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Frankston Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

48 fatalities 1,720 serious injuries 980 VRU crash records 94 heavy-vehicle crash records
3,580
Crash records
48
Fatalities
1,720
Serious injuries
2,920
Other injuries
24,920
Weighted harm score
75.9
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.

Highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

This council-level panel ranks signalised intersections using the SCATS exposure-adjusted road-harm screening layer.

Headline signal: Frankston-Dandenong / Seaford / Ballarto is the strongest Frankston signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #12 statewide.
94
SCATS-matched sites
1,883
Matched crashes
913
Fatal/serious injuries
13,152
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
112Frankston-Dandenong / Seaford / Ballarto
SCATS 733
56741753.2171
232Frank-Flind / Mcmahons(Moorooduc / Hastings)
SCATS 738
43929692.7141
355Frankston-Cranbourne / Beach
SCATS 2687
40921284.971
461Frankston-Dandenong / Lathams / Hall
SCATS 752
36331672.293
568Frankston-Dandenong / O'Gradys
SCATS 749
37232622.2101

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

24,920
Weighted harm score
1,768
Fatal + serious injuries
18.4%
VRU share of harm
3.5%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
41.2%
High-speed road harm share
48.4%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Frankston recorded 3,580 injury crash records, 48 fatalities and 1,720 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 41.2% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 34.8% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,2686979,40337.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict8052913,98616.0%
Other / mixed mechanism5222243,10812.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4092133,00212.0%
Pedestrian conflict2411482,59310.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1351101,5716.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict189821,2194.9%
Object / roadside impact113380.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5936978,54038.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2422913,29614.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2042132,78212.4%
Other / mixed mechanism2012242,72912.1%
Pedestrian conflict1401482,48811.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict771101,4976.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict79821,0994.9%
Object / roadside impact33300.1%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict2411482,59356.6%
Other / mixed mechanism167671,06023.1%
Turning / crossing conflict824053611.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control23102044.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1991012.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict166701.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict61180.4%
Object / roadside impact1010.0%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict261626930.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict381720723.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict6413415.2%
Pedestrian conflict2110111.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict11910011.4%
Other / mixed mechanism76657.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4040.5%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)1,36776610,25741.2%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,3456539,62638.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)5832603,73915.0%
Unknown speed zone177456902.8%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)108446082.4%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Midblock / not at intersection1,74886812,79751.4%
Intersection1,82489412,05848.4%
Other geometry64430.2%
Unknown geometry22220.1%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,4121,18116,08364.5%
Dark / street lights7944326,80927.3%
Dawn / dusk3021441,8527.4%
Other lighting72111760.7%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)7972893,95815.9%
RIGHT THROUGH3531972,85311.4%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE2421382,0608.3%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)2361621,9087.7%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.127901,5906.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE131821,2625.1%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)174841,1864.8%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)78701,0374.2%

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

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
BEACH STREET / ASHLEIGH AVENUEEmerging from low baseline0.034.534.54
FOOT STREET / WILLIAMS STREETEmerging from low baseline1.832.931.13
CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / SOUTHGATEWAYStrong worsening5.332.627.43
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / CENTENARY STREETStrong worsening3.929.225.42
PENINSULA LINK FREEWAY / FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROADEmerging from low baseline1.626.925.31
PENINSULA LINK FREEWAY / EASTLINKEmerging from low baseline0.013.813.85
PENINSULA LINK IN-CRANBOURNE RAMP / CRANBOURNE ROADEmerging from low baseline0.113.613.55
MCCLELLAND DRIVE / CENTENARY PARK DRIVEModerate worsening15.129.013.82

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlStrong worsening209.1245.236.1

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: Frankston recorded 555 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 16 fatalities and 265 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 15.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 18.4% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 100 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 60 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian3,322189315
Bicyclist1,28494242
Older pedestrian7754860
School-age pedestrian/cyclist76743100
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict2,126130209
Other / mixed mechanism1,985118266
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2041023
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1791634
Rear-end / same-lane conflict70616
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1816

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / PLAYNE STREET
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13649810
CRANBOURNE ROAD / CRANBOURNE ROAD
Open map
12033300
CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / LONG STREET
Open map
11123300
HALL ROAD / PROTEA STREET
Open map
11121100
MOOROODUC HIGHWAY / HEATHERHILL ROAD
Open map
10312020
CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / SOUTHGATEWAY
Open map
10213210
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / MCCULLOCH AVENUE
Open map
10213120
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / PIER PROMENADE
Open map
10112110

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: Frankston recorded 94 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 50 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 3.5% 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.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict36917273
Rear-end / same-lane conflict20717383
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict134461
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1009110
Other / mixed mechanism66683
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4040

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
BOUNDARY ROAD / BOUNDARY LANE
Open map
102110
CADLES ROAD / HALL ROAD
Open map
100110
CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / LONG STREET
Open map
100111
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / WEDGE ROAD
Open map
32320
EASTLINK / EASTLINK-PENINSULA LINK OUT ON RAMP
Open map
30330
DANDENONG-HASTINGS ROAD / ROBINSONS ROAD
Open map
24240

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / LONG STREET
Open map
10011100
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / HALL ROAD
Open map
1213001
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / FRANKSTON GARDENS DRIVE
Open map
1112020
CRANBOURNE ROAD / FRAWLEY STREET
Open map
1011100

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: Frankston has 94 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 1,883 matched crash records and 913 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Frankston-Dandenong / Seaford / Ballarto, with a priority score of 95.4.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Frankston-Dandenong / Seaford / Ballarto
SCATS 733
Open map
95.4567.0413.2High
Frank-Flind / Mcmahons(Moorooduc / Hastings)
SCATS 738
Open map
93.3439.0292.7High
Frankston-Cranbourne / Beach
SCATS 2687
Open map
92.1409.0214.9High
Frankston-Dandenong / Lathams / Hall
SCATS 752
Open map
91.7363.0312.2High
Frankston-Dandenong / O'Gradys
SCATS 749
Open map
91.3372.0322.2High
CRANBOURNE near WATTLE TREE
SCATS 746
Open map
90.4395.0273.1High
Hall / Cadles
SCATS 617
Open map
90.2307.0193.1High
Frankston-Dandenong / Penlink
SCATS 1267
Open map
85.9372.0221.5High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Ballarto Road / Flinders Christian Community College Access
SCATS 32070
Open map
16.683.0884,986,175
Wells Rd / Bardia Ave / Kananook station Car Park access
SCATS 32149
Open map
10.734.0363,168,679
ROBINSONS RD near MCCLELLAND DRV
SCATS 1307
Open map
7.5184.081424,630,351
Lathams Road / Colemans Road
SCATS 2374
Open map
6.478.071112,203,696
Hall Road / Taylor Road
SCATS 5438
Open map
6.285.081113,623,003
Hall Road / McCormicks Road
SCATS 5434
Open map
5.9156.051826,603,536
Ballarto Road / Greenwood Dr
SCATS 32067
Open map
5.725.0264,372,575
Mcclelland / Centenary Park / Boral
SCATS 1365
Open map
5.2222.04542,727,847

Frankston 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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Frankston 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.

Frankston Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
MOOROODUC HIGHWAY / CRANBOURNE ROAD30 crashes; 1 fatal; 19 serious; harm 315Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG-HASTINGS ROAD / ROBINSONS ROAD16 crashes; 2 fatal; 8 serious; harm 299Street ViewGoogle Maps
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / BALLARTO ROAD42 crashes; 0 fatal; 20 serious; harm 244Street ViewGoogle Maps
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / HALL ROAD50 crashes; 0 fatal; 20 serious; harm 241Street ViewGoogle Maps
CRANBOURNE ROAD / FERNDALE DRIVE23 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 237Street ViewGoogle Maps
MCCLELLAND DRIVE / CENTENARY PARK DRIVE6 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 232Street ViewGoogle Maps
MOOROODUC HIGHWAY / HEATHERHILL ROAD20 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 216Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / SEAFORD ROAD13 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 212Street ViewGoogle Maps
EASTLINK / EASTLINK-PENINSULA LINK OUT ON RAMP25 crashes; 0 fatal; 18 serious; harm 210Street ViewGoogle Maps
CRANBOURNE ROAD / CRANBOURNE ROAD11 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 205Street ViewGoogle Maps
CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / LONG STREET9 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 189Street ViewGoogle Maps
FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / FRANKSTON-DANDENONG FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD22 crashes; 0 fatal; 17 serious; harm 186Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Frankston-Dandenong / Seaford / BallartoSite 733; 75 matched crashes; harm 567Street ViewGoogle Maps
Frank-Flind / Mcmahons(Moorooduc / Hastings)Site 738; 69 matched crashes; harm 439Street ViewGoogle Maps
Frankston-Cranbourne / BeachSite 2687; 28 matched crashes; harm 409Street ViewGoogle Maps
CRANBOURNE near WATTLE TREESite 746; 37 matched crashes; harm 395Street ViewGoogle Maps
Frankston-Dandenong / O'GradysSite 749; 62 matched crashes; harm 372Street ViewGoogle Maps
Frankston-Dandenong / PenlinkSite 1267; 61 matched crashes; harm 372Street ViewGoogle Maps
Frankston-Dandenong / Lathams / HallSite 752; 67 matched crashes; harm 363Street ViewGoogle Maps
Moorooduc / Golf Links / TowerhillSite 737; 44 matched crashes; harm 358Street ViewGoogle Maps
Cranbourne / Moorooduc / Frankston FreewaySite 731; 41 matched crashes; harm 355Street ViewGoogle Maps
Cranbourne / McclellandSite 744; 63 matched crashes; harm 325Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hall / CadlesSite 617; 29 matched crashes; harm 307Street ViewGoogle Maps
MOOROODUC Highway / HEATHERHILLSite 743; 34 matched crashes; harm 295Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1MOOROODUC HIGHWAY / CRANBOURNE ROAD30119253151013
2DANDENONG-HASTINGS ROAD / ROBINSONS ROAD1628192994004
3FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / BALLARTO ROAD42020442441612
4FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / HALL ROAD50020412413014
5CRANBOURNE ROAD / FERNDALE DRIVE23112172370311
6MCCLELLAND DRIVE / CENTENARY PARK DRIVE62322320010
7MOOROODUC HIGHWAY / HEATHERHILL ROAD20110162161021
8NEPEAN HIGHWAY / SEAFORD ROAD13110122120610
9EASTLINK / EASTLINK-PENINSULA LINK OUT ON RAMP25018302103003
10CRANBOURNE ROAD / CRANBOURNE ROAD1111052050301
11CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / LONG STREET91891891301
12FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / FRANKSTON-DANDENONG FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD22017161861103
13CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / SOUTHGATEWAY111771771210
14FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / WEDGE ROAD24016161762001
15DANDENONG-HASTINGS ROAD / HALL ROAD38014311712016
16CRANBOURNE ROAD / FRAWLEY STREET91671671100
17NEPEAN HIGHWAY / MCCULLOCH AVENUE121661660120
18FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / OGRADYS ROAD21014221620201
19BALLARTO ROAD / MCCORMICKS ROAD20013311610202
20CRANBOURNE ROAD -CRANBOURNE-FRANKSTON ROAD / MCCLELLAND DRIVE33012361562020
21CADLES ROAD / HALL ROAD81561561300
22SEAFORD ROAD / TI-TREE CRESCENT71551550111
23FRANKSTON-DANDENONG ROAD / CENTENARY STREET81541540002
24FOOT STREET / WILLIAMS STREET1613141440002
25CRANBOURNE ROAD / WATTLE TREE LANE20012231430103

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
1733Frankston-Dandenong / Seaford / Ballarto75140567174,715,6423.2511025
2738Frank-Flind / Mcmahons(Moorooduc / Hastings)69128439164,384,0302.671149
32687Frankston-Cranbourne / Beach2821940982,847,4704.941412
4746CRANBOURNE near WATTLE TREE37126395127,705,0773.090306
5749Frankston-Dandenong / O'Gradys62032372169,069,9832.201505
61267Frankston-Dandenong / Penlink61121372252,358,2111.472176
7752Frankston-Dandenong / Lathams / Hall67031363166,707,6872.183117
8737Moorooduc / Golf Links / Towerhill44033358298,774,3251.200235
9731Cranbourne / Moorooduc / Frankston Freeway41122355277,249,0611.281223
10744Cranbourne / Mcclelland63026325231,209,6071.412021
11617Hall / Cadles2911830799,200,3303.092502
12743MOOROODUC Highway / HEATHERHILL34117295150,787,3401.962142
13747Cranbourne / Karingal Hub Ent27115269171,848,8841.570413
141712Frankston-Dandenong / Wedge / Boundary38022253120,926,9102.093011
15261Cranbourne-Frankston / Long16111226142,080,9431.591311
16271Cranbourne / Lee42019222149,607,8791.480318
171365Mcclelland / Centenary Park / Boral52222242,727,8475.200000
181302Cranbourne-Frankston / Penlink39018219282,379,2430.781202
191114Thompson / Eastlink14110209182,904,5911.140001
20729Frankston-Dandenong / Klauer32018206112,186,0511.840227
21620Frankston-Dandenong / Thompsons42017203289,424,2160.703019
22302Cranbourne-Frank / Southgateway1418189119,500,0031.581210
231307ROBINSONS RD near MCCLELLAND DRV141718424,630,3517.470002
24701Hall / Lyrebird151718297,450,1091.870224
25528DAVEY-HASTINGS near FRANKSTON HOSP ENT28015173174,633,8360.991601

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

315
Pedestrian crash records
242
Bicycle crash records
423
Motorcycle crash records
94
Heavy-vehicle crash records