WO Council

Wodonga Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

25 fatalities 350 serious injuries 296 VRU crash records 45 heavy-vehicle crash records

905

Crash records

Fatalities

350

Serious injuries

856

Other injuries

6,856

Weighted harm score

43.7

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

6,856

Weighted harm score

375

Fatal + serious injuries

13.0%

VRU share of harm

9.7%

Heavy-vehicle share of harm

56.8%

High-speed road harm share

34.9%

Intersection harm share

Plain-English diagnosis: Wodonga recorded 905 injury crash records, 25 fatalities and 350 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Heavy-vehicle-involved crashes account for 9.7% of weighted harm, indicating a freight/conflict layer worth local review. High-speed roads account for 56.8% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 36.2% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	384	166	3,030	44.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	52	39	1,079	15.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	116	53	704	10.3%
Other / mixed mechanism	145	46	593	8.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	56	25	564	8.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	113	24	462	6.7%
Pedestrian conflict	37	21	413	6.0%
Object / roadside impact	2	1	11	0.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Turning / crossing conflict	137	166	2,712	44.3%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	25	39	1,035	16.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	47	53	626	10.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	23	25	527	8.6%
Other / mixed mechanism	42	46	468	7.6%
Pedestrian conflict	21	21	397	6.5%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	21	24	343	5.6%
Object / roadside impact	1	1	10	0.2%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Pedestrian conflict	37	21	413	46.5%
Turning / crossing conflict	29	11	220	24.7%
Other / mixed mechanism	56	15	194	21.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	7	3	34	3.8%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	4	1	15	1.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	3	1	13	1.5%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism family	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	9	6	429	64.4%
Pedestrian conflict	2	1	103	15.5%
Turning / crossing conflict	21	7	94	14.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	7	1	16	2.4%
Other / mixed mechanism	3	1	12	1.8%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	2	1	11	1.7%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	1	0	1	0.2%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed category	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	284	181	3,894	56.8%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	336	117	1,754	25.6%
Local streets (50 km/h)	227	67	963	14.0%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	39	8	208	3.0%
Unknown speed zone	19	2	37	0.5%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometry	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Midblock / not at intersection	444	218	4,439	64.7%
Intersection	457	155	2,395	34.9%
Other geometry	3	2	21	0.3%
Unknown geometry	1	0	1	0.0%

Lighting harm profile

Lighting	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
Daylight	610	231	4,338	63.3%
Dark / street lights	206	104	1,849	27.0%
Dawn / dusk	81	37	632	9.2%
Other lighting	8	3	37	0.5%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Crashes	FSI	Harm	Share
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	31	30	880	12.8%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	60	31	625	9.1%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	55	19	519	7.6%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)	111	24	460	6.7%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	95	34	458	6.7%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	27	16	450	6.6%
RIGHT THROUGH	66	37	437	6.4%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE	28	23	420	6.1%

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: Wodonga's recent annualised harm rate is 613.8 versus a baseline annualised rate of 473.9, a change of 139.9 harm-score points per year.

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

Top local worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / SMITHS ROAD	Strong worsening	2.8	33.9	31.2	4
MELROSE DRIVE / MCFARLAND ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.5	28.7	28.2	2
OLD BARNAWARTHA ROAD / MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.6	26.6	1
MELROSE DRIVE / DIAMOND DRIVE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.4	26.4	1
MELROSE DRIVE / LEISURE CENTRE DRIVE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	6.3	6.3	2
HUME FREEWAY / HUME FREEWAY	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	6.0	6.0	2
MARSHALL STREET / EMERALD AVENUE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.5	5.5	2
WILLIAM STREET / WOODLAND STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	5.5	5.1	2

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Turning / crossing conflict	Major worsening	211.2	277.8	66.6
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	Strong worsening	26.3	55.3	29.1
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	Strong worsening	26.3	58.2	32.0
Other / mixed mechanism	Moderate worsening	68.4	82.2	13.8
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Moderate worsening	88.0	89.3	1.3
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Watch	52.4	50.9	-1.5

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: Wodonga recorded 136 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 3 fatalities and 49 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 15.0% of all recorded injury crashes and 13.0% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 39 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 14 records.

Open full Wodonga VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU type	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Pedestrian	604	29	61
Bicyclist	285	23	75
School-age pedestrian/cyclist	196	17	39
Older pedestrian	168	7	14
Motorcyclist	0	0	0

VRU mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	547	31	81
Turning / crossing conflict	280	16	41
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	34	3	7
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	15	1	4
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	13	1	3

Top local VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
HUME FREEWAY / GREENHILL ROAD Open map	102	1	1	1	0
MELROSE DRIVE / DIAMOND DRIVE Open map	100	1	1	1	0
SANGSTERS ROAD / MELBOURNE ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
HOVELL STREET / HIGH STREET Open map	21	2	3	1	2
MELROSE DRIVE / LEISURE CENTRE DRIVE Open map	21	2	2	1	1
FRASER COURT / MENZIES STREET Open map	20	2	1	1	0
PLUNKETTS ROAD / BLACK RANGE ROAD Open map	20	2	1	0	1
HIGH STREET / STANLEY STREET Open map	14	1	4	3	1

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: Wodonga recorded 45 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 5 fatalities and 12 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 9.7% of total weighted harm. There are 8 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 Wodonga 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
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	429	6	9	0
Other / mixed mechanism	114	2	4	3
Turning / crossing conflict	95	7	22	3
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	16	1	7	1
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	11	1	2	1
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	1	0	1	0

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
WODONGA-YACKANDANDAH ROAD / ASHWORTH LANE Open map	300	3	1	0
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / WHYTES ROAD Open map	112	2	3	0
HUME FREEWAY / GREENHILL ROAD Open map	103	1	2	2
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BONEGILLA ROAD Open map	31	3	2	0
HUME FREEWAY / MURRAY VALLEY-HUME OUT ON RAMP Open map	20	2	2	0
HUME FREEWAY / MCKOY STREET Open map	12	1	3	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
HUME FREEWAY / GREENHILL ROAD Open map	103	1	2	1	0	1
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / LOGIC BOULEVARD Open map	12	1	2	0	0	1
CARKEEK STREET / SCHLINK STREET Open map	10	1	1	0	1	0
MELBOURNE ROAD / MELROSE DRIVE Open map	2	0	2	0	0	1
KENNETH WATSON DRIVE / BAKERS LANE Open map	1	0	1	1	0	0

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.

Wodonga 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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Wodonga 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.

Wodonga Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

Location	Summary	Street View	Google Maps
BARANDUDA BOULEVARD / MARTINS ROAD	5 crashes; 3 fatal; 7 serious; harm 372	Street View	Google Maps
WODONGA-YACKANDANDAH ROAD / ASHWORTH LANE	2 crashes; 3 fatal; 2 serious; harm 322	Street View	Google Maps
LINCOLN CAUSEWAY / LINCOLN CAUSEWAY	13 crashes; 1 fatal; 6 serious; harm 168	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / SMITHS ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 152	Street View	Google Maps
KIEWA VALLEY HIGHWAY / JOHN SCHUBERT DRIVE	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 141	Street View	Google Maps
WODONGA-YACKANDANDAH ROAD / BROMLEY LANE	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 131	Street View	Google Maps
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / WHYTES ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 124	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / BANDIANA LINK-HUME OUT ON RAMP	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 122	Street View	Google Maps
KIEWA VALLEY HIGHWAY / BARANDUDA DRIVE	3 crashes; 1 fatal; 2 serious; harm 122	Street View	Google Maps
MELROSE DRIVE / MCFARLAND ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 114	Street View	Google Maps
MAHERS ROAD / MAHERS TRACK	2 crashes; 1 fatal; 1 serious; harm 110	Street View	Google Maps
HUME FREEWAY / GREENHILL ROAD	5 crashes; 1 fatal; 0 serious; harm 106	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	BARANDUDA BOULEVARD / MARTINS ROAD	5	3	7	2	372	0	0	0	1
2	WODONGA-YACKANDANDAH ROAD / ASHWORTH LANE	2	3	2	2	322	1	0	0	0
3	LINCOLN CAUSEWAY / LINCOLN CAUSEWAY	13	1	6	8	168	0	0	2	2
4	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / SMITHS ROAD	5	1	5	2	152	1	0	0	0
5	KIEWA VALLEY HIGHWAY / JOHN SCHUBERT DRIVE	3	1	4	1	141	0	0	0	1
6	WODONGA-YACKANDANDAH ROAD / BROMLEY LANE	2	1	3	1	131	0	0	0	1
7	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / WHYTES ROAD	5	1	2	4	124	3	0	0	0
8	HUME FREEWAY / BANDIANA LINK-HUME OUT ON RAMP	3	1	2	2	122	0	0	0	0
9	KIEWA VALLEY HIGHWAY / BARANDUDA DRIVE	3	1	2	2	122	0	0	0	2
10	MELROSE DRIVE / MCFARLAND ROAD	5	1	1	4	114	0	0	0	0
11	MAHERS ROAD / MAHERS TRACK	2	1	1	0	110	0	0	0	0
12	HUME FREEWAY / GREENHILL ROAD	5	1	0	6	106	2	1	0	1
13	BANDIANA LINK ROAD / ANZAC PARADE	3	1	0	4	104	0	0	0	0
14	HUME IN-MURRAY VALLEY RAMP / MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY	3	1	0	2	102	1	0	0	0
15	KIEWA VALLEY HIGHWAY / BOYES ROAD	3	1	0	2	102	0	0	0	0
16	OLD BARNAWARTHA ROAD / MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY	2	1	0	2	102	0	0	0	1
17	MELROSE DRIVE / DIAMOND DRIVE	2	1	0	1	101	0	1	0	0
18	MCKOY STREET / PLUNKETTS ROAD	1	1	0	1	101	0	0	0	0
19	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BONEGILLA ROAD	8	0	9	10	100	2	0	0	1
20	EMERALD AVENUE / GRACE COURT	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	1
21	SANGSTERS ROAD / MELBOURNE ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	1	0	0
22	STOCK ROUTE / WRIGHT ROAD	1	1	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
23	MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY / BOATHAVEN ROAD	12	0	8	8	88	1	1	0	2
24	HUME FREEWAY / MCKOY STREET	9	0	8	8	88	3	0	0	0
25	HIGH STREET -LINCOLN CAUSEWAY / HUME OUT-HIGH OF RAMP	13	0	6	10	70	0	0	0	1

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

160

Motorcycle crash records

Heavy-vehicle crash records