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Yarra Ranges Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

104 fatalities 2,251 serious injuries 1,642 VRU crash records 156 heavy-vehicle crash records
5,395
Crash records
104
Fatalities
2,251
Serious injuries
4,883
Other injuries
37,793
Weighted harm score
83.8
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: Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St West is the strongest Yarra Ranges signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #254 statewide.
66
SCATS-matched sites
1,013
Matched crashes
309
Fatal/serious injuries
5,325
Weighted harm score
Open full Yarra Ranges dangerous-intersections briefing Statewide dangerous-intersections index

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
1254Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St West
SCATS 143		32713272.3131
2304Maroondah / Anderson
SCATS 145		26019621.593
3365HULL near MANCHESTER
SCATS 1369		19216382.190
4609Hull / Mooroolbark
SCATS 118		2109232.631
5952MT DANDENONG near LILYDALE-MON
SCATS 814		32110411.0151

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

37,793
Weighted harm score
2,355
Fatal + serious injuries
8.6%
VRU share of harm
4.8%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
45.8%
High-speed road harm share
27.3%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Yarra Ranges recorded 5,395 injury crash records, 104 fatalities and 2,251 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. High-speed roads account for 45.8% of weighted harm. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 29.3% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict2,02483613,00834.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict6114688,65822.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control9354225,76315.2%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict4192023,3148.8%
Other / mixed mechanism6152023,1898.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict5681332,1605.7%
Pedestrian conflict134641,3543.6%
Object / roadside impact89283470.9%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict72583611,29633.7%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict3154688,22424.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control3894225,16615.4%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1832023,0369.0%
Other / mixed mechanism1942022,7008.0%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1151331,5714.7%
Pedestrian conflict63641,2773.8%
Object / roadside impact27282810.8%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict134641,35441.5%
Other / mixed mechanism1184690627.8%
Turning / crossing conflict723447214.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict24161735.3%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control23141504.6%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict22101183.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict147772.4%
Object / roadside impact21110.3%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict342774340.7%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict301132217.7%
Turning / crossing conflict461730316.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict12725614.0%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1431337.3%
Other / mixed mechanism195663.6%
Object / roadside impact1010.1%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)1,9491,04717,30945.8%
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)2,28493414,92339.5%
Local streets (50 km/h)6772383,6169.6%
Unknown speed zone3981111,5264.0%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)84244071.1%
75 km/h roads31120.0%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Midblock / not at intersection3,5721,68927,42972.6%
Intersection1,80866110,30127.3%
Other geometry94460.1%
Unknown geometry61170.0%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight3,8931,71126,42969.9%
Dark / street lights1,0214838,86323.5%
Dawn / dusk3891392,1985.8%
Other lighting92223030.8%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)5064097,62520.2%
OFF RIGHT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE5262293,7029.8%
OFF LEFT BEND INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE3191672,7887.4%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE3681872,6917.1%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)5661322,1495.7%
RIGHT THROUGH3081251,9715.2%
RIGHT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE2311141,6604.4%
RIGHT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)2681011,5004.0%

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: Yarra Ranges has localised worsening signals even if the whole-council signal is below the statewide top threshold.
Open full Yarra Ranges emerging-hotspots page Statewide emerging-hotspots index

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
MARYSVILLE-WOODS POINT ROAD / LAKE MOUNTAIN ROADStrong worsening4.529.224.711
CLEGG ROAD / WELLINGTON ROADStrong worsening11.443.332.06
MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / MAROONDAH FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROADStrong worsening8.839.430.75
KILLARA ROAD / BROADIES ROADStrong worsening2.831.628.83
ELVIAN ROAD / WARBURTON REV HIGHWAY SERVICE ROADEmerging from low baseline0.028.728.72
BAYNES PARK ROAD / MASCHES HILL ROADEmerging from low baseline0.328.728.52
HULL ROAD / MOOROOLBARK ROADEmerging from low baseline1.329.228.02
MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / HILL ROADStrong worsening9.136.627.45

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Turning / crossing conflictStrong worsening1017.21056.339.1
Other / mixed mechanismStrong worsening249.8277.027.2
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictModerate worsening236.1245.99.9

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: Yarra Ranges recorded 409 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 12 fatalities and 180 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 7.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 8.6% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 91 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 41 records.
Open full Yarra Ranges VRU atlas page Statewide VRU atlas

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Pedestrian2,058101217
Bicyclist1,21492193
Older pedestrian5522641
School-age pedestrian/cyclist3312691
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism1,39173176
Turning / crossing conflict1,29267137
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1731624
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1501423
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1261125
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1181022

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
MOUNT DANDENONG TOURIST ROAD / CHILDS ROAD
Open map		12032020
MONBULK-SEVILLE ROAD / STEVENSON LANE
Open map		11121100
MONBULK ROAD / HUNTER ROAD
Open map		10211100
MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / STATION STREET
Open map		10112200
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / SANDELLS ROAD
Open map		10111100
LANDSCAPE DRIVE / MAROONDAH HIGHWAY
Open map		10111100
BIRMINGHAM ROAD / IRVINE STREET
Open map		10011100
ELVIAN ROAD / WARBURTON REV HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD
Open map		10011100

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: Yarra Ranges recorded 156 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 11 fatalities and 59 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 4.8% of total weighted harm. There are 9 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 Yarra Ranges freight-conflict page Statewide Freight Conflict Index

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict74327343
Rear-end / same-lane conflict32211302
Turning / crossing conflict30317461
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2567120
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1333141
Other / mixed mechanism665192

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
MT DANDENONG ROAD / STRADBROKE ROAD
Open map		201210
MELBA HIGHWAY / WOODNOOK DRIVE
Open map		130410
MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / HILL ROAD
Open map		120310
MELBA HIGHWAY / HARGREAVES ROAD
Open map		111230
CORNELIUS CRESCENT / BEVERLEY DRIVE
Open map		101111
MELBA HIGHWAY / CAMBUS ROAD
Open map		101110

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
CORNELIUS CRESCENT / BEVERLEY DRIVE
Open map		10111001
HEALESVILLE-KINGLAKE ROAD / RAYS TRACK
Open map		10011001
MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / ROAD 3
Open map		1212001

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: Yarra Ranges has 66 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 1,013 matched crash records and 309 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St West, with a priority score of 85.3.
Open full Yarra Ranges SCATS league table Statewide SCATS intersection league table

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St West
SCATS 143
Open map		85.3327.0132.3High
Maroondah / Anderson
SCATS 145
Open map		84.2260.0191.5High
HULL near MANCHESTER
SCATS 1369
Open map		82.2192.0162.1High
Hull / Mooroolbark
SCATS 118
Open map		76.5210.092.6High
MT DANDENONG near LILYDALE-MON
SCATS 814
Open map		69.3321.0101.0High
Warburton / Healesville-Koo Wee Rup
SCATS 572
Open map		68.6175.062.4High
Canterbury / Mt Dandenong
SCATS 146
Open map		66.3258.061.7High
Edwards / Switchback
SCATS 1515
Open map		65.9144.055.2Medium

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
Edwards / Switchback
SCATS 1515
Open map		5.2144.05727,591,015
Hull / Mooroolbark
SCATS 118
Open map		2.6210.092380,254,115
Warburton / Healesville-Koo Wee Rup
SCATS 572
Open map		2.4175.062173,424,378
WARBURTON Highway / YARRA JUNCTION-NOOJEE
SCATS 154
Open map		2.358.041924,864,796
Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St West
SCATS 143
Open map		2.3327.01327140,741,199
HULL near MANCHESTER
SCATS 1369
Open map		2.1192.0163891,495,449
BERESFORD ROAD / GARDINER STREET near CREEK ROAD
SCATS 32049
Open map		2.138.03718,206,485
Manchester Rd / Station Car Park
SCATS 2231
Open map		2.168.042532,912,141

Yarra Ranges 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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Yarra Ranges 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

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

Yarra Ranges Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
WELLINGTON ROAD / BERWICK ROAD48 crashes; 1 fatal; 31 serious; harm 461Street ViewGoogle Maps
CLEGG ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD33 crashes; 1 fatal; 21 serious; harm 353Street ViewGoogle Maps
MELBA HIGHWAY / MACINTYRE LANE17 crashes; 1 fatal; 18 serious; harm 301Street ViewGoogle Maps
MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / MADDENS LANE14 crashes; 2 fatal; 8 serious; harm 294Street ViewGoogle Maps
HEALESVILLE-KOO WEE RUP ROAD / SYME ROAD22 crashes; 2 fatal; 7 serious; harm 292Street ViewGoogle Maps
MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / HILTON ROAD39 crashes; 1 fatal; 15 serious; harm 285Street ViewGoogle Maps
BEENAK ROAD / QUEENS ROAD7 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 273Street ViewGoogle Maps
MONBULK ROAD / KALLISTA-EMERALD ROAD18 crashes; 2 fatal; 5 serious; harm 267Street ViewGoogle Maps
WARBURTON HIGHWAY / OLD WARBURTON HIGHWAY18 crashes; 1 fatal; 15 serious; harm 264Street ViewGoogle Maps
HEALESVILLE-KOO-WEE-RUP ROAD / SYME ROAD4 crashes; 2 fatal; 6 serious; harm 261Street ViewGoogle Maps
MELBA HIGHWAY / HEALESVILLE-YARRA GLEN ROAD25 crashes; 1 fatal; 13 serious; harm 251Street ViewGoogle Maps
MOUNT DANDENONG TOURIST ROAD / INVERNESS ROAD25 crashes; 1 fatal; 12 serious; harm 244Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St WestSite 143; 27 matched crashes; harm 327Street ViewGoogle Maps
MT DANDENONG near LILYDALE-MONSite 814; 41 matched crashes; harm 321Street ViewGoogle Maps
Maroondah / AndersonSite 145; 62 matched crashes; harm 260Street ViewGoogle Maps
Canterbury / Mt DandenongSite 146; 19 matched crashes; harm 258Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hull / MooroolbarkSite 118; 23 matched crashes; harm 210Street ViewGoogle Maps
HULL near MANCHESTERSite 1369; 38 matched crashes; harm 192Street ViewGoogle Maps
MAROONDAH Highway / LANDSCAPESite 1018; 21 matched crashes; harm 186Street ViewGoogle Maps
Maroondah / VictoriaSite 142; 33 matched crashes; harm 177Street ViewGoogle Maps
Warburton / Healesville-Koo Wee RupSite 572; 21 matched crashes; harm 175Street ViewGoogle Maps
MAROONDAH Highway / KIMBERLEY / FLETCHERSite 157; 37 matched crashes; harm 170Street ViewGoogle Maps
BURWOOD Highway / SANDELLSSite 921; 18 matched crashes; harm 151Street ViewGoogle Maps
Edwards / SwitchbackSite 1515; 7 matched crashes; harm 144Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1WELLINGTON ROAD / BERWICK ROAD48131514610005
2CLEGG ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD33121433531000
3MELBA HIGHWAY / MACINTYRE LANE17118213013002
4MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / MADDENS LANE1428142943001
5HEALESVILLE-KOO WEE RUP ROAD / SYME ROAD2227222927004
6MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY / HILTON ROAD391153528500515
7BEENAK ROAD / QUEENS ROAD726132730000
8MONBULK ROAD / KALLISTA-EMERALD ROAD1825172671051
9WARBURTON HIGHWAY / OLD WARBURTON HIGHWAY18115142640101
10HEALESVILLE-KOO-WEE-RUP ROAD / SYME ROAD42612610000
11MELBA HIGHWAY / HEALESVILLE-YARRA GLEN ROAD25113212514004
12MOUNT DANDENONG TOURIST ROAD / INVERNESS ROAD25112242440011
13MONBULK ROAD / HUNTER ROAD822122321100
14MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / MAROONDAH FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD23111212313005
15MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / HILL ROAD711132131000
16YARRA JUNCTION-NOOJEE ROAD / TURNER ROAD201101021010017
17MT DANDENONG ROAD / STRADBROKE ROAD22022021000
18MAROONDAH HIGHWAY / ROAD 426018202001008
19WOODS POINT ROAD / WALSHS CREEK ROAD21181919900018
20HEALESVILLE-KINGLAKE ROAD / RAYS TRACK19181219210016
21MONBULK ROAD / FERNDALE ROAD1017161860001
22MELBA HIGHWAY / GULF ROAD21016211810012
23WOODS POINT ROAD / REEFTON TRACK1217417400011
24HEREFORD ROAD / ADAMS LANE21691690000
25LYSTERFIELD ROAD / WELLINGTON ROAD21015161661006

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
1143Maroondah Hwy & Carpark Access & William St East & William St West27211327140,741,1992.321805
2814MT DANDENONG near LILYDALE-MON4128321320,599,3971.001348
3145Maroondah / Anderson62019260173,410,5171.503243
4146Canterbury / Mt Dandenong1924258147,431,8831.751121
5118Hull / Mooroolbark231821080,254,1152.621111
61369HULL near MANCHESTER3801619291,495,4492.100423
71018MAROONDAH Highway / LANDSCAPE2116186173,120,7251.070411
8142Maroondah / Victoria3314177166,031,9941.072203
9572Warburton / Healesville-Koo Wee Rup211517573,424,3782.380104
10157MAROONDAH Highway / KIMBERLEY / FLETCHER37013170206,328,6660.821100
11921BURWOOD Highway / SANDELLS181315179,002,0141.910412
121515Edwards / Switchback71414427,591,0155.220000
13864Canterbury / Liverpool28011141163,316,1870.862125
14122Mt Dandenong / Hawthory26010125119,457,4321.050103
15989York / Wray360811890,233,7881.310314
16141Maroondah / Edward / Manchester3108112207,254,1030.543301
17804Swansea / Cambridge2109108104,453,2181.031115
18919BURWOOD Highway / GLENFERN220810490,690,0391.150012
19920BURWOOD Highway / MORRIS / MAST GULLY3106102108,540,5740.940132
205155WARBURTON Highway near SCHOOL LANE110101119,417,7890.850000
211340Hull / Cardigan / Brice19089398,040,8240.950201
22926MAIN near TERRYS17079168,347,6491.333221
23573WARBURTON Highway near DON12067644,685,0041.701101
243296Victoria Rd / Switchback Rd / Nelson Rd13067235,459,1372.030012
25822WARBURTON Highway / BELL RD / LINK RD160571158,894,6740.451103

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

217
Pedestrian crash records
193
Bicycle crash records
1,232
Motorcycle crash records
156
Heavy-vehicle crash records

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