SG Council

South Gippsland Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

55 fatalities 534 serious injuries 257 VRU crash records 81 heavy-vehicle crash records

1,276

Crash records

Fatalities

534

Serious injuries

1,160

Other injuries

12,000

Weighted harm score

51.7

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

12,000

Weighted harm score

589

Fatal + serious injuries

6.4%

VRU share of harm

17.3%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

85.5%

High-speed road harm share

22.1%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: South Gippsland recorded 1,276 injury crash records, 55 fatalities and 534 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 17.3% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 85.5% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 25.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	520	247	5,186	43.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	132	105	2,666	22.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	259	104	1,495	12.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	165	66	1,247	10.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	109	38	650	5.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	52	17	515	4.3%
Pedestrian conflict	22	7	176	1.5%
Object / roadside impact	17	5	65	0.5%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	215	247	4,781	43.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	67	105	2,547	23.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	99	104	1,321	12.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	59	66	1,115	10.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	36	38	567	5.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	12	17	454	4.1%
Pedestrian conflict	7	7	160	1.5%
Object / roadside impact	5	5	51	0.5%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	9	7	252	32.8%
Other / mixed mechanism	17	8	181	23.5%
Pedestrian conflict	22	7	176	22.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	4	2	112	14.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	3	30	3.9%
Turning / crossing conflict	7	1	16	2.1%
Object / roadside impact	1	0	2	0.3%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	21	26	997	48.1%
Turning / crossing conflict	29	16	546	26.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	7	5	242	11.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	5	232	11.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	11	2	30	1.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	6	2	24	1.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	951	472	10,261	85.5%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	156	55	978	8.2%
Local streets (50 km/h)	78	34	405	3.4%
Unknown speed zone	70	26	311	2.6%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	21	2	45	0.4%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	992	473	9,350	77.9%
Intersection	282	116	2,648	22.1%
Unknown geometry	2	0	2	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	931	423	8,726	72.7%
Dark / street lights	241	124	2,318	19.3%
Dawn / dusk	96	36	711	5.9%
Other lighting	8	6	245	2.0%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	112	95	2,366	19.7%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	221	108	1,692	14.1%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	148	61	1,093	9.1%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	78	47	1,052	8.8%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	43	25	855	7.1%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	113	47	646	5.4%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	51	17	514	4.3%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY ON RIGHT BEND	53	25	467	3.9%

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: South Gippsland has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.

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Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / JEETHO ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	31.3	31.2	3
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / LOCH-POOWONG ROAD	Strong worsening	3.0	31.6	28.6	3
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / FOSTER-MIRBOO ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	29.0	29.0	2
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / BIRDS S ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7	2
THORPDALE ROAD / COUPER STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	28.7	28.6	2
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / MAIN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.4	29.0	27.6	2
FISH CREEK-WALKERVILLE ROAD / COTTAGE COURT	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.6	26.6	1
LOCH-POOWONG ROAD / SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.6	26.6	1

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Watch	115.0	102.3	-12.7
Object / roadside impact	Moderate worsening	4.0	5.7	1.7
Other / mixed mechanism	Watch	57.1	41.8	-15.4

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: South Gippsland recorded 62 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 5 fatalities and 23 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 4.9% of all recorded injury crashes and 6.4% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 10 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 13 records.

Open full South Gippsland VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	455	16	37
Bicyclist	314	12	25
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	74	7	10
Older pedestrian	58	5	13
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	321	12	30
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	252	7	9
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	122	3	5
Turning / crossing conflict	42	3	15
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	30	3	2
Object / roadside impact	2	0	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
BOOLARRA-FOSTER ROAD / FOSTER-MT BEST ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
LOCH-POOWONG ROAD / BASS VALLEY ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / BASS VALLEY ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / SILKSTONE ALT ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
WHITTINGHAM WAY / KOONWARRA-INVERLOCH ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
MEENIYAN-MIRBOO NORTH ROAD / OLD MARDAN ROAD Open map	20	2	1	0	1
COMMERCIAL STREET / RADOVICK STREET Open map	12	1	3	2	1
LANG LANG-POOWONG ROAD / MOUNT LYALL ROAD Open map	11	1	1	1	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: South Gippsland recorded 81 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 16 fatalities and 40 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 17.3% of total weighted harm. There are 6 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 South Gippsland 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
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	997	26	21	2
Turning / crossing conflict	546	16	29	1
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	242	5	7	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	232	5	7	2
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	30	2	11	1
Other / mixed mechanism	24	2	6	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / CAITHNESS ROAD Open map	223	4	4
BASS HIGHWAY / LANDRYS ROAD Open map	210	3	2
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OLD LEONGATHA ROAD Open map	203	2	2
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / MAIN ROAD Open map	122	3	3
TARWIN LOWER ROAD / BUFFALO-TARWIN LOWER ROAD Open map	120	3	1
KOONWARRA-INVERLOCH ROAD / KOONWARRA-POUND CREEK ROAD Open map	113	2	3

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Moto
FARMERS ROAD / MILFORD ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
THORPDALE ROAD / COUPER STREET Open map	100	1	1	0	1
WHITTINGHAM WAY / KOONWARRA-INVERLOCH ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
BASS HIGHWAY / WARES ROAD Open map	10	1	1	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.

South Gippsland 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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South Gippsland 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.

South Gippsland Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / CAITHNESS ROAD	21 crashes; 2 fatal; 8 serious; harm 299	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / SILKSTONE ALT ROAD	8 crashes; 2 fatal; 7 serious; harm 278	Street View	Google Maps
STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / YARRAGON-LEONGATHA ROAD	5 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 247	Street View	Google Maps
BASS HIGHWAY / LANDRYS ROAD	4 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 231	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OGRADYS RIDGE ROAD	3 crashes; 2 fatal; 1 serious; harm 212	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OLD LEONGATHA ROAD	5 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 210	Street View	Google Maps
BASS HIGHWAY / ROUGHEADS ROAD	7 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 157	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / LOCH-POOWONG ROAD	8 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 147	Street View	Google Maps
LANG LANG-POOWONG ROAD / MOUNT LYALL ROAD	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 145	Street View	Google Maps
MEENIYAN-PROMONTORY ROAD / BATHS ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 129	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OLD KOONWARRA-MEENIYAN ROAD	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 128	Street View	Google Maps
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / LUNDSTROMS ROAD	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 126	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	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / CAITHNESS ROAD	21	2	8	19	299	4	0	0	2
2	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / SILKSTONE ALT ROAD	8	2	7	8	278	1	1	0	0
3	STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / YARRAGON-LEONGATHA ROAD	5	2	4	7	247	1	0	0	0
4	BASS HIGHWAY / LANDRYS ROAD	4	2	3	1	231	2	0	0	0
5	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OGRADYS RIDGE ROAD	3	2	1	2	212	0	0	0	0
6	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OLD LEONGATHA ROAD	5	2	0	10	210	2	0	0	0
7	BASS HIGHWAY / ROUGHEADS ROAD	7	1	4	17	157	0	0	0	0
8	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / LOCH-POOWONG ROAD	8	1	4	7	147	2	0	0	0
9	LANG LANG-POOWONG ROAD / MOUNT LYALL ROAD	9	1	4	5	145	0	1	0	6
10	MEENIYAN-PROMONTORY ROAD / BATHS ROAD	5	1	2	9	129	0	0	0	1
11	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / OLD KOONWARRA-MEENIYAN ROAD	6	1	2	8	128	0	0	0	1
12	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / LUNDSTROMS ROAD	6	1	2	6	126	1	0	1	2
13	LANG LANG-POOWONG ROAD / FRYS LANE	15	0	11	13	123	0	0	0	13
14	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / BOOLARRA-FOSTER ROAD	5	1	2	3	123	0	0	0	0
15	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / MAIN ROAD	4	1	2	3	123	3	0	0	0
16	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / JEETHO ROAD	3	1	2	1	121	0	0	0	0
17	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / STEELE STREET	2	1	2	1	121	0	0	0	0
18	TARWIN LOWER ROAD / BUFFALO-TARWIN LOWER ROAD	2	1	2	1	121	1	0	0	0
19	KOONWARRA-INVERLOCH ROAD / KOONWARRA-POUND CREEK ROAD	5	1	1	5	115	3	0	0	0
20	STRZELECKI HIGHWAY / DARLIMURLA ROAD	3	1	1	4	114	2	0	0	1
21	LOCH-POOWONG ROAD / SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY	3	1	1	3	113	0	0	0	1
22	MIRBOO NORTH-TRAFALGAR ROAD / GERMANO ROAD	3	1	1	2	112	0	0	0	0
23	WILSONS PROMONTORY ROAD / MOUNT OBERON CARPARK ROAD	2	1	1	2	112	0	0	0	0
24	SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / TARWIN LOWER ROAD	1	1	1	2	112	0	0	0	0
25	THORPDALE ROAD / COUPER STREET	3	1	1	1	111	1	0	0	3

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

Pedestrian crash records

Bicycle crash records

195

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records