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Melbourne 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 3,511 serious injuries 6,287 VRU crash records 488 heavy-vehicle crash records
10,347
Crash records
53
Fatalities
3,511
Serious injuries
8,549
Other injuries
48,959
Weighted harm score
97.0
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: LYGON near LYTTON is the strongest Melbourne signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #1 statewide.
371
SCATS-matched sites
9,357
Matched crashes
3,158
Fatal/serious injuries
43,437
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
11LYGON near LYTTON
SCATS 4414
479361116.6453
22City / Clarendon
SCATS 4883
44738942.8536
33Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker
SCATS 4465
77345803.9511
47Racecourse / Newmarket
SCATS 2939
43431532.8423
515Kingsway / Southern Link
SCATS 2397
608471392.13622

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

48,959
Weighted harm score
3,564
Fatal + serious injuries
41.9%
VRU share of harm
8.1%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
9.2%
High-speed road harm share
55.6%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Melbourne recorded 10,347 injury crash records, 53 fatalities and 3,511 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Vulnerable road-user crashes account for 41.9% of weighted harm, making this a major local signature. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 8.1% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 35.1% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict3,4031,23916,88734.5%
Pedestrian conflict1,3986448,42417.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1,8644967,49715.3%
Other / mixed mechanism1,5234786,61613.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control7332853,6267.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict9522473,5117.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict4521652,2844.7%
Object / roadside impact22101140.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,1391,23914,28734.8%
Pedestrian conflict6176447,58218.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict4414965,75914.0%
Other / mixed mechanism4484785,44713.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2692853,1367.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2382472,7596.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1491651,9474.7%
Object / roadside impact8101000.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict1,3976448,42341.1%
Turning / crossing conflict1,0823564,79423.4%
Other / mixed mechanism8782453,47617.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict6821502,15410.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control194598194.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict104364362.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict113283691.8%
Object / roadside impact73340.2%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict118591,14128.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1335788522.3%
Other / mixed mechanism964376719.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict953561115.4%
Pedestrian conflict21173599.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict16102005.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control9090.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)3,8481,50420,71842.3%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)3,05695613,18326.9%
Local streets (50 km/h)1,5985317,30414.9%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)8143574,5059.2%
Unknown speed zone1,0312163,2496.6%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection5,7361,96027,23755.6%
Midblock / not at intersection4,5941,60021,66944.3%
Unknown geometry122300.1%
Other geometry52230.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight6,4002,24430,80662.9%
Dark / street lights2,61497813,28627.1%
Dawn / dusk9162823,8847.9%
Other lighting417609832.0%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)1,8494937,45515.2%
RIGHT THROUGH1,1064325,80611.9%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.7133194,2028.6%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT4542272,9065.9%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)5672052,8595.8%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)5051762,1014.3%
VEHICLE STRIKES DOOR OF PARKED/STATIONARY VEHICLE6011191,7033.5%
LEFT TURN SIDESWIPE4751211,6763.4%

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: Melbourne 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
ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREETStrong worsening9.653.844.211
Unknown locationStrong worsening2.534.532.04
VICTORIA PARADE / NICHOLSON STREETStrong worsening2.632.930.33
KING STREET / PHOENIX LANEEmerging from low baseline1.331.330.13
BATMAN AVENUE / FLINDERS STREETStrong worsening4.333.429.23
NICHOLSON STREET / JOHNSTON STREETStrong worsening7.935.227.44
HARBOUR ESPLANADE / BOURKE STREETEmerging from low baseline1.329.027.72
ELIZABETH STREET / PELHAM STREETStrong worsening5.131.926.73

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Other / mixed mechanismMajor worsening731.5815.183.6
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictModerate worsening166.3181.214.9
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlWatch286.0260.0-25.9
Object / roadside impactStrong worsening3.012.59.5

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: Melbourne recorded 4,457 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 23 fatalities and 1,498 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 43.1% of all recorded injury crashes and 41.9% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 182 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 171 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian10,6777771,767
Bicyclist10,5507802,793
Older pedestrian1,80298171
School-age pedestrian/cyclist95273182
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict8,9966751,795
Other / mixed mechanism7,0065241,472
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2,845196772
Run-off-road / loss-of-control81959194
Rear-end / same-lane conflict43636104
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict36928113

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
PEEL STREET / VICTORIA STREET
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226122513120
KING STREET / LA TROBE STREET
Open map
21811256200
ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREET
Open map
20210161330
SPENCER STREET / COLLINS STREET
Open map
1798141230
BOURKE STREET / ELIZABETH STREET
Open map
17162514120
ELIZABETH STREET / VICTORIA STREET
Open map
1606155100
RACECOURSE ROAD / BELLAIR STREET
Open map
159611560
PEEL STREET / HARBISON LANE
Open map
14356340

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: Melbourne recorded 488 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 15 fatalities and 206 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 8.1% of total weighted harm. There are 118 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 87 across 28 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
M1 West Gate Bridge Inbound (EB)
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73.6511450.7
M1 West Gate Bridge Outbound (WB)
Open map
70.5361428.1

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict1,4066713048
Rear-end / same-lane conflict885571336
Other / mixed mechanism8515110442
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict611359510
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict21011179
Run-off-road / loss-of-control9093

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
FOOTSCRAY ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD
Open map
243684
SPENCER STREET / HAWKE STREET
Open map
121331
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-WEST GATE IN RAMP
Open map
115261
DOCK LINK ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD
Open map
110222
LORIMER STREET / HALL STREET
Open map
110221
PEEL STREET / VICTORIA STREET
Open map
110221

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
FOOTSCRAY ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD
Open map
24368112
SPENCER STREET / HAWKE STREET
Open map
12133010
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-WEST GATE IN RAMP
Open map
11526001
DOCK LINK ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD
Open map
11022020
LORIMER STREET / HALL STREET
Open map
11022010
PEEL STREET / VICTORIA STREET
Open map
11022100

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: Melbourne has 371 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 9,357 matched crash records and 3,158 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is LYGON near LYTTON, with a priority score of 98.6.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
LYGON near LYTTON
SCATS 4414
Open map
98.6479.0366.6High
City / Clarendon
SCATS 4883
Open map
97.2447.0382.8High
Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker
SCATS 4465
Open map
97.0773.0453.9High
Racecourse / Newmarket
SCATS 2939
Open map
96.3434.0312.8High
Kingsway / Southern Link
SCATS 2397
Open map
95.2608.0472.1High
Victoria / Peel
SCATS 4506
Open map
94.3479.0252.6High
City / Moray / Queensbridge
SCATS 4882
Open map
94.0382.0332.2High
King / Latrobe
SCATS 2925
Open map
93.8490.0252.4High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Exhibition / Little Lonsdale
SCATS 2911
Open map
23.4143.013266,120,243
Appleton Dock / Coode
SCATS 3628
Open map
16.0211.03413,164,617
Queen / Little Bourke
SCATS 4607
Open map
11.3121.021210,699,573
Exhibition / Little Collins
SCATS 4586
Open map
11.094.08218,517,696
Exhibition / Little Bourke
SCATS 4603
Open map
10.852.04164,806,325
Queen / Little Collins
SCATS 4590
Open map
8.567.05217,840,956
COOK / SALMON / WESTGATE Freeway ENTRANCE
SCATS 3627
Open map
8.5318.0185137,551,858
King / Little Bourke
SCATS 4609
Open map
8.482.06259,816,598

Melbourne 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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Melbourne 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.

Melbourne Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
HARKER STREET / FLEMINGTON ROAD22 crashes; 3 fatal; 14 serious; harm 455Street ViewGoogle Maps
PEEL STREET / VICTORIA STREET49 crashes; 2 fatal; 18 serious; harm 417Street ViewGoogle Maps
CITYLINK / LORIMER STREET78 crashes; 0 fatal; 30 serious; harm 388Street ViewGoogle Maps
CEMETERY ROAD / PRINCES STREET81 crashes; 0 fatal; 29 serious; harm 382Street ViewGoogle Maps
FOOTSCRAY ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD21 crashes; 2 fatal; 15 serious; harm 358Street ViewGoogle Maps
WEST GATE FREEWAY / CITYLINK46 crashes; 0 fatal; 28 serious; harm 331Street ViewGoogle Maps
KING STREET / HAWKE STREET42 crashes; 1 fatal; 19 serious; harm 325Street ViewGoogle Maps
ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREET35 crashes; 1 fatal; 19 serious; harm 316Street ViewGoogle Maps
KING STREET / LA TROBE STREET45 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 259Street ViewGoogle Maps
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-WEST GATE IN RAMP34 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 253Street ViewGoogle Maps
WEST GATE FREEWAY / INGLES STREET43 crashes; 0 fatal; 20 serious; harm 240Street ViewGoogle Maps
RACECOURSE ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD50 crashes; 0 fatal; 19 serious; harm 232Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Flemington / Gatehouse / HarkerSite 4465; 80 matched crashes; harm 773Street ViewGoogle Maps
Kingsway / Southern LinkSite 2397; 139 matched crashes; harm 608Street ViewGoogle Maps
King / LatrobeSite 2925; 76 matched crashes; harm 490Street ViewGoogle Maps
LYGON near LYTTONSite 4414; 111 matched crashes; harm 479Street ViewGoogle Maps
Victoria / PeelSite 4506; 61 matched crashes; harm 479Street ViewGoogle Maps
Footscray Road / Dock Link Road (Coode)Site 4377; 21 matched crashes; harm 457Street ViewGoogle Maps
City / ClarendonSite 4883; 94 matched crashes; harm 447Street ViewGoogle Maps
Racecourse / NewmarketSite 2939; 53 matched crashes; harm 434Street ViewGoogle Maps
Lygon / ElginSite 4408; 50 matched crashes; harm 407Street ViewGoogle Maps
Montague / LorimerSite 4902; 83 matched crashes; harm 400Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hoddle / FreemanSite 3389; 48 matched crashes; harm 391Street ViewGoogle Maps
Victoria / RathdowneSite 4405; 94 matched crashes; harm 390Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1HARKER STREET / FLEMINGTON ROAD22314154550616
2PEEL STREET / VICTORIA STREET4921837417213126
3CITYLINK / LORIMER STREET780308838814002
4CEMETERY ROAD / PRINCES STREET8102992382212711
5FOOTSCRAY ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD2121583588153
6WEST GATE FREEWAY / CITYLINK46028513316002
7KING STREET / HAWKE STREET421193532508011
8ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREET351192631601334
9KING STREET / LA TROBE STREET451123925916207
10WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-WEST GATE IN RAMP34112332536003
11WEST GATE FREEWAY / INGLES STREET43020402403008
12RACECOURSE ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD500194223241047
13WEST GATE FREEWAY / BAY TRAIL560185123123009
14RACECOURSE ROAD / BELLAIR STREET18112112312562
15SPENCER STREET / COLLINS STREET231111422411233
16DYNON ROAD / LLOYD STREET23110232232232
17RACECOURSE ROAD / FLEMINGTON ROAD4601833213111010
18LA TROBE STREET / WILLIAM STREET390183121101178
19WURUNDJERI WAY / WURUNDJERI WAY360182920912112
20ST KILDA ROAD / ST KILDA ROAD2619192092781
21FLINDERS STREET / WILLIAM ALT STREET4001735205331011
22WEST GATE FREEWAY / SALMON STREET49016452056106
23NICHOLSON STREET / JOHNSTON STREET28182020015107
24ABBOTSFORD STREET / ARDEN STREET171971970323
25BOURKE STREET / ELIZABETH STREET291723193214121

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
14465Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker80342773200,489,5043.861161817
22397Kingsway / Southern Link139047608284,883,7612.13225625
32925King / Latrobe76223490207,562,7982.3638419
44414LYGON near LYTTON11103647972,833,1836.583161217
54506Victoria / Peel61223479186,131,1342.57213238
64377Footscray Road / Dock Link Road (Coode)21315457125,054,3783.659173
74883City / Clarendon94038447160,887,1742.786271214
82939Racecourse / Newmarket53130434156,403,8322.77321165
94408Lygon / Elgin50127407129,428,6103.1401567
104902Montague / Lorimer83033400325,325,5911.231031218
113389Hoddle / Freeman48215391344,377,1781.1425117
124405Victoria / Rathdowne94032390204,784,2341.90292328
134384Royal / Cemetery / Macarthur79032386319,025,6601.21261513
144882City / Moray / Queensbridge72033382172,044,8112.221141022
154461Flemington / Racecourse / Elliot79032378372,247,7431.02141513
164521Spencer / Dudley73031365225,386,9901.6215428
174466Flemington / Grattan / Wreckyn71119354153,147,3262.310232411
184524King / Hawke47121349169,254,0862.0608013
194463Flemington / Abbotsford50121342214,805,3681.59171410
202922Elizabeth / Latrobe111024331167,073,2691.981236714
212926Spencer / Latrobe64118328123,451,8102.66016228
223627COOK / SALMON / WESTGATE Freeway ENTRANCE5111731837,551,8588.475108
234585Spencer / Collins42119316117,901,9782.6811895
244562Swanston / Flinders69025308335,176,6640.92025264
254383Royal / Gatehouse / College76024304140,165,2772.17172111

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_504M1 West Gate Bridge Inbound (EB)1404511,006,2027.6050.69
2TIRTL_505M1 West Gate Bridge Outbound (WB)1402361,279,8827.5028.13

Road-user summaries

1,767
Pedestrian crash records
2,793
Bicycle crash records
1,727
Motorcycle crash records
488
Heavy-vehicle crash records