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Moonee Valley Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

29 fatalities 1,203 serious injuries 1,246 VRU crash records 98 heavy-vehicle crash records
3,332
Crash records
29
Fatalities
1,203
Serious injuries
2,874
Other injuries
17,804
Weighted harm score
73.4
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: Mt Alexander / Mooltan is the strongest Moonee Valley signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #5 statewide.
105
SCATS-matched sites
2,380
Matched crashes
826
Fatal/serious injuries
11,968
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
15Mt Alexander / Mooltan
SCATS 4470
52230613.4442
214Mt Alexander / Wellington
SCATS 4471
37526453.3341
333Keilor Road / Newman Street / Calder Freeway
SCATS 1466
27124425.6131
4128Buckley / Waverley / Lincoln
SCATS 4198
26723511.8161
5208Pascoe Vale / Moreland
SCATS 3592
28717332.281

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

17,804
Weighted harm score
1,232
Fatal + serious injuries
26.3%
VRU share of harm
3.4%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
12.9%
High-speed road harm share
50.1%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Moonee Valley recorded 3,332 injury crash records, 29 fatalities and 1,203 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 31.0% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,1894466,08734.2%
Pedestrian conflict3151652,54914.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict7351782,53214.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2891381,93410.9%
Other / mixed mechanism4101291,89710.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict203891,3937.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict184841,3777.7%
Object / roadside impact73350.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict4004465,14033.8%
Pedestrian conflict1611652,38015.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1601781,83512.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1271381,76011.6%
Other / mixed mechanism1221291,58010.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict82891,2578.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict72841,2318.1%
Object / roadside impact33300.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict3141642,53954.2%
Turning / crossing conflict2136691219.5%
Other / mixed mechanism1414261913.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control38122365.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict43151803.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2981042.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict218942.0%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict16727044.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict31911719.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2369415.6%
Other / mixed mechanism2067712.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict53325.3%
Pedestrian conflict21111.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1010.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,82370010,12656.9%
Local streets (50 km/h)6972713,69320.7%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)3641502,30512.9%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)181701,0175.7%
Unknown speed zone266416623.7%
75 km/h roads1010.0%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection1,7926328,91150.1%
Midblock / not at intersection1,5346008,88649.9%
Other geometry4040.0%
Unknown geometry2030.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,20483611,93767.0%
Dark / street lights7273014,27324.0%
Dawn / dusk262741,2517.0%
Other lighting139213431.9%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)7301752,49614.0%
RIGHT THROUGH3681582,01011.3%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.161851,2987.3%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE123739995.6%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)252689425.3%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)68519265.2%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)141548074.5%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT87477924.4%

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: Moonee Valley's recent annualised harm rate is 1307.0 versus a baseline annualised rate of 1309.8, a change of -2.9 harm-score points per year.

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
PASCOE VALE ROAD / CAMERON ROADStrong worsening2.838.135.45
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER REV ROAD SERVICE ROADEmerging from low baseline0.029.229.22
MILLEARA ROAD / BEREMBONG DRIVEEmerging from low baseline0.429.228.92
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / THORN STREETStrong worsening3.029.226.22
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / SHIELDS STREETStrong worsening2.928.725.82
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MOOLTAN STREETStrong worsening6.419.312.97
CALDER FREEWAY / BULLA-CALDER OUT ON RAMPEmerging from low baseline1.613.311.75
CITYLINK / NAPIER STREETStrong worsening6.414.17.75

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Rear-end / same-lane conflictStrong worsening174.4204.430.0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictStrong worsening107.0144.437.3
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictModerate worsening100.3111.511.2
Other / mixed mechanismWatch221.0211.5-9.5

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: Moonee Valley recorded 799 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 11 fatalities and 304 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 24.0% of all recorded injury crashes and 26.3% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 101 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 105 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian2,930189382
Bicyclist1,861127423
Older pedestrian1,53268105
School-age pedestrian/cyclist38830101
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict2,210151374
Other / mixed mechanism1,634109268
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict4062769
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2361238
Rear-end / same-lane conflict104829
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict94821

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MOOLTAN STREET
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1778142120
MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER ROAD
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13246510
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / SHIELDS STREET
Open map
13145240
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER REV ROAD SERVICE ROAD
Open map
11123210
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / THORN STREET
Open map
11123210
LINCOLN ROAD / MT ALEXANDER ROAD
Open map
10414220
PASCOE VALE ROAD / MURRAY STREET
Open map
10112200
MILITARY ROAD / MACEY AVENUE
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10011100

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: Moonee Valley recorded 98 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 2 fatalities and 30 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 3.4% of total weighted harm. There are 10 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 184 across 38 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
Tullamarine FWY Outbound - After gantry M2-138 (WB)
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79.35911133.1
Tullamarine FWY Inbound - After English St exit ramp (SB)
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76.933570.9
Tullamarine FWY Inbound - After English St exit (SB)
Open map
61.224447.7
Calder FWY Outbound - After gantry M2-138 (WB)
Open map
59.612260.8
Tullamarine FWY Inbound - Wirraway Rd On Ramp Bullnose (SB)
Open map
45.914231.8
Tullamarine FWY Inbound - Before gantry M2-138 (EB)
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40.911225.5

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict2818185
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1179310
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict946230
Other / mixed mechanism776204
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict32350
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1011

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
CALDER FREEWAY / WOORITE PLACE
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140430
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MOOLTAN STREET
Open map
100111
MATTHEWS AVENUE / HOOD STREET
Open map
30321
TULLAMARINE FREEWAY / ENGLISH STREET
Open map
27270
TULLAMARINE FREEWAY / BULLA ROAD
Open map
26250
PASCOE VALE ROAD / WILSON STREET
Open map
20210

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MOOLTAN STREET
Open map
10011010
MATTHEWS AVENUE / HOOD STREET
Open map
3032010
CITYLINK / CITYLINK OUT-BULLA OF RAMP
Open map
1313001
CALDER FREEWAY / CALDER OUT-MOORNA OF RAMP
Open map
1112001
BUCKLEY STREET / FAWKNER STREET
Open map
1011100

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: Moonee Valley has 105 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 2,380 matched crash records and 826 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Mt Alexander / Mooltan, with a priority score of 96.8.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Mt Alexander / Mooltan
SCATS 4470
Open map
96.8522.0303.4High
Mt Alexander / Wellington
SCATS 4471
Open map
95.3375.0263.3High
Keilor Road / Newman Street / Calder Freeway
SCATS 1466
Open map
93.3271.0245.6Medium
Buckley / Waverley / Lincoln
SCATS 4198
Open map
88.8267.0231.8High
Pascoe Vale / Moreland
SCATS 3592
Open map
86.6287.0172.2High
Buckley / Cooper / Fawkner
SCATS 4196
Open map
86.0196.0172.2High
Tullamarine / Pascoe Vale / Loeman
SCATS 2863
Open map
85.8221.0171.8High
Tullamarine / English / Matthews
SCATS 2864
Open map
84.9287.0211.4High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
MILITARY near CLARENDON
SCATS 4316
Open map
12.758.04174,569,647
UNION near BURROWES
SCATS 4209
Open map
6.0157.052026,346,257
Keilor Road / Newman Street / Calder Freeway
SCATS 1466
Open map
5.6271.0244248,653,079
UNION near ST LEONARDS
SCATS 3836
Open map
4.570.061615,619,804
Milleara Road nr Centreway
SCATS 1725
Open map
4.3185.081642,588,249
Mt Alexander / Mooltan
SCATS 4470
Open map
3.4522.03061152,954,203
Keilor / Woorite
SCATS 2793
Open map
3.4199.082059,386,936
Maribyrnong Rd near Moore St
SCATS 2279
Open map
3.3115.093234,478,543

Moonee Valley 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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Moonee Valley 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.

Moonee Valley Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
TULLAMARINE IN-BULLA RAMP / CALDER IN-BULLA OF RAMP9 crashes; 3 fatal; 3 serious; harm 336Street ViewGoogle Maps
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER-CITYLINK OUT ON RAMP28 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 238Street ViewGoogle Maps
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MOOLTAN STREET23 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 237Street ViewGoogle Maps
CANNING STREET -MILITARY ROAD / CANNING STREET11 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 188Street ViewGoogle Maps
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / BUCKLAND STREET10 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 184Street ViewGoogle Maps
MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER ROAD16 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 179Street ViewGoogle Maps
CALDER FREEWAY / WOORITE PLACE9 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 176Street ViewGoogle Maps
MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MARIBYRNONG ROAD36 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 169Street ViewGoogle Maps
PASCOE VALE ROAD / CAMERON ROAD13 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 168Street ViewGoogle Maps
LINCOLN ROAD / MT ALEXANDER ROAD33 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 164Street ViewGoogle Maps
FISHER PARADE / LANGS ROAD5 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 163Street ViewGoogle Maps
PASCOE VALE ROAD / MORELAND ROAD12 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 161Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
MT ALEXANDER near LINCOLNSite 3519; 112 matched crashes; harm 552Street ViewGoogle Maps
Mt Alexander / MooltanSite 4470; 61 matched crashes; harm 522Street ViewGoogle Maps
Mt Alexander / WellingtonSite 4471; 45 matched crashes; harm 375Street ViewGoogle Maps
MT ALEXANDER near DAVIESSite 3659; 42 matched crashes; harm 297Street ViewGoogle Maps
Tullamarine / English / MatthewsSite 2864; 74 matched crashes; harm 287Street ViewGoogle Maps
Pascoe Vale / MorelandSite 3592; 33 matched crashes; harm 287Street ViewGoogle Maps
Western Link Nb Entry / Mt AlexanderSite 4478; 37 matched crashes; harm 286Street ViewGoogle Maps
Keilor Road / Newman Street / Calder FreewaySite 1466; 42 matched crashes; harm 271Street ViewGoogle Maps
Buckley / Waverley / LincolnSite 4198; 51 matched crashes; harm 267Street ViewGoogle Maps
Canning / MilitarySite 2716; 28 matched crashes; harm 252Street ViewGoogle Maps
Mt Alexander / Ormond / MaribyrnongSite 4206; 58 matched crashes; harm 230Street ViewGoogle Maps
Military / TemplewoodSite 2737; 27 matched crashes; harm 226Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1TULLAMARINE IN-BULLA RAMP / CALDER IN-BULLA OF RAMP93363360002
2MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER-CITYLINK OUT ON RAMP28110382381125
3MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MOOLTAN STREET231121723712121
4CANNING STREET -MILITARY ROAD / CANNING STREET111881880102
5MT ALEXANDER ROAD / BUCKLAND STREET101841840050
6MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER ROAD161791790511
7CALDER FREEWAY / WOORITE PLACE916161763000
8MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MARIBYRNONG ROAD36014291690469
9PASCOE VALE ROAD / CAMERON ROAD131681680104
10LINCOLN ROAD / MT ALEXANDER ROAD3313341640222
11FISHER PARADE / LANGS ROAD51631630001
12PASCOE VALE ROAD / MORELAND ROAD1215111610200
13CALDER OUT-KEILOR RAMP / KEILOR-CALDER OUT ON RAMP21012161360042
14MT ALEXANDER ROAD / THORN STREET101361360215
15MT ALEXANDER ROAD / ADDISON STREET81351350234
16MILITARY ROAD / WOOD STREET71351351002
17MT ALEXANDER ROAD / SHIELDS STREET71331330241
18MT ALEXANDER ROAD / FLEMINGTON STREET220111312311134
19MT ALEXANDER ROAD / MT ALEXANDER REV ROAD SERVICE ROAD51221220211
20PASCOE VALE ROAD / FLETCHER STREET24010211210522
21MILLEARA ROAD / BEREMBONG DRIVE41151150000
22TULLAMARINE FREEWAY / TULLAMARINE OUT-ENGLISH OF RAMP51131132001
23DEAN STREET / PATTISON STREET11101100000
24CITYLINK / NAPIER STREET1609171070002
25MILITARY ROAD / MACEY AVENUE41071070100

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
13519MT ALEXANDER near LINCOLN112225552513,927,4841.0711888
24470Mt Alexander / Mooltan61228522152,954,2033.4125336
34471Mt Alexander / Wellington45125375114,354,7623.2812239
43659MT ALEXANDER near DAVIES42117297188,374,4311.58010713
52864Tullamarine / English / Matthews74021287205,172,0601.4011325
63592Pascoe Vale / Moreland33116287127,689,0152.251422
74478Western Link Nb Entry / Mt Alexander37114286247,537,5161.165127
81466Keilor Road / Newman Street / Calder Freeway4202427148,653,0795.571166
94198Buckley / Waverley / Lincoln51023267144,793,7521.841349
102716Canning / Military28113252110,627,8792.280322
114206Mt Alexander / Ormond / Maribyrnong58018230175,095,2151.31151016
122737Military / Templewood27110226130,187,8511.741222
132863Tullamarine / Pascoe Vale / Loeman51017221126,070,1211.754138
141000Keilor / Hoffmans4518220100,270,8422.1911088
153513Mt Alexander / Buckley21110216195,557,0121.100314
162793Keilor / Woorite201719959,386,9363.351110
174196Buckley / Cooper / Fawkner3201719689,320,2362.191902
184190Napier / Woodlands161819265,653,1492.920621
193511Mt Alexander / Kellaway / Taylors48014185298,752,7110.620740
204199Waverley / Holmes41014185151,787,4431.221344
222795MILITARY near RIVERSIDE1817185115,177,9031.611012
211725Milleara Road nr Centreway161718542,588,2494.341212
233590Pascoe Vale / Albion / Fletcher32014168129,152,6211.300632
243830PASCOE VALE near MURRAY171516281,306,4161.990334
254209UNION near BURROWES201415726,346,2575.960264

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_117Tullamarine FWY Outbound - After gantry M2-138 (WB)110559443,3595.16133.08
2TIRTL_123Tullamarine FWY Inbound - After English St exit ramp (SB)50333465,7003.8970.86
3TIRTL_126Tullamarine FWY Inbound - After English St exit (SB)40224503,5874.2147.66
4TIRTL_129Tullamarine FWY Inbound - Wirraway Rd On Ramp Bullnose (SB)20114439,9393.7231.82
5TIRTL_116Calder FWY Outbound - After gantry M2-138 (WB)20112197,3962.9760.79
6TIRTL_118Tullamarine FWY Inbound - Before gantry M2-138 (EB)20111431,6985.2325.48
7TIRTL_121Tullamarine FWY Outbound - Before gantry M2-146 (NB)20111466,7885.1623.57
8TIRTL_120Tullamarine FWY Outbound - Before gantry Tul-508 (WB)10110465,3035.1421.49
9TIRTL_119Tullamarine FWY Inbound - Before gantry M2-141 (EB)3004433,3025.249.23
10TIRTL_127Tullamarine FWY Outbound - After English St exit ramp (NB)2002496,9213.804.02
11TIRTL_122Tullamarine FWY Inbound - After gantry M2-146 (SB)1001467,8233.652.14
12TIRTL_124Tullamarine FWY Outbound - English St exit ramp Bullnose (NB)1001401,7424.052.49
13TIRTL_125Tullamarine FWY Outbound - Before English St entry (NB)1001487,1634.122.05
14TIRTL_130Tullamarine FWY Outbound - Before Wirraway Rd Overpass (NB)1001460,8493.892.17

Road-user summaries

382
Pedestrian crash records
423
Bicycle crash records
441
Motorcycle crash records
98
Heavy-vehicle crash records