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Stonnington 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 1,781 serious injuries 2,227 VRU crash records 142 heavy-vehicle crash records
4,365
Crash records
27
Fatalities
1,781
Serious injuries
3,288
Other injuries
23,798
Weighted harm score
84.2
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: CHAPEL near MADDOCK is the strongest Stonnington signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #4 statewide.
119
SCATS-matched sites
3,383
Matched crashes
1,373
Fatal/serious injuries
17,517
Weighted harm score
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Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
14CHAPEL near MADDOCK
SCATS 4738		32627745.3532
210Malvern / Chapel / Bray / Little Chapel
SCATS 4753		555461302.31122
316Chapel / Wilson / Garden
SCATS 4771		34621643.3572
438High / Chapel
SCATS 4762		32727823.1770
541High / Hornby / Bangs
SCATS 4763		24120542.8382

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

23,798
Weighted harm score
1,808
Fatal + serious injuries
35.4%
VRU share of harm
5.5%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
13.4%
High-speed road harm share
53.3%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Stonnington recorded 4,365 injury crash records, 27 fatalities and 1,781 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Vulnerable road-user crashes account for 35.4% of weighted harm, making this a major local signature. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 40.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,3125827,27030.5%
Pedestrian conflict5102593,96816.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict8772363,30713.9%
Other / mixed mechanism4911942,74511.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict5442102,65311.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3882052,44010.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2341161,3525.7%
Object / roadside impact96630.3%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict5325826,38430.7%
Pedestrian conflict2432593,67617.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2122362,52012.1%
Other / mixed mechanism1811942,40911.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2022102,29211.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1882052,23510.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1001161,1915.7%
Object / roadside impact66600.3%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict5102593,96847.1%
Other / mixed mechanism217821,33215.8%
Turning / crossing conflict2931081,28215.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3281041,27615.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control74232823.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict35121471.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1641451.7%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Other / mixed mechanism231635026.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict392325419.5%
Turning / crossing conflict201525319.4%
Pedestrian conflict7725019.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict441114911.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict52241.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control31120.9%
Object / roadside impact11100.8%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,03093311,73849.3%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)1,0993965,03321.1%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)4522293,19313.4%
Local streets (50 km/h)4471722,57910.8%
Unknown speed zone337781,2555.3%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,34194512,68253.3%
Midblock / not at intersection2,01786011,08246.6%
Unknown geometry42220.1%
Other geometry31120.1%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,7791,07313,76957.9%
Dark / street lights1,0325647,77432.7%
Dawn / dusk3771401,7827.5%
Other lighting177314732.0%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)8712363,30113.9%
RIGHT THROUGH5042382,84412.0%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2521252,2159.3%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)2471031,1815.0%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE122931,1594.9%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT155881,1374.8%
VEHICLE STRIKES DOOR OF PARKED/STATIONARY VEHICLE299851,0724.5%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)180831,0714.5%

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

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
DARLING ROAD / MANNING ROADEmerging from low baseline0.026.426.41
MALVERN ROAD / HIGH STREETStrong worsening8.631.322.72
MALVERN ROAD / SHAFTESBURY AVENUEStrong worsening4.126.422.21
MONASH FREEWAY / MONASH OUT-BURKE OF RAMPStrong worsening4.320.416.17
MALVERN ROAD / BURKE ROADStrong worsening2.014.912.95
TOORAK ROAD / KILSYTH AVENUEStrong worsening2.512.810.34
TOORAK ROAD / KOOYONG ROADModerate worsening9.517.07.56
GLENFERRIEEmerging from low baseline0.08.18.13

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictMajor worsening204.9257.953.0
Other / mixed mechanismStrong worsening308.6330.822.2
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictStrong worsening92.8118.525.7

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: Stonnington recorded 1,473 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 17 fatalities and 575 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 33.7% of all recorded injury crashes and 35.4% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 83 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 141 records.
Open full Stonnington VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian4,720317625
Bicyclist3,758278862
Older pedestrian1,47396141
School-age pedestrian/cyclist2682083
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,497233545
Other / mixed mechanism2,795190424
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1,566130379
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2822374
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1471235
Rear-end / same-lane conflict145416

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
WARRIGAL ROAD / DANDENONG ROAD
Open map		34576420
CHAPEL STREET / DALY STREET
Open map		141413490
HIGH STREET / CHAPEL STREET
Open map		135122713140
PUNT ROAD / TOORAK ROAD
Open map		13548530
CHAPEL STREET / MALCOLM STREET
Open map		13312241230
MALVERN ROAD / HIGH STREET
Open map		12335410
UNNAMED NONE
Open map		12131100
CHAPEL STREET / GROSVENOR STREET
Open map		11626150

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: Stonnington recorded 142 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 5 fatalities and 71 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 5.5% of total weighted harm. There are 31 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 Stonnington 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 mechanism470192612
Turning / crossing conflict38319249
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict25423395
Rear-end / same-lane conflict14911441
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict24252
Run-off-road / loss-of-control12132

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
MONASH FREEWAY / HIGH STREET
Open map		154681
MONASH FREEWAY / SCOTCHMANS CREEK TRAIL
Open map		11511120
MONASH FREEWAY / DUNLOP STREET
Open map		115261
PUNT ROAD / TOORAK ROAD
Open map		100111
SUTHERLAND ROAD / AVONDALE ROAD
Open map		100111
TOORAK ROAD / LANSELL ROAD
Open map		100111

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
MONASH FREEWAY / HIGH STREET
Open map		15468001
MONASH FREEWAY / DUNLOP STREET
Open map		11526100
PUNT ROAD / TOORAK ROAD
Open map		10011010
SUTHERLAND ROAD / AVONDALE ROAD
Open map		10011100
TOORAK ROAD / LANSELL ROAD
Open map		10011001
MONASH FREEWAY / MONASH OUT-BURKE OF RAMP
Open map		3133002

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: Stonnington has 119 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 3,383 matched crash records and 1,373 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is CHAPEL near MADDOCK, with a priority score of 96.8.
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Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
CHAPEL near MADDOCK
SCATS 4738
Open map		96.8326.0275.3High
Malvern / Chapel / Bray / Little Chapel
SCATS 4753
Open map		95.6555.0462.3High
Chapel / Wilson / Garden
SCATS 4771
Open map		95.2346.0213.3High
High / Chapel
SCATS 4762
Open map		93.0327.0273.1High
High / Hornby / Bangs
SCATS 4763
Open map		92.9241.0202.8High
Kooyong / Wattletree
SCATS 4778
Open map		90.9283.0252.5High
Toorak / Orrong
SCATS 4748
Open map		90.4333.0212.1High
Monash / High / Wills
SCATS 2846
Open map		89.3330.0301.5High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
CHAPEL near MADDOCK
SCATS 4738
Open map		5.3326.0277461,914,974
Chapel / Wilson / Garden
SCATS 4771
Open map		3.3346.02164105,462,817
High / Chapel
SCATS 4762
Open map		3.1327.02782105,866,433
Chadstone / Exit Chad Shops
SCATS 3851
Open map		3.0208.0183869,393,683
High / Hornby / Bangs
SCATS 4763
Open map		2.8241.0205485,547,459
Malvern / Winton
SCATS 4347
Open map		2.7222.0112883,771,715
Malvern / Moira
SCATS 3855
Open map		2.5245.0151498,457,438
Kooyong / Wattletree
SCATS 4778
Open map		2.5283.02543114,644,577

Stonnington 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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Stonnington 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.

Stonnington Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
WARRIGAL ROAD / DANDENONG ROAD43 crashes; 3 fatal; 19 serious; harm 532Street ViewGoogle Maps
MONASH FREEWAY / HIGH STREET30 crashes; 1 fatal; 17 serious; harm 287Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD22 crashes; 1 fatal; 15 serious; harm 263Street ViewGoogle Maps
PUNT ROAD / TOORAK ROAD38 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 252Street ViewGoogle Maps
MONASH FREEWAY / WINTON ROAD21 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 239Street ViewGoogle Maps
MONASH FREEWAY / SCOTCHMANS CREEK TRAIL25 crashes; 0 fatal; 19 serious; harm 205Street ViewGoogle Maps
CLENDON ROAD / WOORIGOLEEN ROAD1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / DERBY ROAD19 crashes; 0 fatal; 19 serious; harm 197Street ViewGoogle Maps
MALVERN ROAD / HIGH STREET22 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 191Street ViewGoogle Maps
DANDENONG ROAD / DANDENONG FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD11 crashes; 1 fatal; 8 serious; harm 188Street ViewGoogle Maps
ALEXANDRA AVENUE / CHAPEL STREET33 crashes; 0 fatal; 16 serious; harm 185Street ViewGoogle Maps
TOORAK ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD41 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 176Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Malvern / Chapel / Bray / Little ChapelSite 4753; 130 matched crashes; harm 555Street ViewGoogle Maps
Chapel / Wilson / GardenSite 4771; 64 matched crashes; harm 346Street ViewGoogle Maps
Toorak / OrrongSite 4748; 44 matched crashes; harm 333Street ViewGoogle Maps
Monash / High / WillsSite 2846; 52 matched crashes; harm 330Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / ChapelSite 4762; 82 matched crashes; harm 327Street ViewGoogle Maps
CHAPEL near MADDOCKSite 4738; 74 matched crashes; harm 326Street ViewGoogle Maps
Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURNSite 2985; 36 matched crashes; harm 323Street ViewGoogle Maps
Toorak / WilliamsSite 4745; 66 matched crashes; harm 319Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / WilliamsSite 4764; 40 matched crashes; harm 289Street ViewGoogle Maps
Punt / HighSite 3401; 46 matched crashes; harm 284Street ViewGoogle Maps
Kooyong / WattletreeSite 4778; 43 matched crashes; harm 283Street ViewGoogle Maps
Toorak / KooyongSite 4750; 36 matched crashes; harm 276Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1WARRIGAL ROAD / DANDENONG ROAD43319425323422
2MONASH FREEWAY / HIGH STREET30117172878009
3DANDENONG ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD22115132630315
4PUNT ROAD / TOORAK ROAD38112322521539
5MONASH FREEWAY / WINTON ROAD21112192398003
6MONASH FREEWAY / SCOTCHMANS CREEK TRAIL250191520512003
7CLENDON ROAD / WOORIGOLEEN ROAD12002000000
8DANDENONG ROAD / DERBY ROAD1901971970202
9MALVERN ROAD / HIGH STREET2217211910414
10DANDENONG ROAD / DANDENONG FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD111881880102
11ALEXANDRA AVENUE / CHAPEL STREET33016251851745
12TOORAK ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD41014361760775
13TOORAK ROAD / KOOYONG ROAD23016121720516
14PUNT ROAD / HIGH STREET25015191690625
15MONASH FREEWAY / DUNLOP STREET1415101606103
16DANDENONG ROAD -QUEENS WAY / CHAPEL STREET23014141541654
17CHAPEL STREET / MALCOLM STREET260141315301231
18WARRIGAL ROAD / WAVERLEY ROAD26013231530315
19DANDENONG ROAD / MURRUMBEENA ROAD19014121520014
20HIGH STREET / WILLIAMS ROAD1514121520413
21HIGH STREET / CHAPEL STREET3301320150013143
22MONASH FREEWAY / MONASH OUT-BURKE OF RAMP18013121423008
23CHAPEL STREET / DALY STREET1413121420490
24TOORAK ROAD / LANSELL ROAD1213121421015
25MALVERN ROAD / ST JOHNS LANE51411410201

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
14753Malvern / Chapel / Bray / Little Chapel130046555244,445,0112.272306616
24771Chapel / Wilson / Garden64120346105,462,8173.28210398
34748Toorak / Orrong44120333154,906,1172.151648
42846Monash / High / Wills52030330218,592,1581.5192210
54762High / Chapel82027327105,866,4333.09017537
64738CHAPEL near MADDOCK7402732661,914,9745.272112913
72985Princes Highway East near CLOSEBURN36120323431,212,2880.750427
84745Toorak / Williams66026319184,759,2461.73081212
94764High / Williams40116289167,121,8981.7314167
103401Punt / High46025284288,960,0840.980777
114778Kooyong / Wattletree43025283114,644,5772.471227
124750Toorak / Kooyong36026276140,334,9531.9706215
134774CHAPEL near UNION63021254163,389,9051.55011435
143399Punt / Commercial53021253229,617,6501.1009616
154743Toorak / Chapel62020251164,513,1231.53082719
162421Princes Highway East / DARLING / KOORNANG28113251387,026,6750.650914
174755Malvern / Williams58021249170,293,2831.46151516
183855Malvern / Moira1411424598,457,4382.493031
194740Chapel / Alexandra / Church45021242187,183,9841.2919108
204779MALVERN near CHATSWORTH21113242109,030,9742.220744
214763High / Hornby / Bangs5402024185,547,4592.82281911
224350Malvern / High30111235134,973,9991.740626
232435Princes Highway East / SMITH / RAILWAY / NORMANBY20112233296,217,3900.790521
244346Burke / Waverley56018225120,003,4861.874716
254347Malvern / Winton2811022283,771,7152.657024

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Heavy-vehicle crash records matched to nearby TIRTL freight monitoring sites. This is a freight-corridor candidate layer.

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Road-user summaries

625
Pedestrian crash records
862
Bicycle crash records
740
Motorcycle crash records
142
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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