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Whittlesea Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

70 fatalities 2,242 serious injuries 1,282 VRU crash records 262 heavy-vehicle crash records
5,922
Crash records
70
Fatalities
2,242
Serious injuries
5,563
Other injuries
34,983
Weighted harm score
87.8
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.

Highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

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

Headline signal: High / Paschke / Kingsway is the strongest Whittlesea signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #58 statewide.
143
SCATS-matched sites
3,078
Matched crashes
1,100
Fatal/serious injuries
16,808
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
158High / Paschke / Kingsway
SCATS 3233
34621552.5191
264Hume Freeway / Cooper
SCATS 2815
55637931.91116
380High / Manns Crossing
SCATS 3232
54029782.3300
486Edgars / Main
SCATS 4990
36523512.5200
5123High / Memorial
SCATS 2773
30326452.082

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

34,983
Weighted harm score
2,312
Fatal + serious injuries
13.1%
VRU share of harm
7.0%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
31.8%
High-speed road harm share
42.3%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Whittlesea recorded 5,922 injury crash records, 70 fatalities and 2,242 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 31.8% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 37.5% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,96084712,58636.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1,6133835,88916.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control5903104,64213.3%
Other / mixed mechanism8062573,83811.0%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict3392253,4649.9%
Pedestrian conflict3181582,3026.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2851292,2236.4%
Object / roadside impact113390.1%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict70084710,91636.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2813104,28714.3%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict3313834,25214.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1602253,23110.8%
Other / mixed mechanism2352573,16210.5%
Pedestrian conflict1551582,1287.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1151292,0326.8%
Object / roadside impact33310.1%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict3161572,29149.8%
Other / mixed mechanism197681,19025.9%
Turning / crossing conflict1074468714.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control23112174.7%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict148942.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict217841.8%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict73340.7%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Rear-end / same-lane conflict843764326.2%
Turning / crossing conflict683659424.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict512758023.7%
Other / mixed mechanism35122409.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict942269.2%
Pedestrian conflict541315.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control103371.5%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,57897914,75542.2%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)1,58374611,12031.8%
Local streets (50 km/h)1,1224336,78819.4%
Unknown speed zone418841,2363.5%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)221701,0843.1%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Midblock / not at intersection3,0941,31720,14257.6%
Intersection2,81999014,78642.3%
Other geometry53330.1%
Unknown geometry42220.1%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight3,7971,44621,47861.4%
Dark / street lights1,41866210,05728.7%
Dawn / dusk5291813,0518.7%
Other lighting178233971.1%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)1,6073825,87416.8%
RIGHT THROUGH5262333,54310.1%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE3672053,2809.4%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)3371372,1946.3%
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)1731462,1736.2%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE2331342,0475.9%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)2991171,5904.5%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.143741,1763.4%

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: Whittlesea's recent annualised harm rate is 2901.6 versus a baseline annualised rate of 2460.8, a change of 440.8 harm-score points per year.

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
HIGH STREET / AUSTARC AVENUEMajor worsening2.853.851.02
EPPING ROAD / SUMMERHILL ROADStrong worsening5.148.643.49
MAHONEYS ROAD / LAWSON CRESCENTEmerging from low baseline1.542.841.37
EPPING-KILMORE ROAD / EPPING ROADEmerging from low baseline1.839.437.76
DALTON ROAD / GUILA COURTEmerging from low baseline1.534.533.04
HUME FREEWAY / OHERNS ROADStrong worsening6.436.029.710
GORGE ROAD / KURRAK ROADEmerging from low baseline0.633.232.53
CHILDS ROAD / BETULA AVENUEStrong worsening6.433.727.33

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Turning / crossing conflictMajor worsening966.11149.3183.2
Rear-end / same-lane conflictMajor worsening417.1537.0119.9
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlMajor worsening311.6411.7100.1
Other / mixed mechanismStrong worsening352.0395.843.8
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictStrong worsening147.4187.740.3

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: Whittlesea recorded 685 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 13 fatalities and 285 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 11.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 13.1% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 119 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 82 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian3,041197414
Bicyclist1,558101272
Older pedestrian8385382
School-age pedestrian/cyclist48439119
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism2,148137343
Turning / crossing conflict1,863118250
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2512241
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2171123
Rear-end / same-lane conflict84721
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict3437

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
STATION STREET / MANNS CROSSING
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12134400
DALTON ROAD / GUILA COURT
Open map
12032110
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD
Open map
11526600
DONNYBROOK ROAD / PLENTY ROAD
Open map
11224040
MAIN STREET / SIMPSON STREET
Open map
10112200
THE LAKES BOULEVARD / CAPITAL WAY
Open map
10111100
CHILDS ROAD / BEAUMONT CRESCENT
Open map
10011100
DEVELOPMENT BOULEVARD / CHEVIOT DRIVE
Open map
10011010

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: Whittlesea recorded 262 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 11 fatalities and 112 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 7.0% of total weighted harm. There are 20 heavy-vehicle crashes overlapping with pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists. TIRTL-matched freight-corridor harm score is 673 across 74 matched heavy-vehicle crash records.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

TIRTL siteScoreHarmHV crashesHarm / m trucks
M80 - WRR/Edgars Rd overpass AB
Open map
97.320714726.8
M31 Hume Fwy and Cooper St (SB)
Open map
90.79418155.7
M80 - WRR East of M31 overpass GB
Open map
86.64810179.2
M80 - WRR East of Merri Creek GB
Open map
82.61708199.0
M31 Hume Fwy and Cooper St (NB)
Open map
81.547878.8
M80 - WRR West of Blaxland Ave AB
Open map
76.1266119.2

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Rear-end / same-lane conflict64337840
Turning / crossing conflict62439718
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict58027514
Other / mixed mechanism34113376
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict226490
Run-off-road / loss-of-control373102

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / INDUSTRIAL AVENUE
Open map
157650
EPPING ROAD / SUMMERHILL ROAD
Open map
142521
EPPING ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD
Open map
111230
JERSEY DRIVE / LEGACY ROAD
Open map
110210
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD
Open map
101121
MERRIANG ROAD / DONNYBROOK ROAD
Open map
101110

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
EPPING ROAD / SUMMERHILL ROAD
Open map
14252001
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD
Open map
10112100
HEYINGTON AVENUE / LATITUDE BOULEVARD
Open map
10011100
NEWTON CRESCENT / STATION STREET
Open map
10011010
EDGARS ROAD / MAHONEYS ROAD
Open map
4143010
HUME FREEWAY / COOPER STREET
Open map
3637100

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: Whittlesea has 143 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 3,078 matched crash records and 1,100 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is High / Paschke / Kingsway, with a priority score of 91.9.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
High / Paschke / Kingsway
SCATS 3233
Open map
91.9346.0212.5High
Hume Freeway / Cooper
SCATS 2815
Open map
91.5556.0371.9High
High / Manns Crossing
SCATS 3232
Open map
90.8540.0292.3High
Edgars / Main
SCATS 4990
Open map
90.5365.0232.5High
High / Memorial
SCATS 2773
Open map
89.0303.0262.0High
Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton
SCATS 3744
Open map
87.8441.0341.3High
Dalton Road / Spencer Street
SCATS 1830
Open map
87.6299.0162.8High
Epping / Hayston / Lyndarum
SCATS 2692
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85.9300.0162.7High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Harvest Home / Eden Vale Bvd / Redding Rise
SCATS 1216
Open map
13.564.05134,725,592
Plenty Road / Bellevue Boulevard
SCATS 1986
Open map
5.5229.0131641,596,292
Jardin Road / Voyager Drive / Voyager Drive East
SCATS 2129
Open map
5.017.0163,366,423
Bridge Inn Road / Cookes Road
SCATS 32024
Open map
4.552.041011,446,943
Hayes Hill Boulevard / Eucalyptus Parade
SCATS 1878
Open map
4.422.0235,011,683
Bridge Inn Road / Riverdale Boulevard
SCATS 1874
Open map
3.747.04712,761,296
Findon nr Maserati
SCATS 2369
Open map
3.3113.092233,929,147
Koukoura Dr / Eaststone Ave / Yann Dr
SCATS 1975
Open map
3.026.0278,557,031

Whittlesea 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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Whittlesea 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.

Whittlesea Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
EDGARS ROAD / COOPER STREET24 crashes; 2 fatal; 10 serious; harm 319Street ViewGoogle Maps
PLENTY ROAD / MCARTHURS ROAD17 crashes; 2 fatal; 7 serious; harm 282Street ViewGoogle Maps
BRIDGE INN ROAD / BINDTS ROAD25 crashes; 1 fatal; 15 serious; harm 273Street ViewGoogle Maps
COOPER STREET / COOPER STREET26 crashes; 1 fatal; 14 serious; harm 262Street ViewGoogle Maps
EPPING ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD28 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 258Street ViewGoogle Maps
EPPING ROAD / SUMMERHILL ROAD17 crashes; 1 fatal; 14 serious; harm 250Street ViewGoogle Maps
EPPING ROAD / HAYSTON BOULEVARD35 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 241Street ViewGoogle Maps
EDGARS ROAD / MAHONEYS ROAD47 crashes; 1 fatal; 9 serious; harm 238Street ViewGoogle Maps
HIGH STREET / KEON PARADE36 crashes; 1 fatal; 10 serious; harm 229Street ViewGoogle Maps
HIGH STREET / AUSTARC AVENUE7 crashes; 2 fatal; 2 serious; harm 228Street ViewGoogle Maps
MERRIANG ROAD / GRANTS ROAD20 crashes; 1 fatal; 11 serious; harm 224Street ViewGoogle Maps
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD32 crashes; 1 fatal; 9 serious; harm 223Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Hume Freeway / CooperSite 2815; 93 matched crashes; harm 556Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / Manns CrossingSite 3232; 78 matched crashes; harm 540Street ViewGoogle Maps
Cooper / EdgarsSite 2814; 44 matched crashes; harm 490Street ViewGoogle Maps
Metropolitan Ring Road / DaltonSite 3744; 93 matched crashes; harm 441Street ViewGoogle Maps
METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / EdgarsSite 2789; 78 matched crashes; harm 409Street ViewGoogle Maps
Edgars / MainSite 4990; 51 matched crashes; harm 365Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / Paschke / KingswaySite 3233; 55 matched crashes; harm 346Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / Mahoneys / KeonSite 3229; 49 matched crashes; harm 319Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / MemorialSite 2773; 45 matched crashes; harm 303Street ViewGoogle Maps
Epping / Hayston / LyndarumSite 2692; 47 matched crashes; harm 300Street ViewGoogle Maps
Dalton Road / Spencer StreetSite 1830; 50 matched crashes; harm 299Street ViewGoogle Maps
High / AustarcSite 3234; 27 matched crashes; harm 299Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1EDGARS ROAD / COOPER STREET24210193190001
2PLENTY ROAD / MCARTHURS ROAD1727122820202
3BRIDGE INN ROAD / BINDTS ROAD25115232732001
4COOPER STREET / COOPER STREET26114222621017
5EPPING ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD28113282583002
6EPPING ROAD / SUMMERHILL ROAD17114102502002
7EPPING ROAD / HAYSTON BOULEVARD35110412411200
8EDGARS ROAD / MAHONEYS ROAD4719482383010
9HIGH STREET / KEON PARADE36110292292412
10HIGH STREET / AUSTARC AVENUE72282280001
11MERRIANG ROAD / GRANTS ROAD20111142242003
12PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD3219332232601
13DALTON ROAD / SPENCER STREET2519282180114
14MERRIANG ROAD / JANNA ROAD811082082001
15METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / INDUSTRIAL AVENUE1818232035001
16LINTON DRIVE / VICTORIA DRIVE12002000000
17PLENTY ROAD / BELLEVUE BOULEVARD131981980042
18COOPER STREET / SCANLON DRIVE29017251952003
19HUME FREEWAY / OHERNS ROAD47014511916004
20METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / DALTON-METROPOLITAN RING OUT ON RAMP15016231833001
21COOPER STREET / FULLARTON DRIVE2815311812123
22CHILDS ROAD / BETULA AVENUE1916201800421
23EPPING-KILMORE ROAD / EPPING ROAD121771770101
24MAHONEYS ROAD / LAWSON CRESCENT81771772000
25MERRIANG ROAD / DONNYBROOK ROAD1516151751000

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
12815Hume Freeway / Cooper93136556286,816,8301.9416119
23232High / Manns Crossing78227540233,695,1802.3102028
32814Cooper / Edgars44225490226,905,6262.160001
43744Metropolitan Ring Road / Dalton93034441331,777,0971.3342211
52789METROPOLITAN RING ROAD / Edgars78121409263,244,0831.554234
64990Edgars / Main51122365145,846,9942.500983
73233High / Paschke / Kingsway55120346138,553,0722.5011135
83229High / Mahoneys / Keon49118319191,230,8311.672524
92773High / Memorial45026303153,432,2891.972404
102692Epping / Hayston / Lyndarum47115300113,101,0852.651311
111830Dalton Road / Spencer Street50115299108,125,8212.770348
123234High / Austarc2727299113,101,7522.641205
134688Plenty / Hawkstowe / Mcarthurs Road.1528290167,776,0971.730102
142770Mahoneys / Industrial29114273125,074,6982.183001
154995Plenty / Mckimmies46112273274,786,5250.990213
164996SETTLEMENT near COOK55111269161,545,8931.672902
172818Cooper / Scanlon37024268205,512,4021.302003
182787Cooper / Miller / Epping Plaza Shop C Acc 444112263188,282,5961.403143
194999High / Heyington / Spring52020253230,569,5801.100543
204896Plenty / Enterprise70018253306,067,5450.832005
213230High / Settlement39110241161,653,1541.490113
221986Plenty Road / Bellevue Boulevard1611222941,596,2925.510043
232998Dalton Road / Childs Road45019228138,535,7131.650357
242811Cooper / Tip Access Road13111218158,508,9661.381104
252788Edgars / Wolseley (Comalco Access)2119205154,279,0911.332000

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_240M80 - WRR/Edgars Rd overpass AB14110207284,8003.26726.83
2TIRTL_229M80 - WRR East of Merri Creek GB816170854,2506.26199.00
3TIRTL_531M31 Hume Fwy and Cooper St (SB)180894603,6729.45155.71
4TIRTL_233M80 - WRR East of M31 overpass GB100448267,8582.94179.20
5TIRTL_530M31 Hume Fwy and Cooper St (NB)80447596,6769.7578.77
6TIRTL_234M80 - WRR East of M31 overpass AB20333269,3013.03122.54
7TIRTL_236M80 - WRR West of Blaxland Ave AB60226218,1003.06119.21
8TIRTL_230M80 - WRR East of Merri Creek AB40224542,3995.9844.25
9TIRTL_239M80 - WRR/Edgars Rd overpass GB40224275,3743.3387.15

Road-user summaries

414
Pedestrian crash records
272
Bicycle crash records
596
Motorcycle crash records
262
Heavy-vehicle crash records