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Swan Hill 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 227 serious injuries 107 VRU crash records 31 heavy-vehicle crash records

543

Crash records

Fatalities

227

Serious injuries

520

Other injuries

5,490

Weighted harm score

33.3

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

5,490

Weighted harm score

254

Fatal + serious injuries

8.2%

VRU share of harm

12.7%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

77.0%

High-speed road harm share

32.3%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Swan Hill recorded 543 injury crash records, 27 fatalities and 227 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 12.7% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 77.0% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 38.3% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	266	113	2,410	43.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	35	36	1,023	18.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	91	44	779	14.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	70	25	673	12.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	31	12	234	4.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	21	8	191	3.5%
Pedestrian conflict	28	15	168	3.1%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	12	0.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	94	113	2,159	42.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	21	36	1,008	20.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	39	44	718	14.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	22	25	611	12.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	12	211	4.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	6	8	174	3.4%
Pedestrian conflict	15	15	153	3.0%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	12	0.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	11	3	218	48.7%
Pedestrian conflict	28	15	168	37.5%
Turning / crossing conflict	11	2	33	7.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	3	1	13	2.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	3	1	13	2.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	0	3	0.7%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	11	11	300	43.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	6	4	224	32.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	5	2	116	16.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	5	3	33	4.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	1	13	1.9%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	1	1	10	1.4%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	283	173	4,227	77.0%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	87	30	583	10.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)	136	41	542	9.9%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	24	7	96	1.7%
Unknown speed zone	13	3	42	0.8%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	307	167	3,718	67.7%
Intersection	236	87	1,772	32.3%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	364	167	3,383	61.6%
Dark / street lights	116	60	1,592	29.0%
Dawn / dusk	58	27	509	9.3%
Other lighting	5	0	6	0.1%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	17	23	695	12.7%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	94	26	653	11.9%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	22	20	570	10.4%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	40	19	489	8.9%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	46	17	390	7.1%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY TO LEFT	21	15	253	4.6%
RIGHT REAR.	19	6	176	3.2%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	11	6	157	2.9%

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: Swan Hill 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
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BENJEROOP-TRESCO ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.5	11.0	9.5	4
SEA LAKE-SWAN HILL ROAD / DEAD HORSE LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	9.4	9.4	3
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / SCOTTIE POINT ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	8.1	7.8	3
SEA LAKE-SWAN HILL ROAD / WOORINEN-GOSCHEN ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.4	6.0	4.6	2
CAMPBELL STREET / GRAY STREET	Moderate worsening	5.0	5.5	0.5	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Strong worsening	5.9	37.6	31.7
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Watch	23.3	19.6	-3.7
Other / mixed mechanism	Watch	62.8	55.1	-7.7

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: Swan Hill recorded 59 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 2 fatalities and 20 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 10.9% of all recorded injury crashes and 8.2% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 13 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 11 records.

Open full Swan Hill VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	381	17	38
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	69	6	13
Bicyclist	67	5	21
Older pedestrian	53	4	11
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	309	11	28
Turning / crossing conflict	79	6	19
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	44	4	6
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	13	1	3
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	3	0	3

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
MONASH AVENUE / BIRDWOOD AVENUE Open map	100	1	1	1	0
NYAH WEST ROAD / LUSTY LANE Open map	100	1	1	1	0
BEVERIDGE STREET / MCCRAE STREET Open map	12	1	3	3	0
MONASH DRIVE / SWAN HILL-MOULAMEIN ROAD Open map	12	1	2	2	0
MCCALLUM STREET / HIGH ALT STREET Open map	11	1	2	1	1
MCCRAE STREET / SPLATT STREET Open map	11	1	1	1	0
RUTHERFORD STREET / MCLEOD LANE Open map	11	1	1	0	1
YANA STREET / HARRISON CRESCENT 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: Swan Hill recorded 31 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 5 fatalities and 17 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 12.7% of total weighted harm. No TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm was available for this council in the current matching layer.

Open full Swan Hill 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
Turning / crossing conflict	300	11	11
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	224	4	6
Other / mixed mechanism	116	2	5
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	33	3	5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	13	1	3
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	1	1

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / CHINKAPOOK-NYAH WEST ROAD Open map	201	2	1
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / JACARANDA CRESCENT Open map	113	2	2
MALLEE HIGHWAY / STORER ROAD Open map	100	1	1
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / HEYWOOD LAKE ROAD Open map	100	1	1
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BENJEROOP-TRESCO ROAD Open map	52	5	2
SEA LAKE-SWAN HILL ROAD / DELMENICO ROAD Open map	30	3	2

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.

Swan Hill 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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Swan Hill 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.

Swan Hill Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / CRETE ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 3 serious; harm 230	Street View	Google Maps
ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / CHINKAPOOK-NYAH WEST ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 201	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / TITFORD ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 121	Street View	Google Maps
ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / CRETE ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / MURRAWEE ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 116	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / JACARANDA CRESCENT	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 113	Street View	Google Maps
LAKE BOGA-ULTIMA ROAD / DAVID STREET	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / COONIMUR ROAD	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 104	Street View	Google Maps
LAKE BOGA-ULTIMA ROAD / QUAMBATOOK ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	Street View	Google Maps
MALLEE HIGHWAY / STORER ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / TOL TOL ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / COTTMAN ROAD	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 101	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	Moto
1	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / CRETE ROAD	1	2	3	0	230	0	0	0
2	ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / CHINKAPOOK-NYAH WEST ROAD	1	2	0	1	201	1	0	0
3	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / TITFORD ROAD	1	1	2	1	121	0	0	0
4	ROBINVALE-SEA LAKE ROAD / CRETE ROAD	1	1	2	0	120	0	0	0
5	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / MURRAWEE ROAD	2	1	1	6	116	0	0	0
6	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / JACARANDA CRESCENT	2	1	1	3	113	2	0	0
7	LAKE BOGA-ULTIMA ROAD / DAVID STREET	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0
8	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / COONIMUR ROAD	4	1	0	4	104	0	0	0
9	LAKE BOGA-ULTIMA ROAD / QUAMBATOOK ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	1
10	MALLEE HIGHWAY / STORER ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	1	0	0
11	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / TOL TOL ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	0	0
12	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / COTTMAN ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	0	1
13	TRESCO WEST ROAD / BAEL BAEL ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	0	0
14	ANNUELLO-WEMEN ROAD / ANNUELLO-WEMEN ALT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
15	CHILLINGOLLAH ROAD / MCCLENNANS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
16	MONASH AVENUE / BIRDWOOD AVENUE	1	1	0	0	100	0	1	0
17	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / CHISLETT DRIVE	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
18	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / HEYWOOD LAKE ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	1	0	0
19	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / KENTISH LANE	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
20	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / ZARA LANE	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
21	NORTH SOUTH ROAD / RESERVE ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
22	NYAH WEST ROAD / LUSTY LANE	1	1	0	0	100	0	1	0
23	PENTAL ISLAND ROAD / FISH POINT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
24	RIVER ROAD / ARNOLDT STREET	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0
25	SEA LAKE-SWAN HILL ROAD / MASON ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	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