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Southern Grampians Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

27 fatalities 303 serious injuries 116 VRU crash records 47 heavy-vehicle crash records

498

Crash records

Fatalities

303

Serious injuries

329

Other injuries

6,059

Weighted harm score

38.6

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 Southern Grampians by crash mechanism, road environment, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

6,059

Weighted harm score

330

Fatal + serious injuries

9.1%

VRU share of harm

17.4%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

78.6%

High-speed road harm share

15.1%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Southern Grampians recorded 498 injury crash records, 27 fatalities and 303 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 17.4% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 78.6% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 39.3% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	206	132	2,194	36.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	122	78	1,569	25.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	27	43	1,173	19.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	67	39	607	10.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	44	24	355	5.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	15	8	90	1.5%
Pedestrian conflict	14	6	68	1.1%
Object / roadside impact	3	0	3	0.0%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	106	132	2,061	35.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	69	78	1,511	26.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	18	43	1,159	20.1%
Other / mixed mechanism	33	39	572	9.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	23	24	330	5.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	8	8	82	1.4%
Pedestrian conflict	6	6	60	1.0%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	12	6	247	44.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	4	3	121	21.8%
Turning / crossing conflict	12	7	75	13.5%
Pedestrian conflict	14	6	68	12.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	4	2	23	4.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	2	20	3.6%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	11	12	484	45.8%
Turning / crossing conflict	15	19	467	44.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	9	5	55	5.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	2	25	2.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	3	1	13	1.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	1	12	1.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	308	251	4,761	78.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)	80	33	570	9.4%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	77	32	385	6.4%
Unknown speed zone	24	11	306	5.1%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	9	3	37	0.6%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	345	253	5,147	84.9%
Intersection	153	77	912	15.1%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	340	224	3,561	58.8%
Dark / street lights	115	72	1,508	24.9%
Dawn / dusk	36	32	874	14.4%
Other lighting	7	2	116	1.9%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	21	37	1,105	18.2%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	65	48	1,053	17.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	52	39	679	11.2%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	30	22	507	8.4%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	59	31	377	6.2%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY TO RIGHT	10	11	292	4.8%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	24	17	271	4.5%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)	25	14	242	4.0%

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

Open full Southern Grampians emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
GLENELG HIGHWAY / RACECOURSE ROAD	Moderate worsening	17.6	26.6	9.0	1
BROWN STREET / FRENCH STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.5	5.5	2
VICTORIA POINT ROAD / LOMAS ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	5.2	4.0	2
COLERAINE ROAD -MT BAIMBRIDGE ROAD / COLERAINE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.6	5.2	3.6	2
LONSDALE STREET / BROWN STREET	Strong worsening	2.4	5.5	3.1	2
GLENELG HIGHWAY / DOLMANS ROAD	Strong worsening	2.5	5.2	2.7	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Major worsening	82.3	176.0	93.7
Other / mixed mechanism	Strong worsening	33.6	57.2	23.5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Moderate worsening	6.0	8.4	2.4

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: Southern Grampians recorded 48 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 3 fatalities and 23 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 9.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 9.1% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 9 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 10 records.

Open full Southern Grampians VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Bicyclist	339	15	24
Pedestrian	215	11	24
Older pedestrian	47	4	10
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	45	4	9
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	291	10	20
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	121	3	4
Turning / crossing conflict	89	8	17
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	33	3	5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	20	2	2

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
HENRY COURT / DEMPSTER DRIVE Open map	110	2	1	1	0
CHURCH STREET / WINTER STREET Open map	100	1	1	0	1
WILLS STREET / STERLING STREET Open map	100	1	1	0	1
BROWN STREET / GRAY STREET Open map	21	2	3	1	2
GRAY STREET / MCGUIGAN LANE Open map	13	1	4	4	0
LONSDALE STREET / BROWN STREET Open map	12	1	3	2	1
BREE ROAD / TYERS STREET Open map	11	1	2	0	2
COX STREET / GRAY STREET Open map	11	1	2	0	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: Southern Grampians recorded 47 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 7 fatalities and 33 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 17.4% of total weighted harm. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.

Open full Southern Grampians 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
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	484	12	11
Turning / crossing conflict	467	19	15
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	55	5	9
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	25	2	7
Other / mixed mechanism	13	1	3
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	12	1	2

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
GLENELG HIGHWAY / DUNKELD-CAVENDISH ROAD Open map	150	6	2
GLENELG HIGHWAY / FEATHERSTONHAUGH ROAD Open map	130	4	1
GLENELG HIGHWAY / CALDOWS ROAD Open map	120	3	1
GLENELG HIGHWAY / SHADYS LANE Open map	101	1	1
GLENELG HIGHWAY / RACECOURSE ROAD Open map	100	1	1
HENTY HIGHWAY / BEESONS ROAD Open map	100	1	1

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.

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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.

Southern Grampians 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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Southern Grampians 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.

Southern Grampians Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
WANNON-NIGRETTA FALLS ROAD / NIGRETTA FALLS ACCESS ROAD	2 crashes; 4 fatal; 2 serious; harm 420	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / RACECOURSE ROAD	8 crashes; 2 fatal; 5 serious; harm 253	Street View	Google Maps
HAMILTON HIGHWAY / KRUMNOW LANE	2 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 220	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / DUNKELD-CAVENDISH ROAD	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 207	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / FEATHERSTONHAUGH ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 130	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / CALDOWS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 121	Street View	Google Maps
MILL ROAD / TAYLORS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 111	Street View	Google Maps
HENTY HIGHWAY / BEESONS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
HENTY HIGHWAY / WALLACEDALE NORTH-HAMILTON ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
GLENELG HIGHWAY / MILL ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
HENRY COURT / DEMPSTER DRIVE	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
MACKICHAN LANE / BORAM BORAM LANE	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	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	WANNON-NIGRETTA FALLS ROAD / NIGRETTA FALLS ACCESS ROAD	2	4	2	0	420	0	0	0	0
2	GLENELG HIGHWAY / RACECOURSE ROAD	8	2	5	3	253	1	0	0	0
3	HAMILTON HIGHWAY / KRUMNOW LANE	2	2	2	0	220	1	0	0	0
4	GLENELG HIGHWAY / DUNKELD-CAVENDISH ROAD	6	1	10	7	207	2	0	0	0
5	GLENELG HIGHWAY / FEATHERSTONHAUGH ROAD	1	1	3	0	130	1	0	0	0
6	GLENELG HIGHWAY / CALDOWS ROAD	2	1	2	1	121	1	0	0	0
7	MILL ROAD / TAYLORS ROAD	2	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	1
8	HENTY HIGHWAY / BEESONS ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	1	0	0	0
9	HENTY HIGHWAY / WALLACEDALE NORTH-HAMILTON ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	1	0	0	0
10	GLENELG HIGHWAY / MILL ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
11	HENRY COURT / DEMPSTER DRIVE	1	1	1	0	110	0	1	0	0
12	MACKICHAN LANE / BORAM BORAM LANE	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
13	MT BAIMBRIDGE ROAD / BEVERIDGES ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
14	COLERAINE-EDENHOPE ROAD / HARROW-BALMORAL ROAD	3	1	0	3	103	0	0	0	1
15	GLENELG HIGHWAY / ROBERTS ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	0	1
16	GLENELG HIGHWAY / SHADYS LANE	1	1	0	1	101	1	0	0	0
17	CHURCH STREET / WINTER STREET	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	1	0
18	COLES TRACK / MENZLES PIT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	1
19	MILL ROAD / WARBURTONS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
20	NATIMUK-HAMILTON ROAD / MELVILLE FOREST-VASEY ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
21	NORTH LAKE ROAD / KRAUSES LANE	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
22	WILLS STREET / STERLING STREET	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	1	0
23	GLENELG HIGHWAY / NIGRETTA ROAD	2	0	8	1	81	0	0	0	0
24	GLENELG HIGHWAY / GORDON STREET	3	0	6	2	62	0	0	0	0
25	PIERREPOINT ROAD / THOMPSONS ROAD	1	0	6	1	61	0	0	0	0

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

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records