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Hepburn Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

42 fatalities 294 serious injuries 180 VRU crash records 24 heavy-vehicle crash records

634

Crash records

Fatalities

294

Serious injuries

502

Other injuries

7,642

Weighted harm score

38.8

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

7,642

Weighted harm score

336

Fatal + serious injuries

16.2%

VRU share of harm

7.2%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

67.9%

High-speed road harm share

28.2%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Hepburn recorded 634 injury crash records, 42 fatalities and 294 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 67.9% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 24.4% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	200	116	2,760	36.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	170	86	1,500	19.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	55	48	1,357	17.8%
Other / mixed mechanism	112	47	1,196	15.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	31	10	406	5.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	39	16	277	3.6%
Pedestrian conflict	12	7	76	1.0%
Object / roadside impact	15	6	70	0.9%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	94	116	2,622	36.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	78	86	1,403	19.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	32	48	1,312	18.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	37	47	1,111	15.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	9	10	374	5.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	14	16	251	3.5%
Pedestrian conflict	7	7	70	1.0%
Object / roadside impact	6	6	61	0.8%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	15	15	793	64.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	3	301	24.4%
Pedestrian conflict	12	7	76	6.2%
Turning / crossing conflict	6	2	24	1.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	2	20	1.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	2	1	11	0.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	1	10	0.8%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	14	12	312	56.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	2	3	120	21.9%
Other / mixed mechanism	4	1	103	18.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	2	1	11	2.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	0.4%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	391	227	5,187	67.9%
Local streets (50 km/h)	61	36	1,124	14.7%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	109	49	946	12.4%
Unknown speed zone	62	20	335	4.4%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	11	4	50	0.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	462	243	5,463	71.5%
Intersection	169	91	2,158	28.2%
Unknown geometry	2	1	11	0.1%
Other geometry	1	1	10	0.1%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	454	250	5,658	74.0%
Dark / street lights	128	67	1,572	20.6%
Dawn / dusk	40	17	292	3.8%
Other lighting	12	2	120	1.6%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	44	32	1,329	17.4%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	47	44	1,308	17.1%
ANY MANOEUVRE INVOLVING PED NOT INCLUDED IN DCAs 100-108.	5	13	764	10.0%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	61	35	745	9.7%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	43	26	469	6.1%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	31	19	406	5.3%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	30	10	404	5.3%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	16	15	255	3.3%

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: Hepburn's recent annualised harm rate is 611.2 versus a baseline annualised rate of 568.1, a change of 43.1 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
MELBOURNE ROAD / CRESWICK-DEAN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	31.6	31.2	3
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / JEFFREY ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	26.4	26.2	1
BALLAN-DAYLESFORD ROAD / BARKSTEAD ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.9	11.0	9.1	4
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / POWELL CONNECTION ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	6.3	6.3	2
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / BOWEN STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.6	5.2	4.6	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Other / mixed mechanism	Major worsening	46.6	206.8	160.1
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Strong worsening	103.8	131.1	27.3
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Moderate worsening	116.5	119.8	3.3
Object / roadside impact	Strong worsening	3.4	8.4	5.0

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: Hepburn recorded 41 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 10 fatalities and 21 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 6.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 16.2% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 7 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 10 records.

Open full Hepburn VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	853	21	21
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	567	11	7
Bicyclist	382	10	20
Older pedestrian	92	9	10
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	848	20	24
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	301	3	3
Turning / crossing conflict	35	3	8
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	30	3	3
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	11	1	2
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	10	1	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
HOWE STREET / ALBERT STREET Open map	552	10	1	1	0
CRESWICK ROAD / MACRAE ROAD Open map	101	1	1	0	1
ALBERT STREET / BRIDPORT STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
CRESWICK ROAD / SLAUGHTERYARD ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
MAIN ROAD / SECOND STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / DEEP SPRING ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
ALBERT STREET / WATER STREET Open map	20	2	2	1	1
VINCENT STREET / HOWE STREET Open map	12	1	2	2	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: Hepburn recorded 24 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 4 fatalities and 13 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 7.2% of total weighted harm. There are 2 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 Hepburn 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	312	12	14	1
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	120	3	2	0
Other / mixed mechanism	103	1	4	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	11	1	2	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
KINGSTON ROAD / CHURCH PARADE Open map	213	3	2	0
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / YELLAND ROAD Open map	110	2	1	0
MAIN ROAD / SECOND STREET Open map	100	1	1	1
LONE HAND ROAD / CRESWICK-NEWSTEAD ROAD Open map	30	3	1	0
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / POWELL CONNECTION ROAD Open map	20	2	1	0
CRESWICK ROAD / SLAUGHTERYARD ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
MAIN ROAD / SECOND STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0	0
KYNETON-TRENTHAM ROAD -TRENTHAM ROAD / SPRINGHILL ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	0	1

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.

Hepburn 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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Hepburn 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.

Hepburn Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
HOWE STREET / ALBERT STREET	1 crashes; 5 fatal; 5 serious; harm 552	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / DEEP SPRING ROAD	4 crashes; 3 fatal; 1 serious; harm 313	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD	5 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 232	Street View	Google Maps
KINGSTON ROAD / CHURCH PARADE	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 213	Street View	Google Maps
DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / SANDY FARM ROAD	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 210	Street View	Google Maps
CHANTERS LANE / RIPPERS LANE	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200	Street View	Google Maps
DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / SUTTONS LANE	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 141	Street View	Google Maps
MELBOURNE ROAD / CRESWICK-DEAN ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 134	Street View	Google Maps
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / KELLYS LANE	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 131	Street View	Google Maps
DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / TORIS ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 122	Street View	Google Maps
MELBOURNE ROAD / BUSH INN ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 113	Street View	Google Maps
CRESWICK ROAD / SLAUGHTERYARD ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 112	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	Ped	Bike	Moto
1	HOWE STREET / ALBERT STREET	1	5	5	2	552	0	1	0	0
2	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / DEEP SPRING ROAD	4	3	1	3	313	0	0	1	0
3	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD	5	2	3	2	232	0	0	0	0
4	KINGSTON ROAD / CHURCH PARADE	2	2	1	3	213	2	0	0	0
5	DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / SANDY FARM ROAD	2	2	1	0	210	0	0	0	1
6	CHANTERS LANE / RIPPERS LANE	2	2	0	0	200	0	0	0	0
7	DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / SUTTONS LANE	3	1	4	1	141	0	0	0	0
8	MELBOURNE ROAD / CRESWICK-DEAN ROAD	5	1	3	4	134	0	0	0	0
9	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / KELLYS LANE	3	1	3	1	131	0	0	0	0
10	DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / TORIS ROAD	4	1	2	2	122	0	0	0	0
11	MELBOURNE ROAD / BUSH INN ROAD	4	1	1	3	113	0	0	0	0
12	CRESWICK ROAD / SLAUGHTERYARD ROAD	4	1	1	2	112	1	0	1	0
13	BLACKWOOD ROAD / BEACHS ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	1
14	CRESWICK-NEWSTEAD ROAD / ALLENDALE-KINGSTON ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	0
15	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / CENTRE ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	1
16	SERVICE STREET / WILLIAM STREET	2	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
17	DAYLESFORD-MALMSBURY ROAD / ALLENS ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
18	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / YELLAND ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	1	0	0	0
19	VICTORIA STREET / CAMBRIDGE STREET	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
20	DAYLESFORD-CLUNES ROAD / CEMETERY ROAD	1	1	0	5	105	0	0	0	0
21	MIDLAND HIGHWAY / JEFFREY ROAD	3	1	0	2	102	0	0	0	1
22	BALLARAT-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / ADAMS ALT TRACK	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	0	0
23	CLUNES-MT CAMERON ROAD / FAWCETT DRIVE	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	0	1
24	CRESWICK ROAD / MACRAE ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	0	1	0
25	AJAX ROAD / FOURTEENTH STREET	1	1	0	0	100	0	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.

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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

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Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records