EG Council

East Gippsland Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

72 fatalities 780 serious injuries 658 VRU crash records 77 heavy-vehicle crash records

1,875

Crash records

Fatalities

780

Serious injuries

1,688

Other injuries

16,688

Weighted harm score

60.1

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

16,688

Weighted harm score

852

Fatal + serious injuries

5.1%

VRU share of harm

7.2%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

76.1%

High-speed road harm share

16.8%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: East Gippsland recorded 1,875 injury crash records, 72 fatalities and 780 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 76.1% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 28.1% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	777	330	7,023	42.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	401	199	3,437	20.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	126	95	2,086	12.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	173	86	1,991	11.9%
Other / mixed mechanism	226	97	1,516	9.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	85	20	317	1.9%
Pedestrian conflict	54	12	166	1.0%
Object / roadside impact	33	13	152	0.9%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	285	330	6,372	41.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	180	199	3,182	20.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	65	95	1,989	13.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	74	86	1,865	12.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	81	97	1,351	8.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	16	20	210	1.4%
Object / roadside impact	13	13	130	0.9%
Pedestrian conflict	12	12	121	0.8%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	48	22	525	61.5%
Pedestrian conflict	54	12	166	19.4%
Turning / crossing conflict	20	5	66	7.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	7	3	34	4.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	5	2	27	3.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	1	16	1.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	1	10	1.2%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	1.2%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	32	19	671	55.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	5	2	203	16.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	9	6	155	12.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	13	9	97	8.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	11	4	48	4.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	7	2	26	2.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	1,108	618	12,693	76.1%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	343	97	1,887	11.3%
Local streets (50 km/h)	253	63	1,063	6.4%
Unknown speed zone	137	61	885	5.3%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	34	13	160	1.0%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	1,376	698	13,851	83.0%
Intersection	488	151	2,797	16.8%
Unknown geometry	10	3	39	0.2%
Other geometry	1	0	1	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	1,429	640	11,741	70.4%
Dark / street lights	305	146	3,436	20.6%
Dawn / dusk	122	59	1,246	7.5%
Other lighting	19	7	265	1.6%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	221	116	2,773	16.6%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	101	84	1,949	11.7%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	141	82	1,919	11.5%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	97	62	1,667	10.0%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	107	51	1,416	8.5%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	40	26	753	4.5%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)	86	45	676	4.1%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	201	36	623	3.7%

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: East Gippsland has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.

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Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
MONARO HIGHWAY / FIDDLERS GREEN TRACK	Emerging from low baseline	1.8	36.8	35.1	5
BOGONG HIGH PLAINS ROAD / MCNAMARA TRACK	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
RODERICKS ROAD / WY YUNG-CALULU ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
PRINCES HIGHWAY / BENNETTS BROOK ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.6	29.2	27.6	2
BONANG ROAD / LEGGE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	7.8	7.8	3
MCKILLOPS ROAD / AMBYNE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	7.8	7.8	3
BAIRNSDALE-DARGO ROAD / LINDENOW-GLENALADALE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.4	8.6	7.2	3
BONANG ROAD / RISING SUN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	7.8	6.6	3

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Moderate worsening	18.3	33.2	14.9
Object / roadside impact	Moderate worsening	8.8	9.9	1.2
Other / mixed mechanism	Watch	123.2	94.8	-28.4

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: East Gippsland recorded 143 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 3 fatalities and 44 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 7.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 5.1% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 29 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 27 records.

Open full East Gippsland VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	656	32	85
Older pedestrian	211	10	27
Bicyclist	198	15	58
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	102	8	29
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	587	26	71
Turning / crossing conflict	142	11	41
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	44	3	17
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	34	3	7
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	27	2	5
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	10	1	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
SCHOOL ROAD / OLD ORBOST ROAD Open map	110	2	1	1	0
MYER STREET / GEORGE STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY / WEEKES ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ROBERTSONS LANE Open map	42	4	2	2	0
MAIN STREET / BAILEY STREET Open map	24	2	5	4	1
BARKERS AVENUE / ROWE STREET Open map	20	2	1	1	0
MAIN STREET / SERVICE STREET Open map	12	1	3	2	1
NICHOLSON STREET / PYKE STREET Open map	12	1	3	1	2

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: East Gippsland recorded 77 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 8 fatalities and 34 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 7.2% of total weighted harm. There are 10 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 East Gippsland 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	671	19	32	3
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	203	2	5	0
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	155	6	9	0
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	97	9	13	3
Other / mixed mechanism	48	4	11	3
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	26	2	7	1

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
PRINCES HIGHWAY / LOCHIEL STREET Open map	201	2	1
PRINCES HIGHWAY / BENGWORDEN ROAD Open map	200	2	1
GREAT ALPINE ROAD / COSTERS ROAD Open map	117	2	1
BONANG ROAD / TWENTY NINE MILE TRACK Open map	100	1	1
HAYDENS BOG ROAD / WILKSHIRE ROAD Open map	100	1	1
OMEO HIGHWAY / BINGO-TICE ROAD Open map	100	1	1

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Moto
PRINCES HIGHWAY / WOODS ROAD Open map	32	3	4	0	1
PRINCES HIGHWAY / BRUTHEN-NOWA NOWA ROAD Open map	21	2	2	1	0
GREAT ALPINE ROAD / MAINDAMPLE TRACK Open map	20	2	2	0	1
MAIN ROAD / CHURCH STREET Open map	12	1	2	0	1
BRUTHEN-BUCHAN ROAD / OLD BUCHAN ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	1
HOWITT AVENUE / BULLUMWAAL ROAD Open map	10	1	1	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.

East Gippsland 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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East Gippsland 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.

East Gippsland Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / MCARTHURS ROAD	4 crashes; 3 fatal; 1 serious; harm 314	Street View	Google Maps
BOGONG HIGH PLAINS ROAD / TRAPYARD GAP TRACK	14 crashes; 2 fatal; 10 serious; harm 305	Street View	Google Maps
COLQUHOUN ROAD / MITCHELSON COURT	1 crashes; 3 fatal; 0 serious; harm 300	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / LOCHIEL STREET	4 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 248	Street View	Google Maps
OMEO HIGHWAY / BENAMBRA ROAD	5 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 232	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / BENGWORDEN ROAD	4 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 232	Street View	Google Maps
GREAT ALPINE ROAD / SANDY CREEK ROAD	4 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 214	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / RUSSELS TRACK	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 212	Street View	Google Maps
BONANG ROAD / MURPHYS LANE	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 210	Street View	Google Maps
FERNBANK-STOCKDALE ROAD / STOCKDALE-FERNBANK ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 210	Street View	Google Maps
OMEO HIGHWAY / BINGO-TICE ROAD	13 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 158	Street View	Google Maps
MONARO HIGHWAY / FIDDLERS GREEN TRACK	7 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 155	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	Moto
1	PRINCES HIGHWAY / MCARTHURS ROAD	4	3	1	4	314	0	1
2	BOGONG HIGH PLAINS ROAD / TRAPYARD GAP TRACK	14	2	10	5	305	0	12
3	COLQUHOUN ROAD / MITCHELSON COURT	1	3	0	0	300	0	0
4	PRINCES HIGHWAY / LOCHIEL STREET	4	2	4	8	248	1	0
5	OMEO HIGHWAY / BENAMBRA ROAD	5	2	3	2	232	0	3
6	PRINCES HIGHWAY / BENGWORDEN ROAD	4	2	3	2	232	1	0
7	GREAT ALPINE ROAD / SANDY CREEK ROAD	4	2	1	4	214	0	2
8	PRINCES HIGHWAY / RUSSELS TRACK	2	2	1	2	212	0	0
9	BONANG ROAD / MURPHYS LANE	1	2	1	0	210	0	0
10	FERNBANK-STOCKDALE ROAD / STOCKDALE-FERNBANK ROAD	1	2	1	0	210	0	0
11	OMEO HIGHWAY / BINGO-TICE ROAD	13	1	5	8	158	1	11
12	MONARO HIGHWAY / FIDDLERS GREEN TRACK	7	1	5	5	155	0	3
13	PRINCES HIGHWAY / IRVINES ROAD	6	1	3	9	139	1	0
14	COWELLS LANE / CHETTLES ROAD	1	1	3	1	131	0	0
15	ESPLANADE / LAURA STREET	3	1	3	0	130	0	0
16	PRINCES HIGHWAY / BENNETTS BROOK ROAD	7	1	2	5	125	0	0
17	PRINCES HIGHWAY / TOWER ROAD	4	1	2	5	125	0	2
18	GREAT ALPINE ROAD / DEEP CREEK ROAD	1	1	1	15	125	0	0
19	BAIRNSDALE-DARGO ROAD / FERNBANK-GLENALADALE ROAD	2	1	2	2	122	0	1
20	PRINCES HIGHWAY / POVERTY TRACK	2	1	2	1	121	0	0
21	PRINCES HIGHWAY EAST / COAST ROAD	1	1	2	1	121	0	0
22	GREAT ALPINE ROAD / TONGIO GAP ROAD	3	1	2	0	120	0	1
23	GREAT ALPINE ROAD / CARROLLS LANE	2	1	2	0	120	0	0
24	PRINCES HIGHWAY / WOMBAT LANE	1	1	2	0	120	0	0
25	GREAT ALPINE ROAD / COSTERS ROAD	2	1	1	10	120	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.

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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.

No rows available.

Road-user summaries

Pedestrian crash records

Bicycle crash records

515

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records