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Mildura Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

47 fatalities 509 serious injuries 444 VRU crash records 78 heavy-vehicle crash records

1,517

Crash records

Fatalities

509

Serious injuries

1,581

Other injuries

11,371

Weighted harm score

52.3

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

11,371

Weighted harm score

556

Fatal + serious injuries

7.9%

VRU share of harm

7.6%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

65.9%

High-speed road harm share

43.3%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Mildura recorded 1,517 injury crash records, 47 fatalities and 509 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 65.9% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 31.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	730	258	5,582	49.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	238	96	1,783	15.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	64	69	1,652	14.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	190	59	952	8.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	77	30	723	6.4%
Pedestrian conflict	78	31	366	3.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	130	10	276	2.4%
Object / roadside impact	10	3	37	0.3%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	194	258	4,850	48.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	40	69	1,616	16.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	89	96	1,605	16.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	55	59	787	7.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	25	30	665	6.7%
Pedestrian conflict	31	31	311	3.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	9	10	103	1.0%
Object / roadside impact	3	3	30	0.3%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Pedestrian conflict	78	31	366	40.9%
Other / mixed mechanism	50	11	243	27.2%
Turning / crossing conflict	57	13	176	19.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	5	58	6.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	5	2	23	2.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	4	1	13	1.5%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	1.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	5	0	5	0.6%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	39	19	492	57.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	10	9	187	21.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	11	5	147	17.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	11	1	24	2.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	6	0	10	1.2%
Pedestrian conflict	1	0	1	0.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	596	337	7,499	65.9%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	540	123	2,262	19.9%
Local streets (50 km/h)	230	51	853	7.5%
Unknown speed zone	88	29	448	3.9%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	63	16	309	2.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	752	322	6,432	56.6%
Intersection	761	233	4,924	43.3%
Other geometry	1	1	10	0.1%
Unknown geometry	3	0	5	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	1,044	377	7,759	68.2%
Dark / street lights	310	134	2,989	26.3%
Dawn / dusk	137	39	541	4.8%
Other lighting	26	6	82	0.7%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	318	121	2,775	24.4%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	37	48	1,411	12.4%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	97	42	957	8.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	74	36	694	6.1%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	42	14	627	5.5%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	20	13	503	4.4%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)	87	31	372	3.3%
RIGHT REAR.	49	11	275	2.4%

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: Mildura's recent annualised harm rate is 933.1 versus a baseline annualised rate of 782.5, a change of 150.6 harm-score points per year.

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

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
DEAKIN AVENUE / TWENTIETH STREET	Strong worsening	3.9	34.5	30.6	4
DEAKIN AVENUE / SIXTEENTH STREET	Strong worsening	2.4	32.1	29.7	3
FIFTEENTH STREET / SAN MATEO AVENUE	Strong worsening	2.8	26.9	24.1	1
FIFTEENTH STREET / KARADOC AVENUE	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	10.7	9.5	4
MAIN AVENUE S-MENA ROAD / RIVER AVENUE	Emerging from low baseline	1.6	11.0	9.3	4
ELEVENTH STREET / RIVERSIDE AVENUE	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	8.6	8.2	3
CALDER HIGHWAY / BIRKINS ROAD	Moderate worsening	5.6	11.0	5.3	4
FIFTEENTH STREET / MORPUNG AVENUE	Strong worsening	3.1	8.4	5.2	3

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Major worsening	94.8	203.1	108.3
Turning / crossing conflict	Major worsening	425.5	453.5	28.0
Other / mixed mechanism	Strong worsening	66.8	100.8	34.0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Moderate worsening	50.4	68.1	17.7

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: Mildura recorded 210 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 1 fatalities and 63 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 13.8% of all recorded injury crashes and 7.9% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 34 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 28 records.

Open full Mildura VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	581	41	107
Bicyclist	325	24	105
Older pedestrian	236	13	28
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	133	11	34
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Turning / crossing conflict	389	32	96
Other / mixed mechanism	374	21	85
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	80	7	14
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	23	2	5
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	13	1	4
Object / roadside impact	10	1	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
FIFTEENTH STREET / SAN MATEO AVENUE Open map	115	2	6	6	0
DEAKIN AVENUE / ELEVENTH STREET Open map	35	3	7	6	1
THIRTEENTH STREET / WALNUT AVENUE Open map	24	2	6	1	5
LANGTREE AVENUE / LANGTREE AVENUE Open map	24	2	4	4	0
EIGHTH STREET / ONTARIO AVENUE Open map	22	2	4	0	4
FOURTEENTH STREET / SAN MATEO AVENUE Open map	21	2	3	1	2
ELEVENTH STREET / ONTARIO AVENUE Open map	20	2	2	2	0
FIFTEENTH STREET / KARADOC AVENUE Open map	20	2	2	1	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: Mildura recorded 78 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 5 fatalities and 29 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 7.6% of total weighted harm. There are 5 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 Mildura 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
Turning / crossing conflict	492	19	39	0
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	187	9	10	0
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	147	5	11	0
Other / mixed mechanism	25	1	12	5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	10	0	6	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
DEAKIN AVENUE / SIXTEENTH STREET Open map	112	2	1
CALDER HIGHWAY / OLD CALDER HIGHWAY Open map	111	2	3
STURT HIGHWAY / NEDS CORNER ROAD Open map	110	2	1
STURT HIGHWAY / RIVER AVENUE Open map	110	2	1
DEAKIN AVENUE / SEVENTEENTH STREET Open map	101	1	2
STURT HIGHWAY / PIRLTA ROAD Open map	21	2	2

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
COORONG AVENUE / LEACHS ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0	0	1

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.

Mildura 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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Mildura 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.

Mildura Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
DEAKIN AVENUE / TWENTIETH STREET	9 crashes; 2 fatal; 10 serious; harm 306	Street View	Google Maps
FIFTEENTH STREET / IRYMPLE AVENUE	12 crashes; 2 fatal; 7 serious; harm 286	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / RIFLE RANGE ROAD	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 264	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / PARALLEL ROAD	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 5 serious; harm 252	Street View	Google Maps
KULKYNE WAY / DANES ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 241	Street View	Google Maps
DEAKIN AVENUE / SEVENTEENTH STREET	8 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 227	Street View	Google Maps
SEVENTEENTH STREET / ONTARIO AVENUE	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 191	Street View	Google Maps
CALDER HIGHWAY / OLD CALDER HIGHWAY	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 147	Street View	Google Maps
STURT HIGHWAY / OAK AVENUE	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 145	Street View	Google Maps
DEAKIN AVENUE / SIXTEENTH STREET	10 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 142	Street View	Google Maps
CURETON AVENUE / WILKINSON ROAD	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 140	Street View	Google Maps
FIFTH STREET / PASCHENDALE AVENUE	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 140	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	DEAKIN AVENUE / TWENTIETH STREET	9	2	10	6	306	0	0	0	0
2	FIFTEENTH STREET / IRYMPLE AVENUE	12	2	7	16	286	0	0	0	0
3	CALDER HIGHWAY / RIFLE RANGE ROAD	2	2	6	4	264	0	0	0	0
4	CALDER HIGHWAY / PARALLEL ROAD	2	2	5	2	252	0	0	0	0
5	KULKYNE WAY / DANES ROAD	1	2	4	1	241	0	0	0	0
6	DEAKIN AVENUE / SEVENTEENTH STREET	8	2	2	7	227	2	0	0	1
7	SEVENTEENTH STREET / ONTARIO AVENUE	9	1	8	11	191	1	0	0	0
8	CALDER HIGHWAY / OLD CALDER HIGHWAY	9	1	4	7	147	3	0	0	0
9	STURT HIGHWAY / OAK AVENUE	4	1	4	5	145	0	0	0	0
10	DEAKIN AVENUE / SIXTEENTH STREET	10	1	3	12	142	1	0	0	1
11	CURETON AVENUE / WILKINSON ROAD	3	1	4	0	140	0	0	0	1
12	FIFTH STREET / PASCHENDALE AVENUE	2	1	4	0	140	0	0	0	0
13	MAIN AVENUE / FIFTH STREET	4	1	3	5	135	0	1	1	1
14	INDI AVENUE / ANNE COX DRIVE	2	1	3	0	130	0	0	0	0
15	FIFTEENTH STREET / SAN MATEO AVENUE	17	1	1	19	129	0	6	0	0
16	MALLEE HIGHWAY / LOWAN TANK ALT ROAD	1	1	2	0	120	0	0	0	0
17	MALLEE HIGHWAY / WHITTEMORE ROAD	1	1	2	0	120	0	0	0	0
18	FIFTEENTH STREET / SANDILONG AVENUE	6	1	1	9	119	0	0	1	1
19	BENETOOK AVENUE / NINETEENTH STREET	3	1	1	4	114	0	0	0	0
20	CALDER HIGHWAY / CASTLE CROSSING ROAD	3	1	1	4	114	0	0	0	1
21	CASTLE CROSSING ROAD / FEIGLINS ROAD	2	1	1	3	113	0	0	0	1
22	CALDER HIGHWAY / BOONOONAR WEST ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	0
23	CALDER HIGHWAY / KIRBY LANE	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	0
24	STURT HIGHWAY / MORKALLA NORTH ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	1
25	STURT HIGHWAY / RIVER AVENUE	2	1	1	1	111	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.

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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

107

Pedestrian crash records

105

Bicycle crash records

232

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records