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Geelong Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

112 fatalities 4,416 serious injuries 2,040 VRU crash records 288 heavy-vehicle crash records
7,832
Crash records
112
Fatalities
4,416
Serious injuries
6,101
Other injuries
61,461
Weighted harm score
87.3
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 Greater Geelong by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

61,461
Weighted harm score
4,528
Fatal + serious injuries
17.5%
VRU share of harm
5.2%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
26.8%
High-speed road harm share
49.9%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Greater Geelong recorded 7,832 injury crash records, 112 fatalities and 4,416 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 33.4% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict2,9101,84823,85938.8%
Other / mixed mechanism1,1075788,63514.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1,6146388,27013.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control8825867,40912.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict3262994,8797.9%
Pedestrian conflict4822904,8517.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict4882743,3045.4%
Object / roadside impact23152540.4%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,4551,84821,97638.9%
Other / mixed mechanism5035787,94314.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control5155867,00212.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict5376386,86912.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2002994,7158.4%
Pedestrian conflict2812904,6388.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2452743,0475.4%
Object / roadside impact11152420.4%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4822904,85145.2%
Other / mixed mechanism3961842,97027.6%
Turning / crossing conflict2791461,60414.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict77314584.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control46204113.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict39192152.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict17112102.0%
Object / roadside impact52230.2%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict95731,24138.8%
Other / mixed mechanism412564420.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict362545514.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict823341412.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control16112979.3%
Pedestrian conflict89902.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict105581.8%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)4,0422,25730,16549.1%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)1,4061,12616,50226.8%
Local streets (50 km/h)1,66784611,08718.0%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)3772012,4504.0%
Unknown speed zone340981,2572.0%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection4,1602,26730,64449.9%
Midblock / not at intersection3,6432,24330,53349.7%
Unknown geometry1061550.3%
Other geometry19121290.2%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight5,4313,01440,43865.8%
Dark / street lights1,6771,17116,74527.2%
Dawn / dusk5593103,8066.2%
Other lighting165334720.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)1,6056318,19713.3%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)7705146,65910.8%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE5323965,1338.4%
RIGHT THROUGH6313774,5277.4%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)1922183,7876.2%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE3452523,6075.9%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)3772743,3275.4%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2081282,1033.4%

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: Greater Geelong's recent annualised harm rate is 4881.1 versus a baseline annualised rate of 4156.4, a change of 724.7 harm-score points per year.
Open full Greater Geelong emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
GEELONG RING ROAD / CREAMERY ROADMajor worsening4.465.561.27
PORTARLINGTON ROAD / WHITEHORSE ROADEmerging from low baseline1.335.033.713
GEELONG RING ROAD / GEELONG RING IN-BACCHUS MARSH OF RAMPEmerging from low baseline0.039.439.46
BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / GEELONG RING IN-BACCHUS MARSH OF RAMPEmerging from low baseline0.837.336.65
CREAMERY ROAD / BALLAN ROADEmerging from low baseline0.036.636.65
BELLARINE HIGHWAY / WHITEHORSE ROADStrong worsening2.838.635.95
PIONEER ROAD / COLAC ROADEmerging from low baseline0.434.534.14
BELLARINE HIGHWAY / MELALUKA ROADStrong worsening10.539.729.26

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Other / mixed mechanismMajor worsening642.21027.1384.9
Rear-end / same-lane conflictMajor worsening513.8786.9273.1
Turning / crossing conflictMajor worsening1833.41874.541.2
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlMajor worsening528.4526.6-1.8
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictStrong worsening234.2272.638.4
Object / roadside impactStrong worsening9.642.632.9

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: Greater Geelong recorded 1,341 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 33 fatalities and 670 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 17.1% of all recorded injury crashes and 17.5% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 219 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 148 records.
Open full Greater Geelong VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian6,581387675
Bicyclist4,185318672
Older pedestrian2,612112148
School-age pedestrian/cyclist1,360114219
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism5,514327637
Turning / crossing conflict3,707274487
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict66250110
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4112046
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2151939
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2101117

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
PRINCES HIGHWAY / PRINCES REV HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD
Open map		21333210
LATROBE TERRACE / ABERDEEN STREET
Open map		163710820
PRINCES HIGHWAY / SCHOOL ROAD
Open map		14054400
BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / PURNELL ROAD
Open map		13245320
PAKINGTON STREET / SKENE STREET
Open map		12033210
THIRTEENTH BEACH ROAD / EWING BLYTH DRIVE
Open map		12033030
AUTUMN STREET / MINERVA ROAD
Open map		11325140
BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / GOLDSWORTHY ROAD
Open map		11223120

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: Greater Geelong recorded 288 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 13 fatalities and 168 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 5.2% of total weighted harm. There are 35 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 Greater Geelong freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict1,3017910011
Other / mixed mechanism664274313
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict45525362
Rear-end / same-lane conflict41433824
Run-off-road / loss-of-control29711161
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict686114

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
THOMPSON ROAD / SHARON COURT
Open map		211310
BRODERICK ROAD / HEALES ROAD
Open map		141530
ST GEORGES ROAD / LOWE STREET
Open map		1241290
BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / SHEARERS LANE
Open map		110210
QUEENSCLIFF ROAD / SWAN BAY ROAD
Open map		110210
BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / GEELONG RING IN-BACCHUS MARSH OF RAMP
Open map		101110

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
RYRIE STREET / UNION STREET
Open map		10111010
BARWON HEADS ROAD / BREAKWATER ROAD
Open map		10011010
WHARF ROAD / LOWE STREET
Open map		10011010
LATROBE TERRACE / ABERDEEN STREET
Open map		5155110

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.
Open full Greater Geelong SCATS league table Statewide SCATS intersection league table

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.

Greater Geelong 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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Greater Geelong 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

Graph caveat: these are public-interest road-harm intelligence charts, not an engineering safety audit.

Greater Geelong Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
PRINCES FREEWAY / AVALON ROAD5 crashes; 5 fatal; 7 serious; harm 571Street ViewGoogle Maps
BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / SHARKEY ROAD3 crashes; 3 fatal; 3 serious; harm 331Street ViewGoogle Maps
THOMPSON ROAD / NAUGHTON AVENUE15 crashes; 2 fatal; 9 serious; harm 303Street ViewGoogle Maps
CHURCH STREET / KEERA STREET43 crashes; 0 fatal; 26 serious; harm 298Street ViewGoogle Maps
GEELONG RING ROAD / CREAMERY ROAD6 crashes; 2 fatal; 8 serious; harm 286Street ViewGoogle Maps
LATROBE TERRACE / ABERDEEN STREET28 crashes; 1 fatal; 17 serious; harm 286Street ViewGoogle Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ST GEORGES ROAD14 crashes; 2 fatal; 7 serious; harm 281Street ViewGoogle Maps
BARWON HEADS ROAD / BREAKWATER ROAD27 crashes; 1 fatal; 14 serious; harm 272Street ViewGoogle Maps
QUEENSCLIFF ROAD / SWAN BAY ROAD6 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 265Street ViewGoogle Maps
QUEENSCLIFF ROAD / ANDERSONS ROAD5 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 260Street ViewGoogle Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / PRINCES REV HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD10 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 248Street ViewGoogle Maps
BELLARINE HIGHWAY / MELALUKA ROAD17 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 247Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
No Street View links available.

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1PRINCES FREEWAY / AVALON ROAD55715712010
2BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / SHARKEY ROAD33313311000
3THOMPSON ROAD / NAUGHTON AVENUE1529133030003
4CHURCH STREET / KEERA STREET43026382982005
5LATROBE TERRACE / ABERDEEN STREET28117162865822
6GEELONG RING ROAD / CREAMERY ROAD62862862001
7PRINCES HIGHWAY / ST GEORGES ROAD1427112811102
8BARWON HEADS ROAD / BREAKWATER ROAD27114322721113
9QUEENSCLIFF ROAD / SWAN BAY ROAD62652651000
10QUEENSCLIFF ROAD / ANDERSONS ROAD52602600000
11PRINCES HIGHWAY / PRINCES REV HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD102482482210
12FYANS STREET / MOORABOOL STREET33022272470122
13BELLARINE HIGHWAY / MELALUKA ROAD17113172470112
14LATROBE TERRACE -SETTLEMENT ROAD / FYANS STREET34020382381003
15BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / GOLDSWORTHY ROAD1311292290121
16PRINCES HIGHWAY / SPARKS ROAD27020212212220
17SETTLEMENT ROAD / FRANCIS STREET36018362160011
18THOMPSON ROAD / SHARON COURT32142141000
19BACCHUS MARSH ROAD / PURNELL ROAD2019222121321
20LATROBE TERRACE / MCKILLOP STREET23019212111201
21ST GEORGES ROAD / LOWE STREET20019212119010
22SETTLEMENT ROAD / BARWON HEADS ROAD49015562060024
23SCHOOL ROAD / RAILWAY AVENUE22002000000
24PORTARLINGTON ROAD / MELALUKA ROAD20018141941100
25GEELONG-BALLAN ROAD / STEIGLITZ ROAD51921920000

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

675
Pedestrian crash records
672
Bicycle crash records
693
Motorcycle crash records
288
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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