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Maribyrnong Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

33 fatalities 1,077 serious injuries 1,173 VRU crash records 172 heavy-vehicle crash records
2,820
Crash records
33
Fatalities
1,077
Serious injuries
2,324
Other injuries
16,394
Weighted harm score
73.0
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: Williamstown / Somerville is the strongest Maribyrnong signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #54 statewide.
107
SCATS-matched sites
2,275
Matched crashes
871
Fatal/serious injuries
12,865
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
154Williamstown / Somerville
SCATS 4251
34822472.2184
2121WESTERN Highway / GORDON
SCATS 2603
48424782.1390
3145WESTERN Highway / DROOP / FARNSWORTH
SCATS 2602
32519541.8183
4148Sunshine / Geelong
SCATS 1539
29818352.0132
5191WESTERN Highway / DARNLEY / BUTLER
SCATS 2608
50620452.1102

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

16,394
Weighted harm score
1,110
Fatal + serious injuries
32.5%
VRU share of harm
11.4%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
7.4%
High-speed road harm share
58.8%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Maribyrnong recorded 2,820 injury crash records, 33 fatalities and 1,077 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 11.4% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 40.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,0254495,88835.9%
Pedestrian conflict3371662,94217.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict5451261,92111.7%
Other / mixed mechanism4291381,90711.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2331131,82011.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict117641,0996.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict132527974.9%
Object / roadside impact22200.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict4034495,13436.0%
Pedestrian conflict1621662,75119.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control991131,67711.7%
Other / mixed mechanism1301381,57811.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1131261,3999.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict50641,0127.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict47527044.9%
Object / roadside impact22200.1%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict3371662,94255.2%
Other / mixed mechanism1776696018.0%
Turning / crossing conflict1335673813.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict47132574.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2171763.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1661613.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control217911.7%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict583565335.0%
Other / mixed mechanism401829715.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict111028315.2%
Pedestrian conflict9624313.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict6321511.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict46131749.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2020.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,65766910,17762.1%
Local streets (50 km/h)6052563,71622.7%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)182881,2147.4%
Unknown speed zone241466794.1%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)135516083.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection1,7286569,64158.8%
Midblock / not at intersection1,0904536,74241.1%
Unknown geometry11100.1%
Other geometry1010.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight1,8196879,57258.4%
Dark / street lights6593215,24232.0%
Dawn / dusk231901,3558.3%
Other lighting111122251.4%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
RIGHT THROUGH3811752,24813.7%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)5391241,89611.6%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.157791,4188.6%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT116641,2447.6%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE109701,2177.4%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)189739976.1%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)111506924.2%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)53376003.7%

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

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
MOORE STREET / BALLARAT ROADEmerging from low baseline0.031.331.33
GEELONG STREET / SUNSHINE ROADEmerging from low baseline1.331.630.33
FRANCIS STREET / BALLARAT STREETEmerging from low baseline0.128.728.62
BALLARAT ROAD / DODD STREETStrong worsening3.931.928.03
FRANCIS STREET -WHITEHALL STREET / MINNIE STREETEmerging from low baseline0.026.426.41
ROSAMOND ROAD / WHITE STREETModerate worsening15.523.27.78
ASHLEY STREET / CHURCHILL AVENUEEmerging from low baseline0.48.68.23
RALEIGH ROAD / RANDALL STREETEmerging from low baseline1.88.97.13

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Other / mixed mechanismStrong worsening238.0265.527.6
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlWatch146.9120.1-26.8
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictWatch66.450.6-15.7

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: Maribyrnong recorded 752 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 18 fatalities and 303 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 26.7% of all recorded injury crashes and 32.5% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 70 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 59 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian3,598200398
Bicyclist1,735121360
Older pedestrian8003259
School-age pedestrian/cyclist2852370
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism2,420148339
Turning / crossing conflict2,156135290
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3211865
Rear-end / same-lane conflict176721
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict161616
Run-off-road / loss-of-control91721

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
WHITEHALL STREET / SOMERVILLE ROAD
Open map
1758121110
HOPKINS STREET / MORELAND STREET
Open map
12333210
MOORE STREET / LYNCH STREET
Open map
12032110
BALLARAT ROAD / BURKE STREET
Open map
11324310
BALLARAT ROAD / PARK STREET
Open map
11022200
FRANCIS STREET / BALLARAT STREET
Open map
11022200
GEELONG STREET / SUNSHINE ROAD
Open map
11022110
BALLARAT ROAD / THOMSON STREET
Open map
10112110

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: Maribyrnong recorded 172 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 10 fatalities and 75 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 11.4% of total weighted harm. There are 47 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.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict854376118
Other / mixed mechanism339224621
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict28310112
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict215364
Rear-end / same-lane conflict17413461
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2021

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
WHITEHALL STREET / SOMERVILLE ROAD
Open map
152688
FRANCIS STREET / BALLARAT STREET
Open map
110222
MOORE STREET / BALLARAT ROAD
Open map
110210
SOMERVILLE ROAD / HOLMWOOD ROAD
Open map
103130
CRANWELL STREET / EVANS STREET
Open map
100110
DROOP STREET / HOPKINS STREET
Open map
100111

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
WHITEHALL STREET / SOMERVILLE ROAD
Open map
15268161
FRANCIS STREET / BALLARAT STREET
Open map
11022200
DROOP STREET / HOPKINS STREET
Open map
10011100
FRANCIS STREET -WHITEHALL STREET / MINNIE STREET
Open map
10011010
PARKER STREET / MORELAND STREET
Open map
10011100
PRINCES HIGHWAY WEST / GEELONG ROAD
Open map
10011100

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: Maribyrnong has 107 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 2,275 matched crash records and 871 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Williamstown / Somerville, with a priority score of 92.1.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Williamstown / Somerville
SCATS 4251
Open map
92.1348.0222.2High
WESTERN Highway / GORDON
SCATS 2603
Open map
89.1484.0242.1High
WESTERN Highway / DROOP / FARNSWORTH
SCATS 2602
Open map
88.3325.0191.8High
Sunshine / Geelong
SCATS 1539
Open map
88.2298.0182.0High
WESTERN Highway / DARNLEY / BUTLER
SCATS 2608
Open map
87.0506.0202.1High
Rosamond / Highpoint City Shop Ent
SCATS 2625
Open map
86.8222.0192.9High
WESTERN Highway / ASHLEY
SCATS 2607
Open map
86.8364.0231.6High
Buckley / Victoria
SCATS 4235
Open map
86.4197.0161.8High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Somerville / Hyde
SCATS 3430
Open map
49.1114.09292,319,926
Fogarty Avenue near Wembley Avenue
SCATS 1587
Open map
13.477.0795,750,299
Hyde Street / Leek Street
SCATS 8521
Open map
9.252.04155,656,625
Moreland St / Parker St
SCATS 3283
Open map
4.3193.092044,422,041
Whitehall / Somerville
SCATS 3435
Open map
2.9211.0112073,145,706
Rosamond / Highpoint City Shop Ent
SCATS 2625
Open map
2.9222.0193977,880,498
Irving / Leeds
SCATS 4245
Open map
2.8104.0101437,391,910
Mitchell / Rosamond
SCATS 4940
Open map
2.8108.092338,850,752

Maribyrnong 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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Maribyrnong 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

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

Maribyrnong Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
BALLARAT ROAD / ASH STREET12 crashes; 2 fatal; 5 serious; harm 258Street ViewGoogle Maps
ROSAMOND ROAD / WHITE STREET37 crashes; 0 fatal; 19 serious; harm 220Street ViewGoogle Maps
BALLARAT ROAD / DROOP STREET24 crashes; 1 fatal; 9 serious; harm 213Street ViewGoogle Maps
WHITEHALL STREET / SOMERVILLE ROAD18 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 208Street ViewGoogle Maps
BALLARAT ROAD / THOMSON STREET11 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 179Street ViewGoogle Maps
RALEIGH ROAD / CLYDE STREET14 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 171Street ViewGoogle Maps
BALLARAT ROAD / DODD STREET8 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 164Street ViewGoogle Maps
HOPKINS STREET / MORELAND STREET13 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 162Street ViewGoogle Maps
BALLARAT ROAD / GORDON STREET37 crashes; 0 fatal; 12 serious; harm 150Street ViewGoogle Maps
WILLIAMSTOWN ROAD / SOMERVILLE ROAD33 crashes; 0 fatal; 12 serious; harm 150Street ViewGoogle Maps
BUCKLEY STREET / VICTORIA STREET29 crashes; 0 fatal; 12 serious; harm 150Street ViewGoogle Maps
BALLARAT ROAD / BURKE STREET10 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 149Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / DARNLEY / BUTLERSite 2608; 45 matched crashes; harm 506Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / GORDONSite 2603; 78 matched crashes; harm 484Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / ASHLEYSite 2607; 57 matched crashes; harm 364Street ViewGoogle Maps
Williamstown / SomervilleSite 4251; 47 matched crashes; harm 348Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / DROOP / FARNSWORTHSite 2602; 54 matched crashes; harm 325Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway near THOMSONSite 2615; 27 matched crashes; harm 301Street ViewGoogle Maps
Sunshine / GeelongSite 1539; 35 matched crashes; harm 298Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / ROSAMOND / S'HILLSite 2605; 40 matched crashes; harm 293Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Hwy West / GeelongSite 2507; 51 matched crashes; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
Raleigh / ClydeSite 2626; 30 matched crashes; harm 274Street ViewGoogle Maps
Ballarat / MooreSite 2503; 36 matched crashes; harm 270Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Hwy West / CemeterySite 2519; 34 matched crashes; harm 254Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1BALLARAT ROAD / ASH STREET122582580200
2ROSAMOND ROAD / WHITE STREET37019302200503
3BALLARAT ROAD / DROOP STREET2419232130413
4WHITEHALL STREET / SOMERVILLE ROAD18110820881111
5BALLARAT ROAD / THOMSON STREET111791790110
6RALEIGH ROAD / CLYDE STREET1416111710301
7BALLARAT ROAD / DODD STREET81641641001
8HOPKINS STREET / MORELAND STREET1315121620212
9BALLARAT ROAD / GORDON STREET370123015001017
10WILLIAMSTOWN ROAD / SOMERVILLE ROAD33012301501108
11BUCKLEY STREET / VICTORIA STREET29012301504843
12BALLARAT ROAD / BURKE STREET101491490310
13BALLARAT ROAD / COMMERCIAL ROAD81451450003
14GEELONG ROAD / MITFORD PARADE15013121423000
15MOORE STREET / LYNCH STREET61421420112
16BALLARAT ROAD / ASHLEY STREET30012211410604
17HAMPSTEAD ROAD -WESTS ROAD / WILLIAMSON ROAD27012211410504
18BALLARAT ROAD / JAMIESON AVENUE41411410001
19FRANCIS STREET / WILLIAMSTOWN ROAD24012201406202
20GEELONG STREET / SUNSHINE ROAD81361360111
21BALLARAT ROAD / PARK STREET51331330200
22FARNSWORTH AVENUE / KINNEAR STREET21301300000
23BALLARAT ROAD / LYONS STREET71261260101
24ROSAMOND ROAD / SLOANE STREET61241240100
25BUCKLEY STREET / BILSTON STREET51241240012

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
12608WESTERN Highway / DARNLEY / BUTLER45317506245,351,7152.062523
22603WESTERN Highway / GORDON78222484227,217,2872.13019515
32607WESTERN Highway / ASHLEY57122364233,966,8931.5611105
44251Williamstown / Somerville47121348159,141,9602.1945310
52602WESTERN Highway / DROOP / FARNSWORTH54118325181,747,5051.793747
62615WESTERN Highway near THOMSON27118301121,995,6162.470312
71539Sunshine / Geelong35117298148,026,0782.012427
82605WESTERN Highway / ROSAMOND / S'HILL40115293182,912,9351.603564
92507Princes Hwy West / Geelong51114290275,566,5921.0572510
102626Raleigh / Clyde30115274164,108,4461.670505
112503Ballarat / Moore36114270247,589,2621.093325
122519Princes Hwy West / Cemetery34023254215,149,8801.187011
132782Moore / Donald29112238107,720,4982.210428
142625Rosamond / Highpoint City Shop Ent3901922277,880,4982.850703
154230Williamstown / Francis40019221177,725,5541.249223
162506Princes Hwy West / Barkly / Victoria46018217267,896,4940.8111159
173435Whitehall / Somerville2011021173,145,7062.8891121
184951Ashley / Sunshine / Dempster46017207174,160,8171.192718
194961Rosamond / Williamson / Aquatic3218206208,078,5450.9901013
203431Hyde / Francis271820597,624,4522.106074
214936Hampstead / Wests / Williamson48016202127,727,9041.580806
223368Hopkins St Nr Maribyrnong St221820174,213,0932.710266
234235Buckley / Victoria39016197107,010,6961.8441055
243283Moreland St / Parker St201819344,422,0414.344295
252707HAMPSTEAD near KEITH38016189103,197,6971.832538

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

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Road-user summaries

398
Pedestrian crash records
360
Bicycle crash records
415
Motorcycle crash records
172
Heavy-vehicle crash records