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Latrobe Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

73 fatalities 808 serious injuries 605 VRU crash records 94 heavy-vehicle crash records

2,113

Crash records

Fatalities

808

Serious injuries

1,918

Other injuries

17,298

Weighted harm score

63.1

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

17,298

Weighted harm score

881

Fatal + serious injuries

14.4%

VRU share of harm

6.9%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

66.5%

High-speed road harm share

33.9%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Latrobe recorded 2,113 injury crash records, 73 fatalities and 808 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 66.5% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 37.8% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	775	304	6,163	35.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	361	165	2,525	14.6%
Other / mixed mechanism	338	127	2,452	14.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	126	105	2,448	14.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	173	80	1,671	9.7%
Pedestrian conflict	106	39	1,005	5.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	207	53	933	5.4%
Object / roadside impact	27	8	101	0.6%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	249	304	5,489	35.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	61	105	2,337	15.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	148	165	2,292	14.7%
Other / mixed mechanism	114	127	2,194	14.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	66	80	1,538	9.9%
Pedestrian conflict	39	39	933	6.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	46	53	732	4.7%
Object / roadside impact	8	8	80	0.5%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	93	40	1,185	47.4%
Pedestrian conflict	106	39	1,005	40.2%
Turning / crossing conflict	40	8	115	4.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	11	6	70	2.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	11	5	58	2.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	6	4	42	1.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	4	2	23	0.9%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	17	13	413	34.8%
Turning / crossing conflict	33	10	399	33.6%
Other / mixed mechanism	17	8	273	23.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	11	4	48	4.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	2	27	2.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	8	2	26	2.2%
Pedestrian conflict	1	0	1	0.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	989	541	11,505	66.5%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	568	178	3,329	19.2%
Local streets (50 km/h)	347	109	1,566	9.1%
Unknown speed zone	130	34	550	3.2%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	79	19	348	2.0%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	1,263	573	11,389	65.8%
Intersection	842	305	5,872	33.9%
Unknown geometry	7	3	36	0.2%
Other geometry	1	0	1	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	1,412	572	10,554	61.0%
Dark / street lights	487	232	5,071	29.3%
Dawn / dusk	182	68	1,467	8.5%
Other lighting	32	9	206	1.2%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	90	88	2,236	12.9%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	182	87	1,450	8.4%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	102	55	1,294	7.5%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	96	53	1,238	7.2%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	102	55	1,076	6.2%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	122	48	945	5.5%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	206	53	932	5.4%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	143	41	836	4.8%

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: Latrobe's recent annualised harm rate is 1280.9 versus a baseline annualised rate of 1235.8, a change of 45.1 harm-score points per year.

Open full Latrobe emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / STOCKS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	33.9	33.7	4
PRINCES FREEWAY / JOHN FIELD-PRINCES OUT ON RAMP	Emerging from low baseline	1.5	34.2	32.7	4
GLENGARRY WEST ROAD / BURNET PARK ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	32.1	32.0	3
CHURCH STREET / SERVICE STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
NARRACAN DRIVE / BENNETT STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.9	29.8	27.9	2
PRINCES FREEWAY / PRINCES DRIVE	Emerging from low baseline	1.6	26.4	24.7	1
STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / YINNAR-DRIFFIELD ALT ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.9	26.4	24.5	1
DOWNIES LANE / COCHRANES ROAD	Strong worsening	2.8	26.9	24.1	1

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Other / mixed mechanism	Major worsening	169.9	286.4	116.5
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Strong worsening	184.9	214.1	29.1
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Strong worsening	63.9	86.9	23.0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Strong worsening	109.7	133.2	23.5

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: Latrobe recorded 271 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 14 fatalities and 90 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 12.8% of all recorded injury crashes and 14.4% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 56 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 31 records.

Open full Latrobe VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	2,120	74	170
Older pedestrian	421	13	31
Bicyclist	379	30	102
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	229	19	56
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	1,646	56	139
Turning / crossing conflict	635	29	94
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	94	8	17
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	58	5	11
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	42	4	6
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	23	2	4

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
PRINCES HIGHWAY / VILLAGE AVENUE Open map	111	2	3	3	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY / BRADFORD DRIVE Open map	111	2	2	1	1
OLD SALE ROAD / BECKS BRIDGE ROAD Open map	110	2	2	1	1
NARRACAN DRIVE / BENNETT STREET Open map	102	1	2	2	0
BREED STREET / SEYMOUR STREET Open map	101	1	1	1	0
HIGH STREET / LLOYD STREET Open map	101	1	1	1	0
PRINCES DRIVE / PRINCES DRIVE Open map	101	1	1	1	0
BECKS BRIDGE ROAD / TURRAS ROAD Open map	100	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: Latrobe recorded 94 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 8 fatalities and 31 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 6.9% of total weighted harm. There are 11 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 Latrobe 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
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	413	13	17	1
Turning / crossing conflict	399	10	33	3
Other / mixed mechanism	274	8	18	7
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	48	4	11	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	27	2	7	0
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	26	2	8	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
LATROBE ROAD / BRINSMEAD ROAD Open map	200	2	1	0
OLD MELBOURNE ROAD / OLD MELBOURNE ALT ROAD Open map	101	1	2	0
STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / YINNAR-DRIFFIELD ALT ROAD Open map	101	1	2	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY / KENYONS LANE Open map	101	1	1	0
PRINCES FREEWAY / PRINCES DRIVE Open map	100	1	1	1
PRINCES FREEWAY EAST / JOHN FIELD-PRINCES OUT ON RAMP Open map	100	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
PRINCES FREEWAY / PRINCES DRIVE Open map	100	1	1	1	0	0
SHAKESPEARE STREET / PRINCES STREET Open map	14	1	2	1	0	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY / PRINCES FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD Open map	12	1	3	0	1	0
ASHWORTH DRIVE / CROSSS ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	0	1
BROWN COALMINE ROAD / TANJIL EAST ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	1	0
HAZELWOOD ROAD / SANDERS ROAD Open map	10	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.

Latrobe 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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Latrobe 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.

Latrobe Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
TRARALGON-MAFFRA ROAD / FARMERS ROAD	7 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 239	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES FREEWAY / PRINCES OUT-MORWELL-TRARALGON OF RAMP	6 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 236	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / AIRFIELD ROAD	12 crashes; 1 fatal; 11 serious; harm 215	Street View	Google Maps
LATROBE ROAD / BRINSMEAD ROAD	3 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 211	Street View	Google Maps
TRARALGON-MAFFRA ROAD / BLACK TANK ROAD	3 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 203	Street View	Google Maps
JOHN FIELD DRIVE / BOOLARRA AVENUE	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 201	Street View	Google Maps
QUARRY ROAD / MANFA COURT	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES FREEWAY / MARRETTS-PRINCES IN ON RAMP	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 187	Street View	Google Maps
BROWN COALMINE ROAD / SAND WASH ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 170	Street View	Google Maps
HAZELWOOD ROAD / JEERALANG NORTH ROAD	8 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 168	Street View	Google Maps
TRARALGON CREEK ROAD / MATTINGLEY HILL ROAD	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 157	Street View	Google Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY / PRINCES FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 155	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	TRARALGON-MAFFRA ROAD / FARMERS ROAD	7	2	3	9	239	0	0	0	1
2	PRINCES FREEWAY / PRINCES OUT-MORWELL-TRARALGON OF RAMP	6	2	3	6	236	1	0	0	1
3	PRINCES HIGHWAY / AIRFIELD ROAD	12	1	11	5	215	2	0	0	2
4	LATROBE ROAD / BRINSMEAD ROAD	3	2	1	1	211	1	0	0	0
5	TRARALGON-MAFFRA ROAD / BLACK TANK ROAD	3	2	0	3	203	0	0	0	0
6	JOHN FIELD DRIVE / BOOLARRA AVENUE	1	2	0	1	201	0	0	0	0
7	QUARRY ROAD / MANFA COURT	1	2	0	0	200	0	0	0	0
8	PRINCES FREEWAY / MARRETTS-PRINCES IN ON RAMP	6	1	8	7	187	1	0	0	0
9	BROWN COALMINE ROAD / SAND WASH ROAD	2	1	7	0	170	0	1	0	0
10	HAZELWOOD ROAD / JEERALANG NORTH ROAD	8	1	6	8	168	1	0	0	1
11	TRARALGON CREEK ROAD / MATTINGLEY HILL ROAD	6	1	5	7	157	0	0	0	1
12	PRINCES HIGHWAY / PRINCES FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD	9	1	5	5	155	3	0	1	0
13	STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / YINNAR-DRIFFIELD ALT ROAD	7	1	4	6	146	2	0	1	0
14	PRINCES HIGHWAY / VILLAGE AVENUE	15	1	3	16	146	1	3	0	1
15	PRINCES FREEWAY / JOHN FIELD-PRINCES OUT ON RAMP	5	1	4	3	143	1	0	0	0
16	OLD MELBOURNE ROAD / AIRFIELD ROAD	4	1	4	3	143	0	0	0	0
17	TYERS ROAD / SCRUBBY LANE	9	1	3	8	138	0	0	0	1
18	STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / STOCKS ROAD	4	1	3	3	133	2	0	0	0
19	PRINCES HIGHWAY / BRADFORD DRIVE	4	1	3	2	132	0	1	1	0
20	NARRACAN DRIVE / BENNETT STREET	8	1	2	10	130	0	2	0	1
21	CHURCH ROAD / JEERALANG NORTH ROAD	3	1	2	6	126	0	0	0	1
22	DOWNIES LANE / COCHRANES ROAD	7	1	2	5	125	0	0	0	6
23	GLENGARRY WEST ROAD / BURNET PARK ROAD	4	1	2	4	124	0	0	1	0
24	BREED STREET / SEYMOUR STREET	2	1	2	1	121	0	1	0	1
25	TYERS-WALHALLA ROAD / RINTOULS CREEK ROAD	3	1	2	0	120	1	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

170

Pedestrian crash records

102

Bicycle crash records

333

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records