MI Council

Mitchell Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

61 fatalities 898 serious injuries 462 VRU crash records 156 heavy-vehicle crash records

1,929

Crash records

Fatalities

898

Serious injuries

1,598

Other injuries

16,678

Weighted harm score

65.0

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.

Safety diagnosis

This section diagnoses the type of road-harm problem in Mitchell by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

16,678

Weighted harm score

959

Fatal + serious injuries

5.4%

VRU share of harm

11.5%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

73.5%

High-speed road harm share

19.8%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Mitchell recorded 1,929 injury crash records, 61 fatalities and 898 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 11.5% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 73.5% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 38.7% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	628	325	5,423	32.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	462	231	3,790	22.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	149	103	1,984	11.9%
Other / mixed mechanism	307	115	1,936	11.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	121	63	1,538	9.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	184	90	1,453	8.7%
Pedestrian conflict	40	18	299	1.8%
Object / roadside impact	38	14	255	1.5%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	270	325	4,962	32.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	211	231	3,506	22.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	77	103	1,882	12.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	106	115	1,716	11.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	53	63	1,452	9.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	73	90	1,301	8.5%
Pedestrian conflict	18	18	274	1.8%
Object / roadside impact	14	14	231	1.5%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	43	21	326	36.2%
Pedestrian conflict	40	18	299	33.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	5	2	113	12.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	1	1	100	11.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	6	3	33	3.7%
Turning / crossing conflict	9	2	27	3.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	2	0	2	0.2%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	45	28	503	26.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	32	16	457	23.9%
Turning / crossing conflict	37	19	392	20.5%
Other / mixed mechanism	25	16	353	18.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	1	101	5.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	14	9	96	5.0%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	0.5%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	1,166	683	12,258	73.5%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	295	106	1,806	10.8%
Local streets (50 km/h)	229	83	1,301	7.8%
Unknown speed zone	192	71	1,111	6.7%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	47	16	202	1.2%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	1,452	763	13,346	80.0%
Intersection	473	194	3,309	19.8%
Unknown geometry	3	2	22	0.1%
Other geometry	1	0	1	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	1,254	606	10,099	60.6%
Dark / street lights	478	258	4,752	28.5%
Dawn / dusk	163	85	1,702	10.2%
Other lighting	34	10	125	0.7%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	219	124	2,283	13.7%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	137	88	1,866	11.2%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	105	90	1,809	10.8%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	131	80	1,420	8.5%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	92	53	1,323	7.9%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	176	85	1,305	7.8%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)	116	51	674	4.0%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	54	32	474	2.8%

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: Mitchell's recent annualised harm rate is 1346.4 versus a baseline annualised rate of 1131.1, a change of 215.2 harm-score points per year.

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

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / CAMPBELLS LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	29.0	28.7	2
BANON STREET / RANKIN BOULEVARD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
HUME FREEWAY / ARKELLS LANE	Strong worsening	8.0	36.6	28.5	4
SEYMOUR-PYALONG ROAD / JOHNS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.4	26.4	1
WANDONG ROAD / MATHIESONS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.5	26.6	25.1	1
EPPING-KILMORE ROAD / SOUTH MOUNTAIN ROAD	Strong worsening	2.9	18.8	15.9	7
HUME FREEWAY / LAMBING GULLY ROAD	Strong worsening	5.3	26.9	21.6	1
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / WANDONG ROAD	Strong worsening	10.4	28.7	18.3	1

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Turning / crossing conflict	Major worsening	326.4	417.2	90.8
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Major worsening	117.2	213.0	95.9
Other / mixed mechanism	Major worsening	140.2	202.9	62.7
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Watch	103.7	101.0	-2.6
Object / roadside impact	Watch	20.3	18.3	-2.0

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: Mitchell recorded 106 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 4 fatalities and 43 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 5.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 5.4% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 32 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 12 records.

Open full Mitchell VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	648	33	70
Bicyclist	252	14	36
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	187	7	32
Older pedestrian	178	8	12
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	427	30	59
Turning / crossing conflict	209	10	28
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	129	3	10
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	100	1	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	33	3	6
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	2	0	2

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
ANZAC AVENUE -TALLAROOK STREET / STATION STREET Open map	102	1	2	1	1
BANON STREET / RANKIN BOULEVARD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
HUME FREEWAY / NORTHERN-HUME IN ON RAMP Open map	100	1	1	0	1
HUME FREEWAY / WANDONG ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
SYDNEY STREET / BOURKE STREET Open map	31	3	3	3	0
HUME FREEWAY / HUME FREEWAY Open map	20	2	1	1	0
OAK STREET / CHITTICK PLACE Open map	13	1	2	2	0
OAK STREET / WIMBLE STREET Open map	12	1	3	1	2

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: Mitchell recorded 156 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 10 fatalities and 80 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 11.5% of total weighted harm. There are 8 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 Mitchell 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
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	503	28	45	1
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	457	16	32	1
Turning / crossing conflict	392	19	37	1
Other / mixed mechanism	353	16	25	4
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	101	1	2	0
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	96	9	14	1

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
HUME FREEWAY / HUME FREEWAY Open map	141	5	4	0
HUME FREEWAY / NORTHWOOD ROAD Open map	134	4	5	1
HUME FREEWAY / LAMBING GULLY ROAD Open map	102	1	3	0
BROADFORD-KILMORE ROAD / KELLYS LANE Open map	101	1	2	0
HUME FREEWAY / WANDONG ROAD Open map	101	1	2	1
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / CAMPBELLS LANE Open map	101	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Moto
HUME FREEWAY / NORTHWOOD ROAD Open map	134	4	5	0	1
HUME FREEWAY / WANDONG ROAD Open map	101	1	2	1	0
HUME FREEWAY / HUME IN-MARCHBANKS OF RAMP Open map	13	1	4	1	0

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.

Mitchell 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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Mitchell 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.

Mitchell Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / HALPIN COURT	3 crashes; 4 fatal; 0 serious; harm 402	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / NORTHWOOD ROAD	10 crashes; 3 fatal; 9 serious; harm 402	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / HUME FREEWAY	23 crashes; 2 fatal; 17 serious; harm 391	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / BROADFORD-KILMORE-HUME OUT ON RAMP	11 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 267	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / ARKELLS LANE	16 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 236	Street View	Google Maps
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / WANDONG ROAD	19 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 223	Street View	Google Maps
LITHGOW STREET / LITHGOW-HUME OUT ON RAMP	6 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 205	Street View	Google Maps
EPPING-KILMORE ROAD / SOUTH MOUNTAIN ROAD	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 205	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / BREENS ROAD	12 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 174	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / NORTHERN-HUME IN ON RAMP	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 166	Street View	Google Maps
NORTHERN HIGHWAY / MAJORS LINE ROAD	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 164	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / ENNIS ROAD	21 crashes; 0 fatal; 15 serious; harm 164	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	HUME FREEWAY / NORTHWOOD ROAD	10	3	9	12	402	5	0	0	1
2	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / HALPIN COURT	3	4	0	2	402	0	0	1	1
3	HUME FREEWAY / HUME FREEWAY	23	2	17	21	391	4	1	0	2
4	HUME FREEWAY / BROADFORD-KILMORE-HUME OUT ON RAMP	11	2	6	7	267	2	1	0	0
5	HUME FREEWAY / ARKELLS LANE	16	1	12	16	236	4	1	0	1
6	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / WANDONG ROAD	19	1	10	23	223	2	0	0	1
7	EPPING-KILMORE ROAD / SOUTH MOUNTAIN ROAD	9	1	10	5	205	1	0	0	3
8	LITHGOW STREET / LITHGOW-HUME OUT ON RAMP	6	2	0	5	205	0	0	0	0
9	HUME FREEWAY / BREENS ROAD	12	1	6	14	174	2	0	0	1
10	HUME FREEWAY / NORTHERN-HUME IN ON RAMP	9	1	6	6	166	0	0	1	1
11	HUME FREEWAY / ENNIS ROAD	21	0	15	14	164	5	0	0	1
12	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / MAJORS LINE ROAD	3	1	6	4	164	0	0	0	0
13	HUME FREEWAY / DONOVANS LANE	19	0	14	17	157	7	0	0	1
14	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / MORANDING ROAD	7	1	5	4	154	1	0	0	0
15	HUME FREEWAY / LAMBING GULLY ROAD	8	1	4	6	146	3	0	0	0
16	GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY / HUME FREEWAY	4	1	4	2	142	0	0	0	1
17	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / NORTHERN-HUME IN ON RAMP	4	1	4	1	141	1	0	0	0
18	OLD SYDNEY ROAD / CAMERONS LANE	7	1	3	4	134	0	0	0	0
19	BROADFORD-GLENAROUA ROAD / SELECTION ROAD	3	1	3	0	130	0	0	0	0
20	BROADFORD-WANDONG ROAD / MAXFIELD COURT	1	1	3	0	130	0	0	0	0
21	STRATH CREEK ROAD / MURCHISON SPUR ROAD	1	1	3	0	130	0	0	0	0
22	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / MOORES LANE	5	1	2	4	124	1	0	0	0
23	SOUTH MOUNTAIN ROAD / NORTH MOUNTAIN ROAD	3	1	2	4	124	0	0	0	1
24	WALLAN-WHITTLESEA ROAD / CLEVES N ROAD	4	1	2	2	122	0	0	0	0
25	NORTHERN HIGHWAY / MACSFIELD ROAD	14	0	11	11	121	3	0	0	1

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.

No rows available.

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

356

Motorcycle crash records

156

Heavy-vehicle crash records