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Glen Eira Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

27 fatalities 1,535 serious injuries 1,533 VRU crash records 56 heavy-vehicle crash records
3,643
Crash records
27
Fatalities
1,535
Serious injuries
2,853
Other injuries
20,903
Weighted harm score
70.7
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: Glen Eira / Kooyong is the strongest Glen Eira signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #26 statewide.
104
SCATS-matched sites
2,245
Matched crashes
937
Fatal/serious injuries
12,223
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
126Glen Eira / Kooyong
SCATS 4079
32129462.7191
234Hawthorn / Glenhuntly
SCATS 4091
26022562.9391
387Balaclava / Hawthorn
SCATS 4075
27816412.7281
4125NORTH near CARLYON
SCATS 3557
24121472.0191
5129Glenhuntly / Kooyong
SCATS 4089
30119362.6170

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

20,903
Weighted harm score
1,562
Fatal + serious injuries
33.9%
VRU share of harm
2.9%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
7.1%
High-speed road harm share
61.6%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Glen Eira recorded 3,643 injury crash records, 27 fatalities and 1,535 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 30.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,3325917,83837.5%
Pedestrian conflict4672524,03819.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict6681872,62212.5%
Other / mixed mechanism4831772,14410.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3521661,8779.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2151171,3856.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict120699654.6%
Object / roadside impact63340.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5325916,86937.5%
Pedestrian conflict2412523,79320.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1661872,01011.0%
Other / mixed mechanism1621771,7819.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1571661,6719.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1061171,2716.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict59698854.8%
Object / roadside impact23300.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4662524,03757.0%
Turning / crossing conflict234801,05414.9%
Other / mixed mechanism2247793913.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict135546288.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control41171962.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict29101221.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict157801.1%
Object / roadside impact43320.5%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict5321235.2%
Turning / crossing conflict101019131.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict144518.5%
Other / mixed mechanism124508.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict63345.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict53335.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control43315.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,2831,02513,86266.3%
Local streets (50 km/h)5922623,40716.3%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)2391101,4827.1%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)243981,2405.9%
Unknown speed zone286679124.4%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,16991112,88361.6%
Midblock / not at intersection1,4676518,01338.3%
Unknown geometry7070.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,5231,07614,27868.3%
Dark / street lights6933615,01424.0%
Dawn / dusk3021051,3006.2%
Other lighting125203111.5%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)6601832,57812.3%
RIGHT THROUGH4271952,56812.3%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2151272,0169.6%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)2731261,9529.3%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT153761,4747.1%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD174961,0565.1%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)183809724.7%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE84627543.6%

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: Glen Eira 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
NORTH ROAD / THOMAS STREETStrong worsening18.858.239.54
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / DENDY STREETStrong worsening5.031.626.63
CENTRE ROAD / WARDS GROVEEmerging from low baseline0.516.215.76
GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / KOOYONG ROADStrong worsening8.329.020.72
NORMANBY ROAD -SMITH STREET / NORMANBY ROADStrong worsening3.114.411.25
NEPEAN HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD / NEPEAN HIGHWAYEmerging from low baseline0.08.48.43
DANDENONG ROAD / GLADSTONE AVENUEEmerging from low baseline1.58.16.63
SOUTH ROAD / CHESTERVILLE ROADStrong worsening2.59.16.63

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictModerate worsening145.8152.76.9

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: Glen Eira recorded 1,148 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 15 fatalities and 485 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 31.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 33.9% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 166 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 149 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian4,528295550
Bicyclist2,603209605
Older pedestrian1,997103149
School-age pedestrian/cyclist70148166
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,070207449
Other / mixed mechanism2,755183443
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict83373167
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1961741
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1221029
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict80715

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
NORTH ROAD / HAWTHORN ROAD
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15166510
BALACLAVA ROAD / HAWTHORN ROAD
Open map
1394131030
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / SOUTH ROAD
Open map
13346510
JASPER ROAD / MCKINNON ROAD
Open map
12336420
GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / SELWYN STREET
Open map
12235140
NORTH ROAD / BOORAN ROAD
Open map
12235410
DANDENONG ROAD / DARLING ROAD
Open map
11526600
GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / KOOYONG ROAD
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11426340

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: Glen Eira recorded 56 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 27 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 2.9% of total weighted harm. There are 12 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 conflict30212135
Other / mixed mechanism1515144
Rear-end / same-lane conflict514140
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict34361
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict33350
Run-off-road / loss-of-control31342

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / SELWYN STREET
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100111
NORTH ROAD / BOORAN ROAD
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100111
NORTH ROAD / GLEN ORME AVENUE
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100111
DANDENONG ROAD / GRANGE ROAD
Open map
20220
SOUTH ROAD / GILMOUR ROAD
Open map
20210
DANDENONG ROAD / MURRUMBEENA ROAD
Open map
11120

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / SELWYN STREET
Open map
10011100
NORTH ROAD / BOORAN ROAD
Open map
10011100
NORTH ROAD / GLEN ORME AVENUE
Open map
10011010
NORTH ROAD / MURRUMBEENA ROAD
Open map
1112010
BAMBRA ROAD / BURRINDI ROAD
Open map
1011001
CENTRE ROAD / JASPER ROAD
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: Glen Eira has 104 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 2,245 matched crash records and 937 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Glen Eira / Kooyong, with a priority score of 93.7.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Glen Eira / Kooyong
SCATS 4079
Open map
93.7321.0292.7High
Hawthorn / Glenhuntly
SCATS 4091
Open map
93.2260.0222.9High
Balaclava / Hawthorn
SCATS 4075
Open map
90.4278.0162.7High
NORTH near CARLYON
SCATS 3557
Open map
89.0241.0212.0High
Glenhuntly / Kooyong
SCATS 4089
Open map
88.8301.0192.6High
Glenhuntly / Bambra
SCATS 4092
Open map
87.9228.0202.5High
Balaclava / Kooyong
SCATS 4074
Open map
86.7237.0212.2High
BALACLAVA near EMPRESS
SCATS 2693
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85.2165.0134.3Medium

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
BALACLAVA near EMPRESS
SCATS 2693
Open map
4.3165.0133938,748,614
Balaclava / Normanby
SCATS 4077
Open map
4.1156.0133238,437,111
Hawthorn / Glenhuntly
SCATS 4091
Open map
2.9260.0225689,824,961
Inkerman Road near Orrong Grove
SCATS 2526
Open map
2.8159.0152156,192,281
MACKIE near DEAKIN
SCATS 2346
Open map
2.876.071227,476,257
Balaclava / Hawthorn
SCATS 4075
Open map
2.7278.01641103,910,699
Glen Eira / Kooyong
SCATS 4079
Open map
2.7321.02946120,918,223
Glenhuntly / Kooyong
SCATS 4089
Open map
2.6301.01936117,798,685

Glen Eira 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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Glen Eira 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.

Glen Eira Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
NORTH ROAD / THOMAS STREET23 crashes; 3 fatal; 6 serious; harm 384Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / NORMANBY ALT ROAD26 crashes; 0 fatal; 21 serious; harm 230Street ViewGoogle Maps
NORTH ROAD / HAWTHORN ROAD19 crashes; 1 fatal; 11 serious; harm 224Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / SOUTH ROAD24 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 220Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / DANDENONG REV ROAD SERVICE ROAD37 crashes; 0 fatal; 17 serious; harm 202Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEERIM ROAD / GRANGE ROAD22 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 201Street ViewGoogle Maps
GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / KOOYONG ROAD16 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 180Street ViewGoogle Maps
GLEN EIRA ROAD / KOOYONG ROAD24 crashes; 0 fatal; 15 serious; harm 166Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / MURRUMBEENA ROAD25 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 162Street ViewGoogle Maps
NEPEAN HIGHWAY / DENDY STREET13 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 161Street ViewGoogle Maps
GRANGE ROAD / LEILA ROAD9 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 160Street ViewGoogle Maps
JASPER ROAD / MCKINNON ROAD11 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 158Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Centre / East BoundarySite 4613; 32 matched crashes; harm 365Street ViewGoogle Maps
Glen Eira / KooyongSite 4079; 46 matched crashes; harm 321Street ViewGoogle Maps
Glenhuntly / KooyongSite 4089; 36 matched crashes; harm 301Street ViewGoogle Maps
Balaclava / HawthornSite 4075; 41 matched crashes; harm 278Street ViewGoogle Maps
North / Booran / WheatleySite 3555; 34 matched crashes; harm 277Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hawthorn / GlenhuntlySite 4091; 56 matched crashes; harm 260Street ViewGoogle Maps
GLENHUNTLY near GORDONSite 4087; 35 matched crashes; harm 253Street ViewGoogle Maps
NORTH near CARLYONSite 3557; 47 matched crashes; harm 241Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Highway East / GRANGESite 2420; 53 matched crashes; harm 240Street ViewGoogle Maps
Grange / NeerimSite 3290; 32 matched crashes; harm 238Street ViewGoogle Maps
Balaclava / KooyongSite 4074; 39 matched crashes; harm 237Street ViewGoogle Maps
Koornang / ArawattaSite 2442; 29 matched crashes; harm 233Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1NORTH ROAD / THOMAS STREET2336243840133
2DANDENONG ROAD / NORMANBY ALT ROAD26021202300003
3NORTH ROAD / HAWTHORN ROAD19111142240511
4NEPEAN HIGHWAY / SOUTH ROAD24110202201512
5DANDENONG ROAD / DANDENONG REV ROAD SERVICE ROAD37017322020326
6NEERIM ROAD / GRANGE ROAD2218212010421
7GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / KOOYONG ROAD1617101800342
8GLEN EIRA ROAD / KOOYONG ROAD24015161661422
9DANDENONG ROAD / MURRUMBEENA ROAD25014221622331
10NEPEAN HIGHWAY / DENDY STREET1315111611022
11GRANGE ROAD / LEILA ROAD915101600001
12JASPER ROAD / MCKINNON ROAD111581581421
13NORTH ROAD / BOORAN ROAD111581581410
14WARRIGAL ROAD / SOUTH EX ROAD32012301503004
15MURRUMBEENA ROAD / INNELLAN ROAD81491490110
16BALACLAVA ROAD / HAWTHORN ROAD18131614601031
17GRANGE ROAD / GLEN HUNTLY ROAD22012121320632
18NORTH ROAD / MURRUMBEENA ROAD26011211312231
19HOTHAM STREET / ELM STREET51311310012
20DANDENONG ROAD / DARLING ROAD1212111310602
21NEPEAN HIGHWAY / RUSDEN STREET20011161261023
22CENTRE ROAD / BIGNELL ROAD23010231230120
23NORTH ROAD / SUSSEX ROAD51231230100
24EAST BOUNDARY ROAD / MCKINNON ROAD51221220002
25GLEN HUNTLY ROAD / SELWYN STREET51221221140

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
14613Centre / East Boundary32214365175,602,1792.080542
24079Glen Eira / Kooyong46029321120,918,2232.651865
34089Glenhuntly / Kooyong36118301117,798,6852.560575
44075Balaclava / Hawthorn41115278103,910,6992.68112115
53555North / Booran / Wheatley34115277176,856,4011.572552
64091Hawthorn / Glenhuntly5602226089,824,9612.89116185
74087GLENHUNTLY near GORDON35113253180,222,0411.40115114
83557NORTH near CARLYON47021241122,418,1301.9711144
92420Princes Highway East / GRANGE53019240424,321,8600.5730110
103290Grange / Neerim32111238116,096,9172.050624
114074Balaclava / Kooyong39021237105,937,6222.240830
122442Koornang / Arawatta29111233198,994,8221.1711204
133558North / Jasper / Grange53019232215,974,8561.070975
143560North / East Boundary / Murrumbeena50019229243,936,1570.943363
154092Glenhuntly / Bambra3902022892,435,1122.470692
163563NORTH near JASSA32019212196,507,8341.082345
174088Glenhuntly / Orrong3817206103,563,9911.9901461
184073Balaclava / Orrong4101619484,872,9222.290585
194078Orrong / Glen Eira32017190106,835,2281.7804151
203556NORTH near DALMOR2417189315,643,0640.601371
213291Glenhuntly / Grange / Watson3201718787,320,5292.140784
223559North / Koornang / Tucker39015187210,876,7360.890254
234085Murrumbeena / Neerim42014174215,522,2910.8101678
242290South Road / Tucker Road28015171113,733,4901.5001310
253440Jasper / Mckinnon2315171108,655,5581.571732

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

550
Pedestrian crash records
605
Bicycle crash records
378
Motorcycle crash records
56
Heavy-vehicle crash records