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Hindmarsh Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

9 fatalities 123 serious injuries 49 VRU crash records 43 heavy-vehicle crash records

192

Crash records

Fatalities

123

Serious injuries

141

Other injuries

2,271

Weighted harm score

30.2

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

2,271

Weighted harm score

132

Fatal + serious injuries

9.8%

VRU share of harm

23.2%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

89.6%

High-speed road harm share

14.2%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Hindmarsh recorded 192 injury crash records, 9 fatalities and 123 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 23.2% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 89.6% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 28.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	62	41	730	32.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	72	40	621	27.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	12	13	328	14.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	29	17	277	12.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	7	10	110	4.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	10	103	4.5%
Pedestrian conflict	1	1	100	4.4%
Object / roadside impact	2	0	2	0.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	32	41	689	31.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	38	40	581	26.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	8	13	322	14.9%
Other / mixed mechanism	15	17	261	12.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	10	103	4.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	4	10	103	4.8%
Pedestrian conflict	1	1	100	4.6%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	3	3	120	53.8%
Pedestrian conflict	1	1	100	44.8%
Turning / crossing conflict	2	0	3	1.3%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	19	8	181	34.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	7	3	126	24.0%
Pedestrian conflict	1	1	100	19.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	5	4	43	8.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	4	3	32	6.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	5	2	24	4.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	2	20	3.8%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	141	112	2,034	89.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)	15	8	89	3.9%
Unknown speed zone	23	7	86	3.8%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	10	3	41	1.8%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	3	2	21	0.9%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	153	102	1,939	85.4%
Intersection	38	29	322	14.2%
Unknown geometry	1	1	10	0.4%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	131	87	1,518	66.8%
Dark / street lights	42	34	539	23.7%
Other lighting	5	2	113	5.0%
Dawn / dusk	14	9	101	4.4%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	10	11	306	13.5%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	19	11	302	13.3%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	24	14	242	10.7%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY TO LEFT	13	10	197	8.7%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)	27	12	137	6.0%
U TURN	2	2	112	4.9%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	7	10	110	4.8%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.	1	1	100	4.4%

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: Hindmarsh's recent annualised harm rate is 217.2 versus a baseline annualised rate of 142.8, a change of 74.4 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
WESTERN HIGHWAY / PETSCHELS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	58.5	58.2	4
NHILL-HARROW ROAD / PHILLIPS TRACK	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.4	29.0	27.6	2
ANTWERP-WARRACKNABEAL ROAD / BINNS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Major worsening	7.8	64.0	56.2
Other / mixed mechanism	Strong worsening	12.6	40.5	27.8
Turning / crossing conflict	Moderate worsening	57.5	73.9	16.4
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Watch	41.1	35.0	-6.2

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: Hindmarsh recorded 6 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 2 fatalities and 2 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 3.1% of all recorded injury crashes and 9.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 1 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 2 records.

Open full Hindmarsh VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	212	3	4
Older pedestrian	110	2	2
Bicyclist	11	1	2
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	10	1	1
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	120	3	3
Turning / crossing conflict	103	1	3

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
WESTERN HIGHWAY / KIATA NORTH ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
MACPHERSON STREET / MCDONALD STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
NELSON STREET / CLARENCE STREET Open map	10	1	1	0	1
WESTERN HIGHWAY / RESERVE ROAD Open map	2	0	1	1	0
HIGH STREET / UPPER REGIONS STREET Open map	1	0	1	0	1

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: Hindmarsh recorded 43 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 20 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 23.2% 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 Hindmarsh 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	281	9	20	1
Other / mixed mechanism	126	3	7	1
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	43	4	5	0
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	32	3	4	0
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	24	2	5	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	20	2	2	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ROAD Open map	112	2	4	1
NHILL-HARROW ROAD / PHILLIPS TRACK Open map	100	1	1	0
WESTERN HIGHWAY / KIATA NORTH ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1
WESTERN HIGHWAY / CLARK ROAD Open map	21	2	1	0
WESTERN HIGHWAY / COLLARD ROAD Open map	20	2	2	0
WESTERN HIGHWAY / GIERKE ROAD Open map	20	2	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ROAD Open map	112	2	4	1	0	0
WESTERN HIGHWAY / KIATA NORTH ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0	0

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.

Hindmarsh 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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Hindmarsh 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.

Hindmarsh Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / PETSCHELS ROAD	5 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 226	Street View	Google Maps
DIMBOOLA-RAINBOW ROAD / GAULKE ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 122	Street View	Google Maps
NHILL-HARROW ROAD / PHILLIPS TRACK	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
KATYIL-WAIL ROAD / DIMBOOLA-MINYIP ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
PROPODOLLAH ROAD / LOWES ALT ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 100	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / KIATA NORTH ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 100	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / HORSHAM ROAD	5 crashes; 0 fatal; 7 serious; harm 82	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / RIVER ALT ROAD	2 crashes; 0 fatal; 6 serious; harm 63	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / ARGALL ROAD	6 crashes; 0 fatal; 3 serious; harm 33	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / GIERKE ROAD	2 crashes; 0 fatal; 3 serious; harm 30	Street View	Google Maps
WESTERN HIGHWAY / RESERVE ROAD	2 crashes; 0 fatal; 2 serious; harm 30	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	Moto
1	WESTERN HIGHWAY / PETSCHELS ROAD	5	2	2	6	226	1	0	1
2	DIMBOOLA-RAINBOW ROAD / GAULKE ROAD	1	2	0	0	200	0	0	0
3	WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ROAD	5	1	2	2	122	4	1	0
4	NHILL-HARROW ROAD / PHILLIPS TRACK	2	1	1	0	110	1	0	0
5	KATYIL-WAIL ROAD / DIMBOOLA-MINYIP ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
6	PROPODOLLAH ROAD / LOWES ALT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
7	WESTERN HIGHWAY / KIATA NORTH ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	1	1	0
8	WESTERN HIGHWAY / HORSHAM ROAD	5	0	7	12	82	1	0	0
9	WESTERN HIGHWAY / RIVER ALT ROAD	2	0	6	3	63	1	0	0
10	WESTERN HIGHWAY / ARGALL ROAD	6	0	3	3	33	2	0	1
11	WESTERN HIGHWAY / GIERKE ROAD	2	0	3	0	30	1	0	0
12	WESTERN HIGHWAY / RESERVE ROAD	2	0	2	10	30	0	1	0
13	WESTERN HIGHWAY / RIVER ROAD	2	0	2	3	23	1	0	0
14	DIMBOOLA-RAINBOW ROAD / ELLAM-WILLENABRINA ROAD	4	0	2	2	22	1	0	1
15	WESTERN HIGHWAY / CLARK ROAD	2	0	2	2	22	1	0	0
16	NHILL-JEPARIT ROAD / HORSEDIP ROAD	1	0	2	2	22	0	0	0
17	WESTERN HIGHWAY / MT ELGIN ALT ROAD	1	0	2	2	22	0	0	0
18	DIMBOOLA-RAINBOW ROAD / GLATZ ROAD	2	0	2	1	21	1	0	0
19	WIMMERA STREET / CHURCH STREET	2	0	2	1	21	0	0	1
20	DIMBOOLA-RAINBOW ROAD / BOTHE ROAD	1	0	2	1	21	0	0	0
21	ANTWERP-WARRACKNABEAL ROAD / BINNS ROAD	2	0	2	0	20	0	0	1
22	WESTERN HIGHWAY / COLLARD ROAD	2	0	2	0	20	2	0	0
23	WESTERN HIGHWAY / Z2 ROAD	2	0	2	0	20	0	0	0
24	BORUNG HIGHWAY / OLD KATYIL ROAD	1	0	2	0	20	0	0	0
25	KRUGER ROAD / SOLLY ROAD	1	0	2	0	20	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

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records