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Loddon Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

23 fatalities 257 serious injuries 52 VRU crash records 31 heavy-vehicle crash records

392

Crash records

Fatalities

257

Serious injuries

269

Other injuries

5,139

Weighted harm score

31.9

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

5,139

Weighted harm score

280

Fatal + serious injuries

6.8%

VRU share of harm

8.2%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

95.7%

High-speed road harm share

17.7%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Loddon recorded 392 injury crash records, 23 fatalities and 257 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 8.2% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 95.7% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 32.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	149	116	2,071	40.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	114	72	1,152	22.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	28	32	618	12.0%
Other / mixed mechanism	55	28	587	11.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	12	8	270	5.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	21	16	263	5.1%
Pedestrian conflict	5	4	132	2.6%
Object / roadside impact	8	4	46	0.9%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	84	116	1,989	40.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	63	72	1,090	22.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	20	32	605	12.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	25	28	555	11.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	7	8	262	5.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	12	16	253	5.1%
Pedestrian conflict	4	4	131	2.7%
Object / roadside impact	3	4	40	0.8%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	6	3	215	61.3%
Pedestrian conflict	5	4	132	37.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	1	0	3	0.9%
Turning / crossing conflict	1	0	1	0.3%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	8	7	169	40.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	2	112	26.5%
Turning / crossing conflict	10	7	74	17.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	5	3	35	8.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	3	3	30	7.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	0.5%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	339	262	4,916	95.7%
Local streets (50 km/h)	17	6	74	1.4%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	19	5	68	1.3%
Unknown speed zone	13	5	59	1.1%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	4	2	22	0.4%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	310	214	4,228	82.3%
Intersection	82	66	911	17.7%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	260	192	3,452	67.2%
Dark / street lights	93	64	1,240	24.1%
Dawn / dusk	34	20	406	7.9%
Other lighting	5	4	41	0.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	64	45	1,119	21.8%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	68	49	894	17.4%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	19	27	556	10.8%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	20	18	291	5.7%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	18	13	229	4.5%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	9	6	159	3.1%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD	6	4	134	2.6%
PERMANENT OBSTRUCTION ON CARRIAGEWAY	6	4	132	2.6%

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: Loddon has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.

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

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / BRIDGEWATER-MALDON ROAD	Strong worsening	6.6	37.9	31.2	5

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Moderate worsening	73.2	74.4	1.3
Other / mixed mechanism	Moderate worsening	51.5	65.8	14.3
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Moderate worsening	9.6	17.0	7.3
Object / roadside impact	Moderate worsening	3.1	5.5	2.4

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: Loddon recorded 13 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 3 fatalities and 4 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 3.3% of all recorded injury crashes and 6.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 2 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 4 records.

Open full Loddon VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	346	7	10
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	102	1	2
Older pedestrian	31	3	4
Bicyclist	5	0	3
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	336	6	9
Turning / crossing conflict	12	1	3
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	0	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
CALDER HIGHWAY / WEDDERBURN-WEDDERBURN JUNCTION ROAD Open map	101	1	1	1	0
DUNOLLY-MOLIAGUL ROAD / SKIRROW ROAD Open map	101	1	1	1	0
WEDDERBURN-SERPENTINE ROAD / BRIDGEWATER-SERPENTINE ROAD Open map	101	1	1	1	0
ARMSTRONG STREET / WEAVER STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
HIGH STREET / CHAPEL STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
NELSON STREET / GIFFARD STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
RAILWAY AVENUE / VICTORIA STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0
LEITCHVILLE-PYRAMID ROAD / HILL ROAD Open map	3	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: Loddon recorded 31 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 2 fatalities and 20 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 8.2% of total weighted harm. There are 1 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 Loddon 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	169	7	8	0
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	112	2	3	0
Turning / crossing conflict	74	7	10	0
Other / mixed mechanism	35	3	5	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	30	3	3	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
BRIDGEWATER-SERPENTINE ROAD / RUDDOCKS LANE Open map	110	2	1
DUNOLLY-MOLIAGUL ROAD / D184 TRACK Open map	110	2	1
DINGEE ROAD / DINGEE ROAD Open map	31	3	1
CALDER HIGHWAY / ROBERTS ROAD Open map	20	2	1
LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY / PEPPERCORN REV WAY SERVICE ROAD Open map	12	1	2
WIMMERA HIGHWAY / BEALIBA-BURKES FLAT ROAD Open map	12	1	1

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.

Loddon 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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Loddon 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.

Loddon Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / BRIDGEWATER-MALDON ROAD	10 crashes; 1 fatal; 9 serious; harm 199	Street View	Google Maps
BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / PLAYFAIR STREET	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 150	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / ROBERTS ROAD	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 150	Street View	Google Maps
ELMORE-RAYWOOD ROAD / CLARKSON ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 132	Street View	Google Maps
WIMMERA HIGHWAY / CHURCH ROAD	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 121	Street View	Google Maps
LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY / BOORT-MITIAMO ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps
BRIDGEWATER-RAYWOOD ROAD / HORWOOD ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps
ECHUCA-SERPENTINE ROAD / STUARTS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
INGLEWOOD-RHEOLA ROAD / EUCY STILL ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
MITIAMO-KERANG ROAD / CASSIDYS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
BRIDGEWATER-SERPENTINE ROAD / RUDDOCKS LANE	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / CONNORS ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	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	BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / BRIDGEWATER-MALDON ROAD	10	1	9	9	199	1	0	0
2	BENDIGO-MARYBOROUGH ROAD / PLAYFAIR STREET	4	1	5	0	150	0	0	1
3	CALDER HIGHWAY / ROBERTS ROAD	3	1	5	0	150	1	0	0
4	ELMORE-RAYWOOD ROAD / CLARKSON ROAD	2	1	3	2	132	0	0	0
5	WIMMERA HIGHWAY / CHURCH ROAD	3	1	2	1	121	0	0	0
6	LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY / BOORT-MITIAMO ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	1	0	0
7	BRIDGEWATER-RAYWOOD ROAD / HORWOOD ROAD	1	1	1	1	111	0	0	0
8	ECHUCA-SERPENTINE ROAD / STUARTS ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	0	0	1
9	INGLEWOOD-RHEOLA ROAD / EUCY STILL ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
10	MITIAMO-KERANG ROAD / CASSIDYS ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
11	BRIDGEWATER-SERPENTINE ROAD / RUDDOCKS LANE	1	1	1	0	110	1	0	0
12	CALDER HIGHWAY / CONNORS ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
13	DUNOLLY-MOLIAGUL ROAD / D184 TRACK	1	1	1	0	110	1	0	0
14	SEBASTIAN ROAD / COLLINS ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
15	CALDER HIGHWAY / COLLINS ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	0
16	CALDER HIGHWAY / WEDDERBURN-WEDDERBURN JUNCTION ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	1	0
17	DUNOLLY-MOLIAGUL ROAD / LIDDELL LANE	1	1	0	1	101	0	0	0
18	DUNOLLY-MOLIAGUL ROAD / SKIRROW ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	1	0
19	WEDDERBURN-SERPENTINE ROAD / BRIDGEWATER-SERPENTINE ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	1	0
20	BOORT-PYRAMID ROAD / LODDON RIVER ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
21	CALDER HIGHWAY / BAKERS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
22	WALLABY WAY / OLD BOORT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
23	WEDDERBURN JUNCTION EAST ROAD / BOORT-KURTING ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
24	WIMMERA HIGHWAY / BRIDGEWATER-MALDON ROAD	5	0	9	5	95	1	0	0
25	LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY / SEBASTIAN ROAD	4	0	6	6	66	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

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records