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Wangaratta Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

45 fatalities 440 serious injuries 297 VRU crash records 68 heavy-vehicle crash records

1,014

Crash records

Fatalities

440

Serious injuries

915

Other injuries

9,815

Weighted harm score

47.9

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

9,815

Weighted harm score

485

Fatal + serious injuries

9.9%

VRU share of harm

13.4%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

79.1%

High-speed road harm share

24.1%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Wangaratta recorded 1,014 injury crash records, 45 fatalities and 440 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 13.4% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 79.1% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 31.1% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	435	209	4,060	41.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	195	100	1,762	18.0%
Other / mixed mechanism	138	55	1,124	11.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	52	42	916	9.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	67	35	851	8.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	77	28	721	7.3%
Pedestrian conflict	33	11	314	3.2%
Object / roadside impact	17	5	67	0.7%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	165	209	3,681	40.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	87	100	1,639	18.2%
Other / mixed mechanism	52	55	1,015	11.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	26	42	885	9.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	26	35	801	8.9%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	19	28	648	7.2%
Pedestrian conflict	11	11	291	3.2%
Object / roadside impact	5	5	50	0.6%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Other / mixed mechanism	34	11	317	32.5%
Pedestrian conflict	33	11	314	32.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	10	5	147	15.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	6	2	114	11.7%
Turning / crossing conflict	31	4	68	7.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	5	1	14	1.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	0	1	0.1%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	27	21	512	38.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	8	10	374	28.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	7	2	205	15.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	13	7	171	13.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	11	4	52	4.0%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	0.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	576	359	7,767	79.1%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	198	58	1,072	10.9%
Local streets (50 km/h)	144	41	627	6.4%
Unknown speed zone	60	23	271	2.8%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	36	4	78	0.8%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	669	358	7,452	75.9%
Intersection	343	127	2,361	24.1%
Other geometry	2	0	2	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	719	341	6,494	66.2%
Dark / street lights	209	112	2,652	27.0%
Dawn / dusk	67	24	396	4.0%
Other lighting	19	8	273	2.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	95	57	1,167	11.9%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	68	40	1,076	11.0%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	85	56	1,069	10.9%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	76	28	720	7.3%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	30	29	678	6.9%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	43	13	451	4.6%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	38	24	447	4.6%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	78	27	371	3.8%

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: Wangaratta's recent annualised harm rate is 758.4 versus a baseline annualised rate of 709.4, a change of 49.1 harm-score points per year.

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

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD / MCCLAY ROAD	Strong worsening	16.5	60.3	43.8	5
HUME FREEWAY / WANGARATTA-HUME IN ON RAMP	Strong worsening	16.4	55.6	39.2	3
ROWAN STREET / SWAN STREET	Strong worsening	3.4	29.5	26.1	2
TAMINICK GAP ROAD / TAAFFE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	16.2	16.2	6
GRETA ROAD / TONE ROAD	Moderate worsening	2.8	5.5	2.7	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Major worsening	48.6	108.1	59.4
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Strong worsening	122.8	159.3	36.5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Moderate worsening	40.0	40.7	0.7

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: Wangaratta recorded 120 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 6 fatalities and 28 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 11.8% of all recorded injury crashes and 9.9% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 18 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 15 records.

Open full Wangaratta VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	693	20	56
Bicyclist	282	14	64
Older pedestrian	70	6	15
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	66	5	18
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	470	16	52
Turning / crossing conflict	227	10	44
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	149	5	12
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	114	2	6
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	14	1	5
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	1	0	1

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
YARRABEE ROAD / ILLAWONG ROAD Open map	101	1	1	1	0
BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD / BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ALT ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
HUME FREEWAY / GLENROWAN-MOYHU ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
RYLEY STREET / WARBY STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
SNOW ROAD / CHURCH LANE Open map	100	1	1	0	1
SNOW ROAD / KNEEBONES GAP ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
ROWAN STREET / SWAN STREET Open map	27	2	8	0	8
PHILLIPSON STREET / SISELY AVENUE Open map	12	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: Wangaratta recorded 68 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 9 fatalities and 35 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 13.4% of total weighted harm. There are 7 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 Wangaratta 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
Turning / crossing conflict	512	21	27	1
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	374	10	8	2
Other / mixed mechanism	205	2	7	4
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	171	7	13	0
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	52	4	11	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	0	2	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / WOODS ROAD Open map	240	6	1	0
WANGARATTA-WHITFIELD ROAD / SNOW ROAD Open map	210	3	2	1
HUME FREEWAY / CEMETERY ROAD Open map	111	2	2	0
HUME FREEWAY / WANGARATTA-HUME IN ON RAMP Open map	102	1	2	0
HUME FREEWAY / GLENROWAN-MOYHU ROAD Open map	101	1	2	1
GREAT ALPINE ROAD / CEMETERY LANE Open map	100	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Moto
WANGARATTA-WHITFIELD ROAD / SNOW ROAD Open map	210	3	2	0	1
HUME FREEWAY / GLENROWAN-MOYHU ROAD Open map	101	1	2	1	0
SNOW ROAD / KNEEBONES GAP ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
MANSFIELD-WHITFIELD ROAD / BOURCHIER LANE 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.

Wangaratta 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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Wangaratta 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.

Wangaratta Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD / MCCLAY ROAD	9 crashes; 3 fatal; 6 serious; harm 364	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / WANGARATTA-HUME IN ON RAMP	7 crashes; 3 fatal; 4 serious; harm 344	Street View	Google Maps
MANSFIELD-WHITFIELD ROAD / BENALLA-WHITFIELD ROAD	18 crashes; 2 fatal; 9 serious; harm 298	Street View	Google Maps
WANGARATTA-WHITFIELD ROAD / SNOW ROAD	7 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 265	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / CEMETERY ROAD	7 crashes; 2 fatal; 5 serious; harm 258	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / WOODS ROAD	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 4 serious; harm 240	Street View	Google Maps
GRETA ROAD / BRIAN HIGGINS DRIVE	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 220	Street View	Google Maps
GRETA ROAD / CASINO COURT	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 220	Street View	Google Maps
EDI-CHESHUNT ROAD / WHITES LANE	1 crashes; 2 fatal; 0 serious; harm 200	Street View	Google Maps
MANSFIELD-WHITFIELD ROAD / BURDERS LANE	11 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 143	Street View	Google Maps
ROWAN STREET / SWAN STREET	12 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 140	Street View	Google Maps
SNOW ROAD / KNEEBONES GAP ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 131	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	BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD / MCCLAY ROAD	9	3	6	4	364	0	0	0	2
2	HUME FREEWAY / WANGARATTA-HUME IN ON RAMP	7	3	4	4	344	2	0	0	1
3	MANSFIELD-WHITFIELD ROAD / BENALLA-WHITFIELD ROAD	18	2	9	8	298	0	0	0	16
4	WANGARATTA-WHITFIELD ROAD / SNOW ROAD	7	2	6	5	265	2	0	0	2
5	HUME FREEWAY / CEMETERY ROAD	7	2	5	8	258	2	0	0	0
6	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / WOODS ROAD	1	2	4	0	240	1	0	0	0
7	GRETA ROAD / BRIAN HIGGINS DRIVE	1	2	2	0	220	0	0	0	0
8	GRETA ROAD / CASINO COURT	1	2	2	0	220	0	0	0	0
9	EDI-CHESHUNT ROAD / WHITES LANE	1	2	0	0	200	0	0	0	0
10	MANSFIELD-WHITFIELD ROAD / BURDERS LANE	11	1	3	13	143	0	0	0	9
11	ROWAN STREET / SWAN STREET	12	1	3	10	140	0	0	8	0
12	SNOW ROAD / KNEEBONES GAP ROAD	5	1	3	1	131	1	1	0	0
13	RYLEY STREET / WARBY STREET	10	1	2	10	130	0	1	0	1
14	HUME IN-GREAT ALPINE RAMP / GREAT ALPINE ROAD	4	1	2	3	123	0	0	0	1
15	BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD / AIREY LANE	3	1	2	1	121	0	0	0	0
16	WANGARATTA-WHITFIELD ROAD / MAHLOOKS LANE	3	1	2	0	120	0	0	0	0
17	SNOW ROAD / CHURCH LANE	2	1	2	0	120	0	0	1	0
18	HUME FREEWAY / CARRARAGARMUNGEE ESTATE ROAD	5	1	1	6	116	2	0	0	0
19	WANGARATTA-YARRAWONGA ROAD / EXCHANGE ROAD	2	1	1	2	112	0	0	0	0
20	WANGARATTA-YARRAWONGA ROAD / ARNOTT ROAD	1	1	1	1	111	0	0	0	0
21	WAHGUNYAH-WANGARATTA ROAD / BACK ESTCOURT ROAD	1	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
22	MANSFIELD-WHITFIELD ROAD / MASONS ROAD	13	0	10	5	105	0	0	0	12
23	HUME FREEWAY / GLENROWAN-MOYHU ROAD	3	1	0	2	102	2	1	0	0
24	LONIES GAP ROAD / DAVITTS SWAMP ROAD	1	1	0	2	102	0	0	0	0
25	GRETA ROAD / OKEEFFE STREET	2	1	0	1	101	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.

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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

177

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records