1,3824186,28028.0%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)4801482,0609.2%
Unknown speed zone363458874.0%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)30102181.0%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,89788213,62660.8%
Midblock / not at intersection1,8725968,75839.1%
Unknown geometry21110.0%
Other geometry4050.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight3,18394614,17963.3%
Dark / street lights1,0764086,31828.2%
Dawn / dusk3491071,5647.0%
Other lighting167183391.5%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
RIGHT THROUGH5431932,99213.4%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)6051762,66511.9%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)8101152,1539.6%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE181891,7447.8%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2371051,7437.8%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT150781,0454.7%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)189689544.3%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD168688944.0%

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

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
HIGH STREET / HOBBS CRESCENTStrong worsening7.334.727.54
ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREETStrong worsening7.133.226.03
PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREETStrong worsening6.329.823.52
ST GEORGES ROAD / ST GEORGES BIKE PATHStrong worsening3.826.622.91
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROADStrong worsening11.932.620.83
BELL STREET / VICTORIA STREETStrong worsening6.327.921.71
MURRAY ROAD / PLENTY ROADStrong worsening9.620.410.77
ALBERT STREET / RAGLAN STREETStrong worsening3.414.411.05

Worsening mechanism families

No worsening records met the filter for this table.

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: Darebin recorded 1,404 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 14 fatalities and 468 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 29.4% of all recorded injury crashes and 31.7% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 149 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 142 records.
Open full Darebin VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian4,205272608
Bicyclist2,960215808
Older pedestrian1,75998142
School-age pedestrian/cyclist64944149
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,329225629
Other / mixed mechanism2,699185538
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict64637128
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1871551
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1191028
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict113929

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
Open map		178812930
ST GEORGES ROAD / MERRI PARADE
Open map		14658270
ARTHURTON ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
Open map		13347430
VICTORIA ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
Open map		12538350
ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREET
Open map		12336510
BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD
Open map		12235500
PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREET
Open map		11729810
ST GEORGES ROAD / ST GEORGES BIKE PATH
Open map		11627070

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: Darebin recorded 102 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 6 fatalities and 32 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 4.5% of total weighted harm. There are 19 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 14 across 5 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.
Open full Darebin freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
Plenty Rd NR Larundel (NB)
Open map		59.6123205.7
Plenty Rd NR Larundel (SB)
Open map		37.42234.9

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict56518319
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict145593
Run-off-road / loss-of-control114250
Other / mixed mechanism695207
Rear-end / same-lane conflict694300
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict46470

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
BELL STREET / HIGH STREET
Open map		224450
RADFORD ROAD / VICKERS STREET
Open map		110210
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
Open map		102131
BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD
Open map		100111
VICTORIA ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
Open map		100111
ALBERT STREET / BELL STREET
Open map		33320

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
Open map		10213100
BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD
Open map		10011100
VICTORIA ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
Open map		10011010
HIGH STREET / ROSEBERRY AVENUE
Open map		1112110
ARTHURTON ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
Open map		1011100
CHEDDAR ROAD / CUTHBERT ROAD
Open map		1011010

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: Darebin has 122 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 3,337 matched crash records and 1,042 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is High Street / Hughes Parade, with a priority score of 96.6.
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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
High Street / Hughes Parade
SCATS 32115
Open map		96.6416.02819.5Medium
High / Separation / Arthurton
SCATS 4669
Open map		90.9290.0162.5High
Plenty / Murray
SCATS 4790
Open map		90.6273.0232.1High
BOLDREWOOD near GENOA
SCATS 4795
Open map		89.0214.0172.4High
Plenty / High / Dundas / Miller
SCATS 3220
Open map		87.8317.0182.2High
Plenty / Tyler
SCATS 3730
Open map		86.6255.0142.6High
Victoria / Westgarth / Jeffrey
SCATS 2970
Open map		85.9176.0152.2High
Plenty / Wood
SCATS 4789
Open map		85.8259.0142.4High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
High Street / Hughes Parade
SCATS 32115
Open map		19.5416.0285321,347,851
EDWARDES near HARBURY
SCATS 1963
Open map		9.739.03114,014,204
Plenty / Raglan
SCATS 3081
Open map		3.5201.092656,820,461
Plenty / Tyler
SCATS 3730
Open map		2.6255.0143596,234,626
High / Dennis
SCATS 4678
Open map		2.6235.0123491,294,153
High / Separation / Arthurton
SCATS 4669
Open map		2.5290.01646115,370,770
Plenty / Wood
SCATS 4789
Open map		2.4259.01434107,655,661
BROADWAY near MARCHANT
SCATS 3216
Open map		2.4223.0112892,957,833

Darebin 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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Darebin 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.

Darebin Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
BELL STREET / HIGH STREET26 crashes; 2 fatal; 9 serious; harm 320Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTGARTH STREET / KNOWLES STREET1 crashes; 3 fatal; 0 serious; harm 300Street ViewGoogle Maps
MURRAY ROAD / CHIFLEY DRIVE42 crashes; 0 fatal; 19 serious; harm 227Street ViewGoogle Maps
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD33 crashes; 1 fatal; 9 serious; harm 225Street ViewGoogle Maps
BELL STREET / PLENTY ROAD30 crashes; 1 fatal; 9 serious; harm 217Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEATTY STREET / GILBERT ROAD3 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 211Street ViewGoogle Maps
ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREET29 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 198Street ViewGoogle Maps
HIGH STREET / HOBBS CRESCENT13 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 191Street ViewGoogle Maps
HIGH STREET / BROADHURST AVENUE16 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 189Street ViewGoogle Maps
ST GEORGES ROAD / NORMANBY AVENUE35 crashes; 0 fatal; 15 serious; harm 181Street ViewGoogle Maps
MURRAY ROAD / PLENTY ROAD36 crashes; 0 fatal; 15 serious; harm 178Street ViewGoogle Maps
PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREET19 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 174Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
High Street / Hughes ParadeSite 32115; 53 matched crashes; harm 416Street ViewGoogle Maps
Bell / HighSite 3060; 33 matched crashes; harm 328Street ViewGoogle Maps
Plenty / High / Dundas / MillerSite 3220; 56 matched crashes; harm 317Street ViewGoogle Maps
Bell / PlentySite 3061; 48 matched crashes; harm 311Street ViewGoogle Maps
Bell / AlbertSite 3064; 64 matched crashes; harm 302Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / WestgarthSite 4682; 87 matched crashes; harm 299Street ViewGoogle Maps
Bell / GilbertSite 3058; 49 matched crashes; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / Separation / ArthurtonSite 4669; 46 matched crashes; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
Albert / TylerSite 3260; 53 matched crashes; harm 287Street ViewGoogle Maps
Plenty / MurraySite 4790; 56 matched crashes; harm 273Street ViewGoogle Maps
Plenty / WoodSite 4789; 34 matched crashes; harm 259Street ViewGoogle Maps
Plenty / TylerSite 3730; 35 matched crashes; harm 255Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1BELL STREET / HIGH STREET2629303205421
2WESTGARTH STREET / KNOWLES STREET13003000000
3MURRAY ROAD / CHIFLEY DRIVE420193722701444
4BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD3319352253935
5BELL STREET / PLENTY ROAD3019272170902
6BEATTY STREET / GILBERT ROAD32112110001
7ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREET2917281980511
8HIGH STREET / HOBBS CRESCENT1318111912001
9HIGH STREET / BROADHURST AVENUE1617191891101
10ST GEORGES ROAD / NORMANBY AVENUE35015311812732
11MURRAY ROAD / PLENTY ROAD36015281781823
12PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREET1916141740816
13ARTHURTON ROAD / SEPARATION STREET1915191691433
14ST GEORGES ROAD / MERRI PARADE111591590270
15BELL STREET / VICTORIA STREET1714191591012
16BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD101551551503
17ALBERT STREET -STATION STREET / DUNDAS STREET2013241541811
18VICTORIA ROAD / SEPARATION STREET1313101401350
19DUNDAS STREET / PLENTY ROAD1812181380722
20ALBERT STREET / BELL STREET22011261362200
21PLENTY ROAD / SNAKE GULLY DRIVE24010351350112
22ST GEORGES ROAD / ST GEORGES BIKE PATH1412151350070
23BELL STREET / JESSIE STREET27011221320007
24ST GEORGES ROAD / ARTHURTON ROAD33010321321053
25RADFORD ROAD / VICKERS STREET31301301001

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
132115High Street / Hughes Parade5312741621,347,85119.492616
23060Bell / High3329328492,433,0920.675522
33220Plenty / High / Dundas / Miller56117317146,636,2622.160161211
43061Bell / Plenty48117311276,949,7461.1201613
53064Bell / Albert64023302326,109,2760.932628
64682High / Westgarth87022299222,394,4791.34093313
74669High / Separation / Arthurton46115290115,370,7702.51214109
83058Bell / Gilbert49114290254,910,0241.14310611
93260Albert / Tyler53114287162,785,2081.760925
104790Plenty / Murray56023273131,303,0122.081956
114789Plenty / Wood34113259107,655,6612.4108410
123730Plenty / Tyler3511325596,234,6262.6501039
133063Bell / Victoria37110241217,402,3781.112124
144678High / Dennis3411123591,294,1532.5709116
154660St Georges / Normanby55018233256,315,2310.9131053
163216BROADWAY near MARCHANT2811022392,957,8332.4011013
174795BOLDREWOOD near GENOA4701721490,066,0462.382358
183224High / Broadhurst2019214170,761,7801.251111
193671St Georges / Merri / Charles2619211375,708,2700.5602143
204782St Georges / Murray55016204253,828,7340.8011088
213217High / Allenby1619203162,292,2711.252003
223734Plenty / Dunne / Kingsbury55014201256,455,4970.782818
233081Plenty / Raglan261820156,820,4613.541642
243740High / Spring / Cheddar39016199308,702,4760.643235
253265Albert / Dundas / Station2716189165,864,8481.141821

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_253Plenty Rd NR Larundel (NB)3011258,3321.17205.72
2TIRTL_254Plenty Rd NR Larundel (SB)200257,2671.1534.92

Road-user summaries

608
Pedestrian crash records
808
Bicycle crash records
596
Motorcycle crash records
102
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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