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Whitehorse Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

34 fatalities 1,368 serious injuries 1,152 VRU crash records 76 heavy-vehicle crash records
4,004
Crash records
34
Fatalities
1,368
Serious injuries
3,660
Other injuries
20,740
Weighted harm score
71.3
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.

Highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

This council-level panel ranks signalised intersections using the SCATS exposure-adjusted road-harm screening layer.

Headline signal: Station / Thames is the strongest Whitehorse signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #62 statewide.
131
SCATS-matched sites
2,779
Matched crashes
960
Fatal/serious injuries
14,443
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
162Station / Thames
SCATS 3927
37524563.7120
2166BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGH
SCATS 2008
42628631.7220
3272BURWOOD Highway / STATION
SCATS 2006
36823481.6180
4291BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN
SCATS 162
34028651.3180
5457Canterbury / Station
SCATS 3131
29315501.4131

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

20,740
Weighted harm score
1,402
Fatal + serious injuries
28.5%
VRU share of harm
2.1%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
22.3%
High-speed road harm share
59.3%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Whitehorse recorded 4,004 injury crash records, 34 fatalities and 1,368 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 36.4% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,3895027,13034.4%
Pedestrian conflict4742534,05419.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1,0202103,20015.4%
Other / mixed mechanism4901592,29211.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2731292,0079.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict175751,0485.1%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict177729854.7%
Object / roadside impact62240.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict4455025,92233.9%
Pedestrian conflict2472533,81021.8%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1972102,18912.5%
Other / mixed mechanism1461591,90310.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1151291,84210.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict70759335.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict61728404.8%
Object / roadside impact22200.1%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4742534,05468.6%
Other / mixed mechanism1544685114.4%
Turning / crossing conflict103414798.1%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2272654.5%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict22111232.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict19101111.9%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict72250.4%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict6615034.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict30710323.5%
Turning / crossing conflict1778519.4%
Other / mixed mechanism1177717.6%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict91204.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2020.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1010.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,23780911,88057.3%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)8363004,63322.3%
Local streets (50 km/h)5792233,21315.5%
Unknown speed zone267497303.5%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)85212841.4%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,35583112,30759.3%
Midblock / not at intersection1,6385658,36540.3%
Unknown geometry73370.2%
Other geometry43310.1%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,70990712,93662.4%
Dark / street lights8653876,14329.6%
Dawn / dusk327921,4106.8%
Other lighting103162511.2%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)1,0122093,18115.3%
RIGHT THROUGH4981912,80113.5%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2531442,56112.3%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE156911,3686.6%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)235891,2325.9%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT143751,1055.3%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)159568113.9%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE109597493.6%

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

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / CLARICE ROADStrong worsening7.939.932.15
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROADStrong worsening4.033.929.94
WARRIGAL ROAD / HIGHBURY ROADStrong worsening3.029.526.52
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / AILSA STREETEmerging from low baseline0.426.626.31
SPRINGVALE ROAD / JUNCTION ROADStrong worsening4.427.222.81
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MAHONEYS ROADStrong worsening9.031.122.12
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MIDDLEBOROUGH ROADStrong worsening15.533.417.93
MITCHAM ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROADStrong worsening2.810.47.74

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Lane-change / sideswipe conflictModerate worsening77.382.85.5

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: Whitehorse recorded 801 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 19 fatalities and 351 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 20.0% of all recorded injury crashes and 28.5% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 110 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 125 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian4,685284543
Older pedestrian1,59582125
Bicyclist1,23487260
School-age pedestrian/cyclist59442110
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,040185356
Other / mixed mechanism2,171139347
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2962750
Run-off-road / loss-of-control265722
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1111019
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2527

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
WHITEHORSE ROAD / STATION STREET
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21411222020
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD
Open map
1728101000
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
Open map
12838800
WHITEHORSE ROAD / LINSLEY STREET
Open map
12134310
MITCHAM ROAD / BRUNSWICK ROAD
Open map
11122110
FOREST ROAD / STRINGYBARK CLOSE
Open map
11022110
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD
Open map
11022200
STATION STREET / MEDWAY STREET
Open map
11021100

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: Whitehorse recorded 76 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 1 fatalities and 27 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 2.1% of total weighted harm. There are 11 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 30 across 3 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
Burwood Hwy (EB)
Open map
69.7202799.4
Burwood Hwy (WB)
Open map
63.1101325.2

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict22512226
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1037301
Other / mixed mechanism878124
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict20190
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2020
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1010

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD
Open map
102131
EASTERN FREEWAY / EASTERN IN-MIDDLEBOROUGH OF RAMP
Open map
24230
EASTERN FREEWAY / EASTERN OUT-BLACKBURN OF RAMP
Open map
24230
STATION STREET / WOODHOUSE GROVE
Open map
23231
SPRINGVALE ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD
Open map
20221
WHITEHORSE ROAD / COOK ROAD
Open map
11120

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD
Open map
10213100
STATION STREET / WOODHOUSE GROVE
Open map
2323100
SPRINGVALE ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD
Open map
2022100
BURWOOD HIGHWAY -TOORAK ROAD / WARRIGAL ROAD
Open map
1011001
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / FINCH STREET
Open map
1011100
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MILLICENT STREET
Open map
1011100

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: Whitehorse has 131 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 2,779 matched crash records and 960 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Station / Thames, with a priority score of 91.6.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Station / Thames
SCATS 3927
Open map
91.6375.0243.7High
BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGH
SCATS 2008
Open map
87.7426.0281.7High
BURWOOD Highway / STATION
SCATS 2006
Open map
84.9368.0231.6High
BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN
SCATS 162
Open map
84.5340.0281.3High
Canterbury / Station
SCATS 3131
Open map
80.2293.0151.4High
Mitcham / Brunswick / Culcutta
SCATS 108
Open map
80.1217.0112.6High
Maroondah / Station
SCATS 112
Open map
79.3262.0151.4High
Riversdale / Elgar
SCATS 3925
Open map
78.9159.0132.3High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
SPRINGFIELD near PRIMROSE ST
SCATS 589
Open map
7.2102.01314,221,139
Station / Thames
SCATS 3927
Open map
3.7375.02456100,104,237
MONT ALBERT near HAMILTON
SCATS 3135
Open map
3.674.071020,306,200
Maroondah / High
SCATS 2202
Open map
3.4156.052046,388,873
Station Street near Harrow Street
SCATS 2073
Open map
2.9102.082634,884,718
Mitcham / Brunswick / Culcutta
SCATS 108
Open map
2.6217.0111482,298,903
Riversdale / Elgar
SCATS 3925
Open map
2.3159.0133969,799,622
Station / Riversdale
SCATS 3930
Open map
2.0196.092099,881,360

Whitehorse 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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Whitehorse 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

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Top TIRTL-matched freight-conflict sites by weighted harm where freight data is available.

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TIRTL freight-conflict layer

Graph caveat: these are public-interest road-harm intelligence charts, not an engineering safety audit.

Whitehorse Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BLACKBURN ROAD53 crashes; 0 fatal; 25 serious; harm 299Street ViewGoogle Maps
WHITEHORSE ROAD / STATION STREET41 crashes; 1 fatal; 16 serious; harm 290Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD39 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 267Street ViewGoogle Maps
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / CLARICE ROAD31 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 260Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BURWOOD FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD30 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 225Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MAHONEYS ROAD22 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 191Street ViewGoogle Maps
STATION STREET / THAMES STREET36 crashes; 0 fatal; 16 serious; harm 189Street ViewGoogle Maps
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD26 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 188Street ViewGoogle Maps
SPRINGVALE ROAD / BURWOOD HIGHWAY42 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 180Street ViewGoogle Maps
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD20 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 175Street ViewGoogle Maps
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD11 crashes; 1 fatal; 7 serious; harm 173Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / STATION STREET29 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 173Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGHSite 2008; 63 matched crashes; harm 426Street ViewGoogle Maps
Station / ThamesSite 3927; 56 matched crashes; harm 375Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / STATIONSite 2006; 48 matched crashes; harm 368Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURNSite 162; 65 matched crashes; harm 340Street ViewGoogle Maps
Springvale / CanterburySite 417; 74 matched crashes; harm 324Street ViewGoogle Maps
Maroondah / SpringvaleSite 117; 59 matched crashes; harm 298Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / SPRINGVALESite 164; 74 matched crashes; harm 295Street ViewGoogle Maps
Canterbury / StationSite 3131; 50 matched crashes; harm 293Street ViewGoogle Maps
Maroondah / MitchamSite 121; 52 matched crashes; harm 264Street ViewGoogle Maps
Maroondah / StationSite 112; 28 matched crashes; harm 262Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / LAKESIDE / WOODVALESite 161; 34 matched crashes; harm 256Street ViewGoogle Maps
Springvale / SpringfieldSite 413; 39 matched crashes; harm 244Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BLACKBURN ROAD53025492990722
2WHITEHORSE ROAD / STATION STREET411163029002023
3BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD39113372670804
4MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / CLARICE ROAD31113302600013
5BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BURWOOD FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD30110252250034
6BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MAHONEYS ROAD2217211911002
7STATION STREET / THAMES STREET36016291890621
8SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD2616281881802
9SPRINGVALE ROAD / BURWOOD HIGHWAY42014401802004
10SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD2016151753201
11BURWOOD HIGHWAY / STATION STREET29014331730900
12SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD1117317311000
13SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE ROAD81691690100
14SPRINGVALE ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD46012431632402
15CANTERBURY ROAD / MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD31012291490014
16EASTERN FREEWAY / EASTERN OUT-BLACKBURN OF RAMP29012291493005
17WARRIGAL ROAD / HIGHBURY ROAD101481481201
18CANTERBURY ROAD / MITCHAM ROAD21012221420102
19SPRINGVALE ROAD / JUNCTION ROAD913101400011
20STATION STREET / MEDWAY STREET61331330100
21SPRINGVALE ROAD / HIGHBURY ROAD4408511315311
22WHITEHORSE ROAD / LINSLEY STREET61231230310
23MITCHAM ROAD / BRUNSWICK ROAD41231230110
24FOREST ROAD / STRINGYBARK CLOSE31211210110
25ELGAR ROAD / ELGAR-EASTERN IN ON RAMP22010201201001

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
12008BURWOOD Highway / MIDDLEBOROUGH63127426247,062,8631.7201408
23927Station / Thames56123375100,104,2373.750732
32006BURWOOD Highway / STATION48122368236,775,4571.5501422
4162BURWOOD Highway / BLACKBURN65028340254,344,3841.3401422
5417Springvale / Canterbury74115324349,674,2490.932514
6117Maroondah / Springvale59114298410,542,1120.732836
7164BURWOOD Highway / SPRINGVALE74023295334,678,3690.883316
83131Canterbury / Station50114293211,756,9601.381814
9121Maroondah / Mitcham52022264336,243,9230.7902612
10112Maroondah / Station28114262181,113,6851.4501122
11161BURWOOD Highway / LAKESIDE / WOODVALE34112256201,967,5191.271004
12413Springvale / Springfield39110244279,717,2710.871913
133119Middleborough / Clarice27111236139,927,4151.691134
14574Eastern Freeway / Middleborough44020235308,769,8610.761106
153132Canterbury / Middleborough52018230258,026,8940.890057
16849Canterbury / Mitcham / Boronia42018221548,183,9490.400214
17418SPRINGVALE near JOLIMONT19110220256,672,2670.860101
18108Mitcham / Brunswick / Culcutta1411021782,298,9032.640430
19119Maroondah / Rooks2818204143,455,0431.420223
203930Station / Riversdale201819699,881,3601.960421
212204Maroondah / Nelson2916186136,455,6371.3601010
222206Maroondah / Station43015183271,175,0690.6701831
232010Middleborough / Ailsa2116181126,468,2671.430515
24168BURWOOD Highway / MORACK / TIP ENT / EXIT28015176228,322,6990.771252
25845Canterbury / Glebe1716175125,952,2921.390230

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

RankTIRTLSiteHV crashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesHarm scoreTrucksTruck share %Harm / million trucks
1TIRTL_243Burwood Hwy (EB)2022025,0190.65799.39
2TIRTL_244Burwood Hwy (WB)1011030,7470.92325.23

Road-user summaries

543
Pedestrian crash records
260
Bicycle crash records
349
Motorcycle crash records
76
Heavy-vehicle crash records