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Port Phillip Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

21 fatalities 1,666 serious injuries 2,411 VRU crash records 90 heavy-vehicle crash records
3,986
Crash records
21
Fatalities
1,666
Serious injuries
2,904
Other injuries
21,664
Weighted harm score
79.3
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.

Highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

This council-level panel ranks signalised intersections using the SCATS exposure-adjusted road-harm screening layer.

Headline signal: Canterbury / Fitzroy / Grey is the strongest Port Phillip signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #19 statewide.
141
SCATS-matched sites
3,550
Matched crashes
1,495
Fatal/serious injuries
19,086
Weighted harm score
Open full Port Phillip dangerous-intersections briefing Statewide dangerous-intersections index

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
119Canterbury / Fitzroy / Grey
SCATS 4831		33629732.6581
271Hotham / Alma
SCATS 4847		33721482.9280
3110Ormond Esp / Elwood Beach Car
SCATS 3021		29017422.3291
4111FITZROY near PARK
SCATS 4833		34113423.1331
5140Clarendon / Dorcas
SCATS 4916		23020482.2440

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

21,664
Weighted harm score
1,687
Fatal + serious injuries
45.8%
VRU share of harm
2.8%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
1.6%
High-speed road harm share
56.8%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Port Phillip recorded 3,986 injury crash records, 21 fatalities and 1,666 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Vulnerable road-user crashes account for 45.8% of weighted harm, making this a major local signature. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 34.4% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,4046247,90936.5%
Pedestrian conflict4922643,72417.2%
Other / mixed mechanism5852543,11314.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict6391802,40611.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict4391752,1379.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2851331,5026.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict133558463.9%
Object / roadside impact92270.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5736246,97636.8%
Pedestrian conflict2582643,46718.3%
Other / mixed mechanism2392542,74214.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1691751,8539.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1601801,8419.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1261331,3357.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict45557473.9%
Object / roadside impact22200.1%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4922643,72437.5%
Turning / crossing conflict4971952,36523.8%
Other / mixed mechanism3321411,61716.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict257991,25212.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control78364074.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict50293203.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict37122392.4%
Object / roadside impact2020.0%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Other / mixed mechanism301323838.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict8312720.7%
Turning / crossing conflict221112320.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict184579.3%
Pedestrian conflict52243.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control42233.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict32223.6%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,2261,02413,13360.6%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)6442793,49116.1%
Local streets (50 km/h)7182783,38715.6%
Unknown speed zone346851,3156.1%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)52213381.6%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,35298512,30956.8%
Midblock / not at intersection1,6266999,31943.0%
Unknown geometry63340.2%
Other geometry2020.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,5821,06613,71263.3%
Dark / street lights8774455,69326.3%
Dawn / dusk3591401,7558.1%
Other lighting168365042.3%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)6361792,39411.1%
RIGHT THROUGH3811892,26510.5%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2441372,1259.8%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)3361501,8448.5%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT156901,0735.0%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)199799164.2%
VEHICLE COLLIDES WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON LEFT OF ROAD131738914.1%
U TURN108478233.8%

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: Port Phillip has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.
Open full Port Phillip emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
PLUMMER STREET / SALMON STREETStrong worsening3.435.532.14
KINGS WAY / YORK STREETStrong worsening8.439.431.05
BRIGHTON ROAD / DICKENS STREETEmerging from low baseline1.429.528.12
ST KILDA ROAD SERVICE ROAD / RALEIGH STREETEmerging from low baseline0.026.426.41
FITZROY STREET / PARK STREETStrong worsening4.129.525.42
QUEENS ROAD / BEATRICE STREETStrong worsening10.934.523.64
JACKA BOULEVARD -MARINE PARADE / CAVELL STREETEmerging from low baseline0.114.414.25
BEACONSFIELD PARADE / WRIGHT STREETEmerging from low baseline0.813.612.85

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Turning / crossing conflictStrong worsening735.6763.127.5
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictStrong worsening168.2189.020.8
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictModerate worsening56.056.10.1

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: Port Phillip recorded 1,745 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 12 fatalities and 764 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 43.8% of all recorded injury crashes and 45.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 90 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 91 records.
Open full Port Phillip VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Bicyclist6,0254711,181
Pedestrian4,282314585
Older pedestrian9106091
School-age pedestrian/cyclist3422790
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict4,490332741
Other / mixed mechanism2,937251546
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1,531116291
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4073678
Rear-end / same-lane conflict3202950
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2391237

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
JACKA BOULEVARD / LOWER ESPLANADE
Open map		21111205170
FITZROY STREET / PARK STREET
Open map		145510380
KINGS WAY / YORK STREET
Open map		14156420
HOTHAM STREET / MOOLTAN AVENUE
Open map		13246240
QUEENS ROAD / BEATRICE STREET
Open map		12336420
PLUMMER STREET / SALMON STREET
Open map		11323210
ST KILDA ROAD / QUEENS ROAD
Open map		11022020
BRIGHTON ROAD / DICKENS STREET
Open map		11021100

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: Port Phillip recorded 90 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 2 fatalities and 35 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 2.8% of total weighted harm. There are 26 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 Port Phillip freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Other / mixed mechanism240133115
Turning / crossing conflict14513268
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict127381
Rear-end / same-lane conflict574181
Run-off-road / loss-of-control23241
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict22230

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
KINGS-WEST GATE OUT RAMP / WEST GATE OUT-CITYLINK OUT RAMP
Open map		100111
ST KILDA ROAD / QUEENS ROAD
Open map		100111
QUEENS ROAD / QUEENS ROAD SLIP ROAD
Open map		31341
BEACONSFIELD PARADE / MCGREGOR STREET
Open map		20210
KINGS WAY / QUEENS ROAD
Open map		20210
MONTAGUE STREET / GLADSTONE LANE
Open map		14140

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
KINGS-WEST GATE OUT RAMP / WEST GATE OUT-CITYLINK OUT RAMP
Open map		10011001
ST KILDA ROAD / QUEENS ROAD
Open map		10011010
QUEENS ROAD / QUEENS ROAD SLIP ROAD
Open map		3134100
KINGS WAY / KINGS REV WAY SERVICE ROAD
Open map		1112110
BARKLY STREET / BLANCHE STREET
Open map		1011010
FERRARS STREET / ST VINCENT N PLACE
Open map		1011010

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: Port Phillip has 141 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 3,550 matched crash records and 1,495 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Canterbury / Fitzroy / Grey, with a priority score of 94.6.
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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Canterbury / Fitzroy / Grey
SCATS 4831
Open map		94.6336.0292.6High
Hotham / Alma
SCATS 4847
Open map		91.2337.0212.9High
Ormond Esp / Elwood Beach Car
SCATS 3021
Open map		89.6290.0172.3High
FITZROY near PARK
SCATS 4833
Open map		89.5341.0133.1High
Clarendon / Dorcas
SCATS 4916
Open map		88.4230.0202.2High
Williamstown / Ingles / Normanby
SCATS 3542
Open map		88.2228.0192.0High
Clarendon / York
SCATS 4892
Open map		87.9205.0182.7High
MONTAGUE near GLADSTONE
SCATS 4900
Open map		87.0217.0181.8High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Canterbury / Mills
SCATS 4918
Open map		55.080.07141,454,246
Bridge / Light Rail Crossing
SCATS 4877
Open map		16.978.07144,612,247
VICTORIA near DANKS
SCATS 4908
Open map		8.2124.03615,052,733
Bridport / Light Rail Crossing
SCATS 4875
Open map		8.157.05107,002,145
Albert / Msac Access Road Exit
SCATS 2294
Open map		7.723.0252,987,850
Ingles / Light Rail Crossing
SCATS 4876
Open map		7.433.0364,474,162
Swallow / Light Rail Crossing
SCATS 7047
Open map		5.538.03106,889,240
BEACONSFIELD near MILLS
SCATS 3038
Open map		5.5144.0123126,297,790

Port Phillip 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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Port Phillip 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.

Port Phillip Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
KINGS WAY / YORK STREET28 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 243Street ViewGoogle Maps
QUEENS ROAD / BEATRICE STREET18 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 240Street ViewGoogle Maps
JACKA BOULEVARD / LOWER ESPLANADE23 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 232Street ViewGoogle Maps
ALBERT ROAD / FERRARS STREET29 crashes; 0 fatal; 21 serious; harm 232Street ViewGoogle Maps
ST KILDA ROAD / ALMA ROAD45 crashes; 0 fatal; 18 serious; harm 215Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / ORRONG ROAD19 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 192Street ViewGoogle Maps
QUEENS ROAD / UNION STREET10 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 185Street ViewGoogle Maps
ST KILDA ROAD / BARKLY STREET32 crashes; 0 fatal; 16 serious; harm 183Street ViewGoogle Maps
NORMANBY ROAD / MONTAGUE STREET32 crashes; 0 fatal; 15 serious; harm 180Street ViewGoogle Maps
PRINCES HIGHWAY EAST / KINGS WAY23 crashes; 0 fatal; 16 serious; harm 179Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD25 crashes; 0 fatal; 16 serious; harm 177Street ViewGoogle Maps
PLUMMER STREET / SALMON STREET14 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 173Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
BRIGHTON near DICKENSSite 2307; 45 matched crashes; harm 402Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Highway East / QUEENSSite 2406; 49 matched crashes; harm 357Street ViewGoogle Maps
Nepean / InkermanSite 2305; 75 matched crashes; harm 349Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Highway East / UNIONSite 2408; 49 matched crashes; harm 348Street ViewGoogle Maps
FITZROY near PARKSite 4833; 42 matched crashes; harm 341Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hotham / AlmaSite 4847; 48 matched crashes; harm 337Street ViewGoogle Maps
Canterbury / Fitzroy / GreySite 4831; 73 matched crashes; harm 336Street ViewGoogle Maps
Queens / LinkSite 4734; 32 matched crashes; harm 320Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Highway East / YORKSite 2400; 51 matched crashes; harm 316Street ViewGoogle Maps
Nepean / Fitzroy / WellingtonSite 2302; 38 matched crashes; harm 314Street ViewGoogle Maps
Ormond Esp / Elwood Beach CarSite 3021; 42 matched crashes; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
Chapel / InkermanSite 4848; 52 matched crashes; harm 286Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1KINGS WAY / YORK STREET28112232431424
2QUEENS ROAD / BEATRICE STREET18113102401423
3ALBERT ROAD / FERRARS STREET29021222320343
4JACKA BOULEVARD / LOWER ESPLANADE231121223205172
5ST KILDA ROAD / ALMA ROAD45018352151944
6DANDENONG ROAD / ORRONG ROAD1918121920003
7QUEENS ROAD / UNION STREET101851851201
8ST KILDA ROAD / BARKLY STREET32016231831143
9NORMANBY ROAD / MONTAGUE STREET320153018012312
10PRINCES HIGHWAY EAST / KINGS WAY23016191791015
11DANDENONG ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD25016171770216
12PLUMMER STREET / SALMON STREET1416131731212
13KINGS WAY / PARK STREET28014171571432
14ORMOND ESPLANADE / PINE AVENUE71531530111
15BROADWAY / BYRON STREET61521520140
16FITZROY STREET / PRINCES STREET30012281480455
17FITZROY STREET / PARK STREET121471470381
18BRIGHTON ROAD / DICKENS STREET61441441102
19KINGS WAY / ALBERT ROAD41010381381478
20HOTHAM STREET / MOOLTAN AVENUE81341340241
21LAKESIDE DRIVE / QUEENS ROAD SLIP ROAD16012121320192
22BARKLY STREET / DICKENS STREET51321320012
23AUGHTIE DRIVE / ALBERT ROAD DRIVE21012912901154
24CHAPEL STREET / INKERMAN STREET18011101200482
25CANTERBURY ROAD / FITZROY STREET280101911909131

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
12307BRIGHTON near DICKENS45217402259,498,9421.5525173
22406Princes Highway East / QUEENS49032357381,814,9080.943128
32305Nepean / Inkerman75029349302,705,6921.1519259
42408Princes Highway East / UNION49121348350,979,7360.991458
54833FITZROY near PARK42211341111,569,4543.0615271
64847Hotham / Alma48120337117,296,5902.8704177
74831Canterbury / Fitzroy / Grey73029336130,423,0182.58123269
84734Queens / Link32120320342,450,5020.934543
92400Princes Highway East / YORK51117316250,650,7161.263529
102302Nepean / Fitzroy / Wellington38119314364,909,5930.862668
113021Ormond Esp / Elwood Beach Car42116290128,721,2742.25121512
124848Chapel / Inkerman52025286267,509,0651.070121711
152404Princes Highway East / PARK55021250560,184,6220.451758
132304Nepean / Alma53021250285,864,4010.871985
142306Nepean / Carlisle50021250325,236,0560.771688
164909Canterbury / Kerferd / Albert / Ferrars36022248153,279,1321.620355
173541Montague / Normanby / Munro58019245328,965,5790.7442813
182405Princes Highway East / ALBERT68018240518,575,8230.464101212
192411Princes Highway East / HOTHAM / WILLIAMS41021239334,148,2080.720519
202409Princes Highway East / CHAPEL49020238348,853,4570.68215710
214720Ingles / Crockford39021230122,501,1361.8801295
224916Clarendon / Dorcas48020230102,237,3902.25011249
233542Williamstown / Ingles / Normanby50019228114,656,5991.991579
242299Jacka Nth Lwr Esplanade20111220234,940,9770.940953
253012Beaconsfield / Kerferd38019219160,753,3961.3607169

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

585
Pedestrian crash records
1,181
Bicycle crash records
645
Motorcycle crash records
90
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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