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Towong Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

18 fatalities 226 serious injuries 233 VRU crash records 24 heavy-vehicle crash records

434

Crash records

Fatalities

226

Serious injuries

269

Other injuries

4,329

Weighted harm score

33.8

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

4,329

Weighted harm score

244

Fatal + serious injuries

0.3%

VRU share of harm

6.7%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

90.7%

High-speed road harm share

4.7%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Towong recorded 434 injury crash records, 18 fatalities and 226 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 90.7% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	165	91	1,826	42.2%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	114	66	900	20.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	48	32	612	14.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	30	22	527	12.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	52	20	232	5.4%
Object / roadside impact	17	11	116	2.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	6	2	114	2.6%
Pedestrian conflict	2	0	2	0.0%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	87	91	1,728	42.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	62	66	843	20.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	30	32	593	14.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	17	22	502	12.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	20	20	200	4.9%
Object / roadside impact	11	11	110	2.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	2	110	2.7%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	66.7%
Other / mixed mechanism	2	0	2	13.3%
Pedestrian conflict	2	0	2	13.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	1	0	1	6.7%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	3	2	112	38.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	2	1	101	35.1%
Turning / crossing conflict	11	3	39	13.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	6	2	24	8.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	1	1	10	3.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	0	2	0.7%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	359	209	3,928	90.7%
Unknown speed zone	51	27	299	6.9%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	8	4	46	1.1%
Local streets (50 km/h)	11	3	42	1.0%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	5	1	14	0.3%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	398	225	4,116	95.1%
Intersection	35	18	203	4.7%
Unknown geometry	1	1	10	0.2%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	356	205	3,793	87.6%
Dark / street lights	53	24	370	8.5%
Dawn / dusk	17	11	119	2.7%
Other lighting	8	4	47	1.1%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	92	50	1,277	29.5%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	40	28	566	13.1%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	22	17	379	8.8%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY ON RIGHT BEND	49	29	319	7.4%
OFF CARRIAGEWAY ON LEFT BEND	23	17	269	6.2%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	20	16	259	6.0%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	14	9	187	4.3%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON BEND)	31	16	175	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: Towong's recent annualised harm rate is 350.9 versus a baseline annualised rate of 312.5, a change of 38.4 harm-score points per year.

Open full Towong emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / KURRAJONG TRACK	Emerging from low baseline	1.4	31.3	30.0	3
OMEO HIGHWAY / DUNSTANS LOG ROAD	Strong worsening	11.5	39.4	27.9	6
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / CUDGEWA ALT ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.4	26.4	1
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / REDBANK TRACK	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2	2
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / RANCH ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	5.2	4.0	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Turning / crossing conflict	Strong worsening	123.0	167.9	44.8
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Strong worsening	53.5	103.4	49.9
Other / mixed mechanism	Moderate worsening	16.8	19.1	2.3

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: Towong recorded 6 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 0 fatalities and 1 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 1.4% of all recorded injury crashes and 0.3% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 2 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 1 records.

Open full Towong VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	12	1	3
Older pedestrian	10	1	1
Bicyclist	3	0	3
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	2	0	2
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Object / roadside impact	10	1	1
Other / mixed mechanism	3	0	3
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	1	0	1
Turning / crossing conflict	1	0	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
TALLANGATTA CREEK TRACK / WILLIAMS ROAD Open map	10	1	1	1	0
HANSON STREET / JARDINE STREET Open map	2	0	2	0	2
HANSON STREET / KIELL STREET Open map	1	0	1	1	0
TALLANGATTA CREEK ROAD / CAMPBELLS ROAD Open map	1	0	1	0	1
TOWONG STREET / BANOOL ROAD Open map	1	0	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: Towong recorded 24 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 2 fatalities and 7 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 6.7% of total weighted harm. There are 2 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 Towong 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
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	112	2	3	0
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	101	1	2	0
Turning / crossing conflict	39	3	11	2
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	24	2	6	0
Other / mixed mechanism	10	1	1	0
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	2	0	1	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
LUCYVALE ROAD / COULSTONS ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / LEHMANS ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BRYANTS GAP ROAD Open map	12	1	2	0
HANSEN STREET / DONALDSON ALT STREET Open map	11	1	1	0
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / REDBANK TRACK Open map	10	1	1	1
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / EDGAR ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / REDBANK TRACK Open map	10	1	1	0	0	1
OMEO HIGHWAY / LIGHTNING CREEK TRACK Open map	10	1	1	0	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.

Towong 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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Towong 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.

Towong Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
OMEO HIGHWAY / DUNSTANS LOG ROAD	21 crashes; 1 fatal; 16 serious; harm 264	Street View	Google Maps
LOCKHARTS GAP ROAD / ESKDALE SPUR ROAD	9 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 164	Street View	Google Maps
OMEO HIGHWAY / LIGHTNING CREEK TRACK	8 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 153	Street View	Google Maps
LOCKHARTS GAP ROAD / OMEO HIGHWAY	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 131	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / KURRAJONG TRACK	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 131	Street View	Google Maps
OMEO HIGHWAY / KOHNES ROAD	6 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 127	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / SUGARLOAF TRACK	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
SHELLEY ROAD / SANDY CREEK ROAD	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 120	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / MT ELLIOT RIDGE TRACK	4 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 112	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY RIVER ROAD / LEHMANS ROAD	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
OMEO HIGHWAY / OMEO HIGHWAY	1 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
KURRAJONG GAP ROAD / COLES ROAD	2 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	Moto
1	OMEO HIGHWAY / DUNSTANS LOG ROAD	21	1	16	4	264	0	19
2	LOCKHARTS GAP ROAD / ESKDALE SPUR ROAD	9	1	6	4	164	0	5
3	OMEO HIGHWAY / LIGHTNING CREEK TRACK	8	1	5	3	153	1	8
4	LOCKHARTS GAP ROAD / OMEO HIGHWAY	5	1	3	1	131	0	2
5	MURRAY RIVER ROAD / KURRAJONG TRACK	5	1	3	1	131	0	3
6	OMEO HIGHWAY / KOHNES ROAD	6	1	2	7	127	0	3
7	MURRAY RIVER ROAD / SUGARLOAF TRACK	3	1	2	0	120	0	0
8	SHELLEY ROAD / SANDY CREEK ROAD	3	1	2	0	120	1	2
9	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / MT ELLIOT RIDGE TRACK	4	1	1	2	112	0	4
10	MURRAY RIVER ROAD / LEHMANS ROAD	2	1	1	0	110	1	1
11	OMEO HIGHWAY / OMEO HIGHWAY	1	1	1	0	110	0	0
12	KURRAJONG GAP ROAD / COLES ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	1
13	MURRAY RIVER ROAD / PUB TRACK	2	1	0	1	101	0	1
14	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / CUDGEWA ALT ROAD	2	1	0	1	101	0	0
15	KURRAJONG GAP ROAD / LAKE ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	1
16	LUCYVALE ROAD / COULSTONS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	1	0
17	MURRAY RIVER ROAD / TANKARDS ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0
18	SHELLEY ROAD / OLD SHELLEY-WALWA ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	1
19	GRANYA ROAD / HINDLETON ROAD	11	0	7	4	74	0	9
20	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BRYANTS GAP ROAD	8	0	3	8	38	2	0
21	GRANYA ROAD / FIREBRACE LINK TRACK	8	0	3	5	35	0	7
22	OMEO HIGHWAY / HOLLOWAYS LOG ROAD	8	0	3	5	35	0	7
23	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / MURRAY RIVER ROAD	5	0	3	4	34	1	2
24	GRANYA ROAD / FIREBRACE TRACK	4	0	3	1	31	0	4
25	MURRAY RIVER ROAD / RANCH ROAD	3	0	3	0	30	0	2

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

227

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records