Annual severity trend
Crash records by year, stacked by fatal, serious injury and other injury severity.
QU
Council
Queenscliffe Road Harm Intelligence Report
Fatal and injury crash patterns, vulnerable road-user harm, heavy-vehicle involvement, SCATS exposure matching and TIRTL freight-conflict matching.
1 fatalities
16 serious injuries
20 VRU crash records
0 heavy-vehicle crash records
33
Crash records
1
Fatalities
16
Serious injuries
18
Other injuries
278
Weighted harm score
24.3
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 Queenscliffe by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.
278
Weighted harm score
17
Fatal + serious injuries
30.9%
VRU share of harm
0.0%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
0.0%
High-speed road harm share
24.5%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Queenscliffe recorded 33 injury crash records, 1 fatalities and 16 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Run-off-road / loss-of-control.
Top harm mechanism families
| Mechanism family | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run-off-road / loss-of-control | 5 | 2 | 113 | 40.6% |
| Turning / crossing conflict | 13 | 7 | 78 | 28.1% |
| Pedestrian conflict | 5 | 4 | 41 | 14.7% |
| Other / mixed mechanism | 8 | 2 | 26 | 9.4% |
| Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7.2% |
Top fatal/serious mechanism families
| Mechanism family | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run-off-road / loss-of-control | 2 | 2 | 110 | 42.1% |
| Turning / crossing conflict | 7 | 7 | 71 | 27.2% |
| Pedestrian conflict | 4 | 4 | 40 | 15.3% |
| Other / mixed mechanism | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7.7% |
| Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7.7% |
Vulnerable road-user mechanism families
| Mechanism family | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian conflict | 5 | 4 | 41 | 47.7% |
| Other / mixed mechanism | 7 | 2 | 25 | 29.1% |
| Turning / crossing conflict | 2 | 2 | 20 | 23.3% |
Heavy-vehicle mechanism families
No data available for this table.
Speed-zone harm profile
| Speed category | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local streets (50 km/h) | 22 | 15 | 249 | 89.6% |
| Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h) | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5.0% |
| Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h) | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5.0% |
| Unknown speed zone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4% |
Road-geometry harm profile
| Road geometry | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midblock / not at intersection | 20 | 11 | 210 | 75.5% |
| Intersection | 13 | 6 | 68 | 24.5% |
Lighting harm profile
| Lighting | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight | 25 | 12 | 224 | 80.6% |
| Dark / street lights | 7 | 4 | 44 | 15.8% |
| Dawn / dusk | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3.6% |
Top detailed crash descriptions
| Detailed crash description | Crashes | FSI | Harm | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE | 3 | 2 | 111 | 39.9% |
| RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE | 3 | 2 | 22 | 7.9% |
| PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT. | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7.2% |
| PED PLAYING/LYING/WORKING/STANDING ON CARRIAGEWAY. | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4.7% |
| U TURN | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4.7% |
| CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY) | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4.3% |
| PED EMERGES FROM IN FRONT OF PARKED OR STATIONARY VEHICLE | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4.0% |
| ANY MANOEUVRE INVOLVING PED NOT INCLUDED IN DCAs 100-108. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3.6% |
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: No major worsening signal met the screening threshold for Queenscliffe.
Top local worsening locations
No worsening records met the filter for this table.
Worsening mechanism families
No worsening records met the filter for this table.
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: Queenscliffe recorded 14 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 0 fatalities and 8 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 42.4% of all recorded injury crashes and 30.9% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 4 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 4 records.
VRU type breakdown
| VRU type | Harm | FSI | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian | 64 | 6 | 10 |
| Older pedestrian | 40 | 4 | 4 |
| Bicyclist | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| School-age pedestrian/cyclist | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| Motorcyclist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VRU mechanism families
| Mechanism | Harm | FSI | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turning / crossing conflict | 40 | 4 | 4 |
| Other / mixed mechanism | 35 | 3 | 8 |
| Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict | 11 | 1 | 2 |
Top local VRU locations
| Location | Harm | FSI | Crashes | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEDGGOOD AVENUE / MOORE COURT Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FELLOWS ROAD / LAWRENCE ROAD Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GOLIGHTLY STREET / KIORA STREET Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HESSE STREET / HOBSON STREET Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LEARMONTH STREET / STOKES STREET Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LOCKWOOD STREET / FELLOWS ROAD Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| POINT LONSDALE ROAD / KIRK ROAD Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| STEVENS STREET / KING STREET Open map | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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: Queenscliffe recorded 0 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 0 fatalities and 0 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 0.0% of total weighted harm. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.
TIRTL freight-conflict sites
No records available for this table.
HV mechanism families
No records available for this table.
Top heavy-vehicle crash locations
No records available for this table.
Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations
No records available for this table.
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.
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.
Queenscliffe 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.
Queenscliffe 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.
Harm composition
Fatalities, serious injuries and other injuries in the official crash data.
Road-user involvement
Pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle and heavy-vehicle crash involvement.
Top crash locations by harm
Highest weighted-harm locations in this council area.
Statewide priority comparison
Combined priority score and statewide rank compared with other councils.
Graph caveat: these are public-interest road-harm intelligence charts, not an engineering safety audit.
Queenscliffe Street View quick links
Click a link to inspect the road environment in a new browser tab.
Top crash locations — Street View
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 | POINT LONSDALE ROAD / NICHOLAS COURT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | HESSE STREET / HOBSON STREET | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FELLOWS ROAD / LAWRENCE ROAD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | POINT LONSDALE ROAD / ANDERSON STREET | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | BEDGGOOD AVENUE / MOORE COURT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | BELLARINE HIGHWAY -FLINDERS STREET / KING STREET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | GOLIGHTLY STREET / KIORA STREET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | HESSE STREET / STOKES STREET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | JORDAN ROAD / GRANT ROAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | LEARMONTH STREET / STOKES STREET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | LOCKWOOD STREET / FELLOWS ROAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MCDONALD ROAD / FELLOWS ROAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | POINT LONSDALE ROAD / BOWEN ROAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | POINT LONSDALE ROAD / KIRK ROAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | STEVENS STREET / KING STREET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | BELLARINE HIGHWAY / POINT LONSDALE ROAD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | KING STREET / STEVENS STREET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | BELLARINE HIGHWAY / WARD ROAD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | BETHUNE STREET / KING STREET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GELLIBRAND STREET / SYMONDS STREET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GRIMES ROAD / POINT LONSDALE ROAD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | HARBOUR STREET / WHARF E STREET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | HESSE STREET / SYMONDS STREET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | HOBSON STREET / MERCER STREET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | OLD GEELONG ROAD / DOWNTON CRESCENT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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
10
Pedestrian crash records
4
Bicycle crash records
6
Motorcycle crash records
0
Heavy-vehicle crash records