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Knox Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

53 fatalities 1,372 serious injuries 861 VRU crash records 116 heavy-vehicle crash records
3,865
Crash records
53
Fatalities
1,372
Serious injuries
3,680
Other injuries
22,700
Weighted harm score
74.7
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: MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIA is the strongest Knox signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #142 statewide.
109
SCATS-matched sites
2,494
Matched crashes
871
Fatal/serious injuries
13,884
Weighted harm score
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Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
1142MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIA
SCATS 775		54726902.4110
2180Stud / Wellington
SCATS 784		41032971.3154
3198BURWOOD Highway / EASTLINK
SCATS 1103		39933671.933
4296BURWOOD Highway / DAWSON
SCATS 182		34114312.2180
5303Stud / Avalon
SCATS 782		32821381.3142

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

22,700
Weighted harm score
1,425
Fatal + serious injuries
16.8%
VRU share of harm
4.1%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
61.3%
High-speed road harm share
54.5%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Knox recorded 3,865 injury crash records, 53 fatalities and 1,372 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 61.3% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 37.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,4285999,35141.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1,0002213,67016.2%
Other / mixed mechanism5471952,87312.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3481452,1459.4%
Pedestrian conflict2111082,1079.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict167881,2955.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict153661,2215.4%
Object / roadside impact113380.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5015998,10741.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2022212,67213.7%
Other / mixed mechanism1771952,44012.6%
Pedestrian conflict1021081,98610.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1341451,9149.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict66881,1716.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict61661,1175.7%
Object / roadside impact33300.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict2111082,10755.3%
Other / mixed mechanism1425683621.9%
Turning / crossing conflict50162887.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control24102065.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2081864.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict20101133.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict107741.9%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict261930232.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict431628930.7%
Other / mixed mechanism191020421.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict181010911.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict32222.3%
Pedestrian conflict11101.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control5050.5%
Object / roadside impact1010.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)2,02984813,92661.3%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)9613234,69320.7%
Local streets (50 km/h)5912043,13413.8%
Unknown speed zone205295732.5%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)79213741.6%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,16980412,37854.5%
Midblock / not at intersection1,68761910,29445.3%
Other geometry72260.1%
Unknown geometry2020.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,57489314,04061.9%
Dark / street lights8494086,83330.1%
Dawn / dusk3351081,5626.9%
Other lighting107162651.2%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)9952163,61815.9%
RIGHT THROUGH4451982,86412.6%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)3481512,40910.6%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)161851,4536.4%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE184921,4066.2%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE127629764.3%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT79428233.6%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.91498093.6%

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: Knox has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.
Open full Knox emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
KELLETTS ROAD / BLAXLAND DRIVEStrong worsening3.952.748.92
FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / FERNTREE GULLY ROADStrong worsening11.359.047.84
DANDENONG VALLEY HIGHWAY / STUD ROADStrong worsening6.335.529.311
WALLACE ROAD / HIGH STREET ROADEmerging from low baseline0.332.632.43
FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / CAMBDEN PARK PARADEEmerging from low baseline1.931.930.03
LYSTERFIELD ROAD / WELLINGTON ROADEmerging from low baseline0.529.228.72
FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / KNOX PLACEEmerging from low baseline1.428.727.32
STUD ROAD / HIGH STREET ROADStrong worsening9.936.026.24

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Other / mixed mechanismMajor worsening263.8396.1132.2
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlModerate worsening157.1157.40.4
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictModerate worsening88.9101.312.4
Object / roadside impactEmerging from low baseline0.66.05.4

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: Knox recorded 477 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 15 fatalities and 200 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 12.3% of all recorded injury crashes and 16.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 103 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 50 records.
Open full Knox VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian2,704145279
Bicyclist1,20771199
Older pedestrian5973050
School-age pedestrian/cyclist46329103
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism2,115114253
Turning / crossing conflict1,09765141
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2061024
Rear-end / same-lane conflict186820
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1321129
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict74710

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
COLEMAN ROAD / BINDI STREET
Open map		22041100
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / DAWSON STREET
Open map		1738111100
DORSET ROAD / DOUGLAS STREET
Open map		12132200
MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / MILLER ROAD
Open map		11828080
STUD ROAD / TURRAMURRA DRIVE
Open map		11224400
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / STATION STREET
Open map		11123210
FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / FERNTREE GULLY ROAD
Open map		11123120
DANDELION DRIVE / WILLOW AVENUE
Open map		10212210

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: Knox recorded 116 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 55 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 4.1% of total weighted harm. There are 12 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 7 across 6 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.
Open full Knox freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
Mountain Hwy NR Violen St (EB)
Open map		39.94338.6
Mountain Hwy NR Violen St (WB)
Open map		37.73331.5

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict31220275
Rear-end / same-lane conflict28916431
Other / mixed mechanism20410191
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict10910182
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict22232
Run-off-road / loss-of-control5051

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
BORONIA ROAD / EASTLINK OUT-BORONIA OF RAMP
Open map		103121
MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / BARMAH W DRIVE
Open map		100110
WELLINGTON ROAD / BRAEBURN PARADE
Open map		100110
EASTLINK / EASTLINK IN-FERNTREE GULLY OF RAMP
Open map		40430
EASTLINK / DANDENONG CREEK TRAIL
Open map		24230
STUD ROAD / STUD ROAD
Open map		22231

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
BORONIA ROAD / EASTLINK OUT-BORONIA OF RAMP
Open map		10312001
STUD ROAD / STUD ROAD
Open map		2223001
FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / GILBERT PARK DRIVE
Open map		2222001
EASTLINK / EASTLINK IN-BURWOOD OF RAMP
Open map		1212100

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: Knox has 109 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 2,494 matched crash records and 871 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIA, with a priority score of 88.4.
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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIA
SCATS 775
Open map		88.4547.0262.4High
Stud / Wellington
SCATS 784
Open map		87.3410.0321.3High
BURWOOD Highway / EASTLINK
SCATS 1103
Open map		86.8399.0331.9High
BURWOOD Highway / DAWSON
SCATS 182
Open map		84.4341.0142.2High
Stud / Avalon
SCATS 782
Open map		84.3328.0211.3High
Boronia / Stud
SCATS 369
Open map		80.8425.0211.8High
Boronia Road / Lewis Road
SCATS 2366
Open map		79.6151.0123.9Medium
Burwood / Glenfern
SCATS 764
Open map		79.1366.0151.6High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Boronia Road / Lewis Road
SCATS 2366
Open map		3.9151.0123138,817,142
Burwood Highway / McMahons Rd / Clyde Street
SCATS 32117
Open map		2.972.051824,858,526
MELBOURNE near HOBART (KNOX CITY)
SCATS 2015
Open map		2.413.0145,365,173
Wellington / Silkwood / Braeburn
SCATS 873
Open map		2.4352.0716145,926,813
MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIA
SCATS 775
Open map		2.4547.02690228,274,981
Mountain Hwy, Near Forrest Rd, The Basin
SCATS 1577
Open map		2.250.041222,298,597
BURWOOD Highway / DAWSON
SCATS 182
Open map		2.2341.01431152,777,783
Station / Alpine
SCATS 160
Open map		2.178.062137,651,705

Knox 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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Knox 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

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Top TIRTL-matched freight-conflict sites by weighted harm where freight data is available.

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TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

Knox Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
STUD ROAD / STUD ROAD75 crashes; 1 fatal; 27 serious; harm 450Street ViewGoogle Maps
STUD ROAD / BORONIA ROAD28 crashes; 2 fatal; 15 serious; harm 379Street ViewGoogle Maps
FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / FERNTREE GULLY ROAD27 crashes; 2 fatal; 12 serious; harm 344Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / GLENFERN ROAD26 crashes; 2 fatal; 9 serious; harm 315Street ViewGoogle Maps
MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / BORONIA ROAD39 crashes; 1 fatal; 16 serious; harm 315Street ViewGoogle Maps
KELLETTS ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD42 crashes; 0 fatal; 27 serious; harm 314Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / DAWSON STREET21 crashes; 2 fatal; 10 serious; harm 311Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG VALLEY HIGHWAY / STUD ROAD62 crashes; 0 fatal; 23 serious; harm 288Street ViewGoogle Maps
STUD ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD54 crashes; 0 fatal; 21 serious; harm 264Street ViewGoogle Maps
STUD ROAD / TURRAMURRA DRIVE29 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 254Street ViewGoogle Maps
BORONIA ROAD / ROXBURGH ROAD14 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 242Street ViewGoogle Maps
WELLINGTON ROAD / BRAEBURN PARADE11 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 238Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIASite 775; 90 matched crashes; harm 547Street ViewGoogle Maps
Boronia / StudSite 369; 38 matched crashes; harm 425Street ViewGoogle Maps
Stud / WellingtonSite 784; 97 matched crashes; harm 410Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / EASTLINKSite 1103; 67 matched crashes; harm 399Street ViewGoogle Maps
Burwood / GlenfernSite 764; 40 matched crashes; harm 366Street ViewGoogle Maps
Wellington / Silkwood / BraeburnSite 873; 16 matched crashes; harm 352Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / DAWSONSite 182; 31 matched crashes; harm 341Street ViewGoogle Maps
Stud / AvalonSite 782; 38 matched crashes; harm 328Street ViewGoogle Maps
Stud / High Street RoadSite 785; 34 matched crashes; harm 287Street ViewGoogle Maps
BORONIA near AMESBURY & ROXBURGHSite 1144; 23 matched crashes; harm 279Street ViewGoogle Maps
Stud / CentreSite 391; 39 matched crashes; harm 268Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / FERNTREE GULLY / COMMERCIALSite 176; 32 matched crashes; harm 249Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1STUD ROAD / STUD ROAD75127804503417
2STUD ROAD / BORONIA ROAD28215293790200
3FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / FERNTREE GULLY ROAD27212243442123
4MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / BORONIA ROAD39116553150202
5BURWOOD HIGHWAY / GLENFERN ROAD2629253150302
6KELLETTS ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD42027443140004
7BURWOOD HIGHWAY / DAWSON STREET212101131101101
8DANDENONG VALLEY HIGHWAY / STUD ROAD62023582883515
9STUD ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD54021542641207
10STUD ROAD / TURRAMURRA DRIVE29113242542406
11BORONIA ROAD / ROXBURGH ROAD1423122420101
12WELLINGTON ROAD / BRAEBURN PARADE112382381011
13STUD ROAD / HIGH STREET ROAD25111272370202
14FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / LLOYD STREET72372370002
15KELLETTS ROAD / BLAXLAND DRIVE62332330100
16BURWOOD HIGHWAY / FERNTREE GULLY ROAD18111142240212
17COLEMAN ROAD / BINDI STREET12202200100
18MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / BARMAH W DRIVE72072071001
19STUD ROAD / LAKESIDE BOULEVARD919102000000
20BURWOOD HIGHWAY / HIGH STREET ROAD3616371970001
21MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / MILLER ROAD2015181681081
22STUD ROAD / RIVERPARK DRIVE1615141640202
23BURWOOD HIGHWAY / TYNER ROAD43011501600312
24FERNTREE GULLY ROAD / RUSHDALE STREET41521521001
25SCORESBY ROAD / BORONIA ROAD1314121520201

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
1775MOUNTAIN Highway / BORONIA90224547228,274,9812.400227
2369Boronia / Stud38219425232,896,3761.820202
3784Stud / Wellington97032410314,650,7901.3043111
41103BURWOOD Highway / EASTLINK67033399211,852,3671.883201
5764Burwood / Glenfern40213366223,160,0121.640514
6873Wellington / Silkwood / Braeburn1634352145,926,8132.411111
7182BURWOOD Highway / DAWSON31212341152,777,7832.2301512
8782Stud / Avalon38120328245,067,5931.342509
9785Stud / High Street Road34115287231,545,0081.240302
101144BORONIA near AMESBURY & ROXBURGH2326279379,896,6840.730201
11391Stud / Centre39023268244,758,7941.091213
12176BURWOOD Highway / FERNTREE GULLY / COMMERCIAL32112249226,398,7441.100314
131108Eastlink / Wellington38021247257,981,8280.960041
142012BURWOOD Highway / HIGH ST RD / LEWIS4419236202,713,3091.160003
15377Ferntree Gully / Ent Bunnings (Knox)31110230201,838,0231.141115
162022Stud / Emmeline2719224198,850,1821.130001
171104Boronia / Eastlink2419217185,396,4771.174002
18456Ferntree Gully / Stud60015211335,637,7860.6335210
19120MOUNTAIN Highway STH OF BARMAH1020211263,027,7500.801002
20459Ferntree Gully / Scoresby2319210186,627,9021.131113
21179Burwood / Brenock Pk / Selman / Forest43016198206,277,4800.960227
22367Boronia / Wantirna43015197194,509,7281.010320
23786Stud / Kelletts38014181221,286,3930.820111
243160High Street Road near Wolf Street121617992,711,9031.930101
25791MOUNTAIN Highway / HIGH / VALENTINE41014177168,054,8751.053501

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Heavy-vehicle crash records matched to nearby TIRTL freight monitoring sites. This is a freight-corridor candidate layer.

RankTIRTLSiteHV crashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesHarm scoreTrucksTruck share %Harm / million trucks
1TIRTL_241Mountain Hwy NR Violen St (EB)3004103,6872.7838.58
2TIRTL_242Mountain Hwy NR Violen St (WB)300395,0982.6731.55

Road-user summaries

279
Pedestrian crash records
199
Bicycle crash records
383
Motorcycle crash records
116
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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