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Golden Plains Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

40 fatalities 614 serious injuries 191 VRU crash records 70 heavy-vehicle crash records

906

Crash records

Fatalities

614

Serious injuries

696

Other injuries

10,836

Weighted harm score

48.7

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.

Safety diagnosis

This section diagnoses the type of road-harm problem in Golden Plains by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

10,836

Weighted harm score

654

Fatal + serious injuries

2.7%

VRU share of harm

7.8%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

84.8%

High-speed road harm share

25.9%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Golden Plains recorded 906 injury crash records, 40 fatalities and 614 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 84.8% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 37.1% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	345	268	4,492	41.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	211	124	1,998	18.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	91	98	1,687	15.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	62	52	1,094	10.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	110	65	837	7.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	63	37	524	4.8%
Pedestrian conflict	3	3	120	1.1%
Object / roadside impact	21	7	84	0.8%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	196	268	4,292	41.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	115	124	1,886	18.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	58	98	1,648	15.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	46	52	1,073	10.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	51	65	770	7.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	30	37	476	4.6%
Pedestrian conflict	3	3	120	1.2%
Object / roadside impact	7	7	70	0.7%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Pedestrian conflict	3	3	120	41.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	3	120	41.0%
Other / mixed mechanism	4	3	31	10.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	3	1	12	4.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	1	1	10	3.4%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	25	17	279	33.1%
Turning / crossing conflict	27	15	259	30.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	3	2	204	24.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	6	4	43	5.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	7	3	38	4.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	2	20	2.4%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	679	534	9,184	84.8%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	119	75	1,036	9.6%
Unknown speed zone	71	25	389	3.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)	26	14	154	1.4%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	11	6	73	0.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	708	476	8,017	74.0%
Intersection	197	177	2,809	25.9%
Unknown geometry	1	1	10	0.1%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	610	443	6,703	61.9%
Dark / street lights	214	145	2,692	24.8%
Dawn / dusk	75	64	1,326	12.2%
Other lighting	7	2	115	1.1%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	72	82	1,422	13.1%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	100	63	1,230	11.4%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	79	53	1,119	10.3%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	57	51	1,077	9.9%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	52	65	1,065	9.8%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	75	59	809	7.5%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	63	37	524	4.8%
U TURN	19	15	344	3.2%

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: Golden Plains's recent annualised harm rate is 860.0 versus a baseline annualised rate of 794.8, a change of 65.2 harm-score points per year.

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Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
STEIGLITZ-SHE OAKS ROAD / STIRLING ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	57.7	57.7	4
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / PITFIELD-SCARSDALE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	39.7	39.7	6
MEREDITH-MT MERCER ROAD / DEANS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	31.3	31.1	3
SUTHERLAND STREET / MCLEOD STREET	Strong worsening	3.1	29.5	26.4	2
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / LINTON-MANNIBADAR ROAD	Strong worsening	6.4	26.9	20.5	1
GLENELG HIGHWAY / BUTTERWORTH ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	8.4	8.2	3
SEBASTOPOL-SMYTHESDALE ROAD / TUDDENHAMS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	8.1	8.1	3
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / KELLY LANE	Strong worsening	4.3	10.7	6.5	4

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Turning / crossing conflict	Major worsening	290.3	420.1	129.7
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Major worsening	132.8	205.2	72.4
Other / mixed mechanism	Strong worsening	50.0	92.7	42.7

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: Golden Plains recorded 14 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 2 fatalities and 9 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 1.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 2.7% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 2 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 2 records.

Open full Golden Plains VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	151	6	7
Bicyclist	142	5	7
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	110	2	2
Older pedestrian	20	2	2
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	120	3	3
Turning / crossing conflict	110	2	2
Other / mixed mechanism	31	3	4
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	12	1	3
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	1	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	10	1	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
BRIDGE STREET / TEESDALE-INVERLEIGH ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / CAPE CLEAR-ROKEWOOD ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
BANNOCKBURN-SHELFORD ROAD / MEREDITH-SHELFORD ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	1
BLACKBERRY LANE / KENT DRIVE Open map	10	1	1	0	1
IMPERIAL WAY / MERLOT COURT Open map	10	1	1	1	0
MCCALLUM ROAD / RIVERVIEW ROAD Open map	10	1	1	1	0
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / DOG ROCKS ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	1
OXLEY RISE / MILLPOND LANE Open map	10	1	1	1	0

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: Golden Plains recorded 70 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 4 fatalities and 39 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 7.8% of total weighted harm. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.

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TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	279	17	25
Turning / crossing conflict	259	15	27
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	204	2	3
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	43	4	6
Other / mixed mechanism	38	3	7
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	20	2	2

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / TAYLOR ROAD Open map	120	3	2
MEREDITH-STEIGLITZ ROAD / PIONEER RIDGE ROAD Open map	110	2	2
PERDRISAT ROAD / SPILLER ROAD Open map	101	1	1
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / MILL ROAD Open map	101	1	1
COLAC-BALLARAT ROAD / CHURCH ROAD Open map	22	2	2
GLENELG HIGHWAY / BUTTERWORTH ROAD Open map	21	2	2

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

No records available for this table.

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.

Golden Plains 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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Golden Plains 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.

Golden Plains Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / CLYDE HILL ROAD	7 crashes; 2 fatal; 11 serious; harm 316	Street View	Google Maps
HAMILTON HIGHWAY / FRIEND IN HAND ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 19 serious; harm 311	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / BAKERS BRIDGE ROAD	17 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 235	Street View	Google Maps
STEIGLITZ ROAD / RUSSELLS BRIDGE ROAD	4 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 223	Street View	Google Maps
HAMILTON HIGHWAY / DEARS LANE	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 222	Street View	Google Maps
STEIGLITZ-SHE OAKS ROAD / STIRLING ROAD	3 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 221	Street View	Google Maps
MEREDITH-STEIGLITZ ROAD / PIONEER RIDGE ROAD	15 crashes; 1 fatal; 11 serious; harm 214	Street View	Google Maps
HAMILTON HIGHWAY / BRISLANE ROAD	7 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 204	Street View	Google Maps
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / MILL ROAD	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 201	Street View	Google Maps
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / LINTON-MANNIBADAR ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 154	Street View	Google Maps
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / PITFIELD-SCARSDALE ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 152	Street View	Google Maps
HAMILTON HIGHWAY / POLLOCKSFORD ROAD	8 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 146	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	Bike	Moto
1	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / CLYDE HILL ROAD	7	2	11	6	316	0	0	0
2	HAMILTON HIGHWAY / FRIEND IN HAND ROAD	5	1	19	21	311	0	0	0
3	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / BAKERS BRIDGE ROAD	17	1	12	15	235	0	0	0
4	STEIGLITZ ROAD / RUSSELLS BRIDGE ROAD	4	2	2	3	223	0	0	0
5	HAMILTON HIGHWAY / DEARS LANE	6	1	12	2	222	1	0	0
6	STEIGLITZ-SHE OAKS ROAD / STIRLING ROAD	3	2	2	1	221	0	0	1
7	MEREDITH-STEIGLITZ ROAD / PIONEER RIDGE ROAD	15	1	11	4	214	2	0	9
8	HAMILTON HIGHWAY / BRISLANE ROAD	7	1	10	4	204	2	0	1
9	ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / MILL ROAD	2	2	0	1	201	1	0	0
10	ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / LINTON-MANNIBADAR ROAD	5	1	5	4	154	1	0	1
11	ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD / PITFIELD-SCARSDALE ROAD	2	1	5	2	152	1	0	0
12	HAMILTON HIGHWAY / POLLOCKSFORD ROAD	8	1	4	6	146	2	0	1
13	SHELFORD-MT MERCER ROAD / GRAHAMS ROAD	2	1	4	1	141	0	0	0
14	SUTHERLAND STREET / MCLEOD STREET	3	1	3	8	138	0	0	0
15	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / GEELONG ROAD	9	1	3	6	136	0	0	0
16	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / TAYLOR ROAD	4	1	3	6	136	2	0	0
17	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / FYANSFORD-GHERINGHAP ROAD	6	1	3	4	134	0	1	0
18	GLENELG HIGHWAY / OLD GLENELG HIGHWAY	3	1	2	6	126	0	0	1
19	FYANSFORD-GHERINGHAP ROAD / FRIEND IN HAND ROAD	6	0	12	2	122	1	0	0
20	MEREDITH-MT MERCER ROAD / DEANS ROAD	3	1	2	2	122	0	0	0
21	COLAC-BALLARAT ROAD / NOLANS ROAD	2	1	2	1	121	0	0	0
22	GLENELG HIGHWAY / WHITES ROAD	2	1	2	1	121	0	0	0
23	GLENELG HIGHWAY / BASIN ROAD	3	1	2	0	120	0	0	0
24	GUMLEY ROAD / ROKEWOOD-SHELFORD ROAD	3	1	2	0	120	1	0	1
25	DE MOTTS ROAD / CLARKES ROAD	1	1	2	0	120	0	0	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.

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

Pedestrian crash records

Bicycle crash records

177

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records