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Melton Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

70 fatalities 1,694 serious injuries 797 VRU crash records 210 heavy-vehicle crash records
4,001
Crash records
70
Fatalities
1,694
Serious injuries
3,722
Other injuries
27,662
Weighted harm score
76.6
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: HIGH near COBURNS is the strongest Melton signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #144 statewide.
59
SCATS-matched sites
1,052
Matched crashes
357
Fatal/serious injuries
5,742
Weighted harm score
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Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
1144HIGH near COBURNS
SCATS 2669		23519462.781
2195Robinsons Road / Middle Road
SCATS 1796		25020522.737
3277MELTON Highway / GOURLAY
SCATS 2595		33419491.8130
4289COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH)
SCATS 4983		27013382.391
5302Coburns / Barries
SCATS 2646		31317522.0110

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

27,662
Weighted harm score
1,764
Fatal + serious injuries
8.7%
VRU share of harm
9.5%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
46.1%
High-speed road harm share
36.5%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Melton recorded 4,001 injury crash records, 70 fatalities and 1,694 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 9.5% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 46.1% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 42.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,3735999,37833.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict3272744,64016.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict9052914,50816.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4752413,80913.8%
Other / mixed mechanism5781993,04411.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict161711,1864.3%
Pedestrian conflict165809963.6%
Object / roadside impact1791010.4%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5125998,22733.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1922744,46418.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2422913,66014.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2172413,52514.4%
Other / mixed mechanism1771992,55810.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict66711,0804.4%
Pedestrian conflict77808993.7%
Object / roadside impact89910.4%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict1658099641.2%
Other / mixed mechanism1053670229.0%
Turning / crossing conflict461931212.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1061566.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict751435.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict126702.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control93391.6%
Object / roadside impact1020.1%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict433380730.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict664678429.9%
Turning / crossing conflict543148918.6%
Other / mixed mechanism281332812.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict741335.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control95542.1%
Pedestrian conflict22200.8%
Object / roadside impact11100.4%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)1,32074712,75746.1%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,6986759,94636.0%
Local streets (50 km/h)5732283,26811.8%
Unknown speed zone273609393.4%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)137547522.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Midblock / not at intersection2,1531,05917,47263.2%
Intersection1,83769510,08436.5%
Other geometry76650.2%
Unknown geometry44410.1%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,4881,06315,81257.2%
Dark / street lights1,0235339,09732.9%
Dawn / dusk3811562,5239.1%
Other lighting109122300.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)9002864,36415.8%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)1871853,36012.1%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE2931562,75510.0%
RIGHT THROUGH3281441,9837.2%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE188981,9126.9%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)2781221,6986.1%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)218821,5265.5%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD91377132.6%

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: Melton's recent annualised harm rate is 2480.8 versus a baseline annualised rate of 1774.0, a change of 706.8 harm-score points per year.
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Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
WESTERN FREEWAY / CLARKE ROADMajor worsening4.361.457.15
BOUNDARY ROAD / DAVIS ROADEmerging from low baseline0.052.252.29
EXFORD ROAD / MURPHYS ROADEmerging from low baseline0.045.245.213
WESTERN FREEWAY / MOUNT COTTRELL ROADStrong worsening34.572.137.58
FAULKNERS ROAD / RIDING BOUNDARY ROADEmerging from low baseline0.332.932.63
HOPKINS ROAD / KIRKPATRICK BOULEVARDEmerging from low baseline0.029.029.02
GOURLAY ROAD / KIRRIBILLI BOULEVARDEmerging from low baseline0.026.626.61
PARWAN-EXFORD ROAD / TELEPHONE ROADEmerging from low baseline0.026.626.61

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Turning / crossing conflictMajor worsening639.0926.0287.1
Rear-end / same-lane conflictMajor worsening264.1451.4187.3
Other / mixed mechanismMajor worsening239.1310.471.3
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictMajor worsening64.0147.583.5
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictMajor worsening320.1385.165.0
Object / roadside impactStrong worsening2.615.412.8

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: Melton recorded 355 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 7 fatalities and 148 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 8.9% of all recorded injury crashes and 8.7% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 126 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 25 records.
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VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian1,753116222
Bicyclist66739133
School-age pedestrian/cyclist57838126
Older pedestrian2701725
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism1,21774176
Turning / crossing conflict73556127
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2141123
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict14357
Rear-end / same-lane conflict70612
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3939

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
WESTWOOD DRIVE / WESTWOOD ALT DRIVE
Open map		11322110
MELTON HIGHWAY / GOURLAY ROAD
Open map		11022110
WESTERN FREEWAY / MOUNT COTTRELL ROAD
Open map		11022200
CALDER FREEWAY / CALDER OUT-VINEYARD OF RAMP
Open map		10211100
FAIRHAVEN BOULEVARD / TRETHOWAN AVENUE
Open map		10112110
CALDER FREEWAY / HOLDEN-CALDER OUT ON RAMP
Open map		10011100
FIELDSTONE WAY / MAPLE EDGE WAY
Open map		10011100
COBURNS-WESTERN OUT RAMP / COBURNS ROAD
Open map		3336150

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: Melton recorded 210 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 12 fatalities and 123 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 9.5% of total weighted harm. There are 13 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.
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TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict80733431
Rear-end / same-lane conflict78446662
Turning / crossing conflict49932554
Other / mixed mechanism33814295
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict133471
Run-off-road / loss-of-control54590

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
HOPKINS ROAD / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD
Open map		215340
HOPKINS ROAD / GREIGS ROAD
Open map		172840
WESTERN FREEWAY / WESTERN IN-ROBINSONS OF RAMP
Open map		122341
GISBORNE-MELTON ROAD / MCPHERSONS ROAD
Open map		120310
HOLDEN ROAD / PLUMPTON ROAD
Open map		120310
WESTERN FREEWAY / HOPKINS ROAD
Open map		114240

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
WESTERN FREEWAY / WESTERN IN-ROBINSONS OF RAMP
Open map		12234001
CALDER FREEWAY / HOLDEN-CALDER OUT ON RAMP
Open map		10112100
AGAR DRIVE / CARMEN STREET
Open map		10011001
BOUNDARY ROAD / DAVIS ROAD
Open map		10011001

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: Melton has 59 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 1,052 matched crash records and 357 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is HIGH near COBURNS, with a priority score of 88.3.
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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
HIGH near COBURNS
SCATS 2669
Open map		88.3235.0192.7High
Robinsons Road / Middle Road
SCATS 1796
Open map		86.8250.0202.7High
MELTON Highway / GOURLAY
SCATS 2595
Open map		84.7334.0191.8High
COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH)
SCATS 4983
Open map		84.6270.0132.3High
Coburns / Barries
SCATS 2646
Open map		84.3313.0172.0High
COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (NTH)
SCATS 4982
Open map		81.3267.0132.3High
Hopkins Road / Neale Road
SCATS 1927
Open map		75.3120.093.5Medium
WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING
SCATS 2658
Open map		75.2281.0181.0High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
CLARA Ave btween Nile Dr & Yukon St
SCATS 5422
Open map		14.5223.04415,338,775
Vineyard Road near Civic Street
SCATS 3367
Open map		5.9140.04723,869,160
Greigs Road / Innovation Avenue
SCATS 32100
Open map		4.934.0336,900,494
Vineyard Road / Houdini Drive
SCATS 3161
Open map		3.6178.08949,252,775
Hopkins Road / Neale Road
SCATS 1927
Open map		3.5120.092933,886,819
Mount Cottrell Road / Baxter Park Drive
SCATS 1991
Open map		3.132.03410,342,642
Centenary Ave bet Smoult Dr and Arawata Pde
SCATS 1995
Open map		2.933.03611,359,778
Ferris Road / Alfred Road / Wimbeldon Blvd
SCATS 1965
Open map		2.728.02510,417,532

Melton 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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Melton 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.

Melton Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN FREEWAY / MOUNT COTTRELL ROAD43 crashes; 4 fatal; 17 serious; harm 605Street ViewGoogle Maps
HOPKINS ROAD / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD21 crashes; 4 fatal; 11 serious; harm 528Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN FREEWAY / WESTERN FREEWAY81 crashes; 1 fatal; 35 serious; harm 521Street ViewGoogle Maps
HOPKINS ROAD / GREIGS ROAD27 crashes; 2 fatal; 15 serious; harm 379Street ViewGoogle Maps
MELTON HIGHWAY / LEAKES ROAD53 crashes; 0 fatal; 33 serious; harm 379Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN FREEWAY / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD23 crashes; 2 fatal; 13 serious; harm 347Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN FREEWAY / CLARKE ROAD15 crashes; 2 fatal; 10 serious; harm 313Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN FREEWAY / STATION ROAD24 crashes; 1 fatal; 17 serious; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
DERRIMUT ROAD -HOPKINS ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD51 crashes; 0 fatal; 24 serious; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
COBURNS ROAD / BARRIES ROAD44 crashes; 1 fatal; 11 serious; harm 261Street ViewGoogle Maps
DIGGERS REST-COIMADAI ROAD / RYANS LANE7 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 249Street ViewGoogle Maps
COBURNS ROAD / MINNS ROAD20 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 248Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
MELTON Highway / GOURLAYSite 2595; 49 matched crashes; harm 334Street ViewGoogle Maps
Coburns / BarriesSite 2646; 52 matched crashes; harm 313Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRINGSite 2658; 82 matched crashes; harm 281Street ViewGoogle Maps
COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH)Site 4983; 38 matched crashes; harm 270Street ViewGoogle Maps
COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (NTH)Site 4982; 45 matched crashes; harm 267Street ViewGoogle Maps
Robinsons Road / Middle RoadSite 1796; 52 matched crashes; harm 250Street ViewGoogle Maps
HIGH near COBURNSSite 2669; 46 matched crashes; harm 235Street ViewGoogle Maps
WESTERN Highway / WESTWOODSite 2656; 54 matched crashes; harm 227Street ViewGoogle Maps
CLARA Ave btween Nile Dr & Yukon StSite 5422; 4 matched crashes; harm 223Street ViewGoogle Maps
Vineyard Road / Houdini DriveSite 3161; 9 matched crashes; harm 178Street ViewGoogle Maps
Christies Road / Western Freeway Exit RampSite 1400; 22 matched crashes; harm 160Street ViewGoogle Maps
Caroline Springs / CommercialSite 2680; 25 matched crashes; harm 149Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1WESTERN FREEWAY / MOUNT COTTRELL ROAD43417356056203
2HOPKINS ROAD / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD21411185284001
3WESTERN FREEWAY / WESTERN FREEWAY811357152113206
4MELTON HIGHWAY / LEAKES ROAD53033493795003
5HOPKINS ROAD / GREIGS ROAD27215293794001
6WESTERN FREEWAY / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD23213173474008
7WESTERN FREEWAY / CLARKE ROAD15210133132003
8DERRIMUT ROAD -HOPKINS ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD51024502904002
9WESTERN FREEWAY / STATION ROAD24117202903001
10COBURNS ROAD / BARRIES ROAD44111512610301
11DIGGERS REST-COIMADAI ROAD / RYANS LANE72492490001
12COBURNS ROAD / MINNS ROAD20113182480013
13MELTON HIGHWAY / GOURLAY ROAD22111232330114
14COBURNS-WESTERN OUT RAMP / COBURNS ROAD3018432231151
15BEATTYS ROAD / PAYNES ROAD22112110001
16BOUNDARY ROAD / DAVIS ROAD1618202001001
17WESTERN FREEWAY / WESTERN IN-ROBINSONS OF RAMP2118161964003
18SINCLAIRS ROAD / TAYLORS ROAD1218151950002
19VINEYARD ROAD / HERO STREET41911910001
20EXFORD ROAD / MURPHYS ROAD9013441741001
21MELTON HIGHWAY / MOUNT COTTRELL ROAD28014321722002
22MELTON HIGHWAY / PLUMPTON ROAD38013391693114
23HOLDEN ROAD / PLUMPTON ROAD111691691000
24WESTERN FREEWAY / BULMANS ROAD51641640000
25PLUMPTON ROAD / TARLETONS ROAD51631630001

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
12595MELTON Highway / GOURLAY49118334180,637,3271.850238
22646Coburns / Barries52116313155,088,7082.020407
32658WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING82018281268,020,1911.053113
44983COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH)38112270115,091,1352.351162
54982COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (NTH)45112267116,129,8902.300106
61796Robinsons Road / Middle Road5202025094,253,2362.657003
72669HIGH near COBURNS4601923588,150,2362.671215
82656WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD54017227269,615,9560.841126
95422CLARA Ave btween Nile Dr & Yukon St42222315,338,77514.541001
103161Vineyard Road / Houdini Drive91717849,252,7753.610100
111400Christies Road / Western Freeway Exit Ramp221416083,683,2421.911002
122680Caroline Springs / Commercial25012149134,021,6681.110020
132654Coburns / Shop Centre Access31011140114,174,8671.230112
143367Vineyard Road near Civic Street71314023,869,1605.872101
152593Caroline Springs / Lake31011137146,720,2220.930730
162651High / O'Neills / Station3409125102,788,5111.220822
171927Hopkins Road / Neale Road290912033,886,8193.542012
181230Gourlay / Lansfield Drive61111661,922,1371.870001
192650High / Palmerston3208112104,572,9301.0701322
202095Riding Boundary Road / Industrial Connector / Access Street2111112,062,28053.820000
214979Exford / Streetaughton3408110105,616,1681.040435
224980EXFORD near MORSHEAD210910748,571,5172.200514
232359Baxterpark Dr btwn Shamrock-Arklay2101056,063,11217.320000
242565WESTERN Highway / CHISHOLM DR / PANAMAX DR280697212,589,3780.462002
252994Western Freeway Westbound Ramps / Ferris R180796109,566,3800.882000

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

222
Pedestrian crash records
133
Bicycle crash records
442
Motorcycle crash records
210
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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