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Yarra Road Harm Intelligence Report

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

23 fatalities 1,326 serious injuries 3,126 VRU crash records 94 heavy-vehicle crash records
4,437
Crash records
23
Fatalities
1,326
Serious injuries
3,602
Other injuries
19,162
Weighted harm score
78.1
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: Bridge / Church is the strongest Yarra signal-site priority in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #11 statewide.
130
SCATS-matched sites
3,953
Matched crashes
1,190
Fatal/serious injuries
17,091
Weighted harm score

Top 5 local signal-site priorities

Local rankState rankSCATS siteHarmFSICrashesHarm/m movementsVRUHV
111Bridge / Church
SCATS 4801
43922593.2493
217Church / Swan
SCATS 4808
38431982.3793
345Church / Highett
SCATS 4826
29818423.0371
452Brunswick / Johnston
SCATS 3451
365251272.11201
572St Georges / Scotchmer
SCATS 4214
25120672.3521

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

19,162
Weighted harm score
1,349
Fatal + serious injuries
51.3%
VRU share of harm
4.0%
Heavy-vehicle share of harm
6.3%
High-speed road harm share
58.1%
Intersection harm share
Plain-English diagnosis: Yarra recorded 4,437 injury crash records, 23 fatalities and 1,326 serious injuries in the analysis period. The leading harm mechanism family is Turning / crossing conflict. Vulnerable road-user crashes account for 51.3% of weighted harm, making this a major local signature. Dark, dawn or dusk conditions account for 36.4% of weighted harm.

Top harm mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict1,5114856,40933.4%
Pedestrian conflict4832223,52318.4%
Other / mixed mechanism6111742,22011.6%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control4421482,15311.2%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict6421292,13611.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict5571401,94510.2%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict186477343.8%
Object / roadside impact54420.2%

Top fatal/serious mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Turning / crossing conflict4614855,26433.5%
Pedestrian conflict2132223,22520.5%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1421481,84311.7%
Other / mixed mechanism1671741,75111.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1191291,5059.6%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1341401,5009.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict43475813.7%
Object / roadside impact34400.3%

Vulnerable road-user mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4832223,52335.8%
Turning / crossing conflict7952052,66427.1%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict415991,41714.4%
Other / mixed mechanism407991,31613.4%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control152384975.1%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict64192392.4%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict70111711.7%
Object / roadside impact21110.1%

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism familyCrashesFSIHarmShare
Pedestrian conflict4422028.4%
Rear-end / same-lane conflict231020526.5%
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict201011815.2%
Turning / crossing conflict24910713.8%
Other / mixed mechanism17910012.9%
Run-off-road / loss-of-control21111.4%
Object / roadside impact11101.3%
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict3030.4%

Speed-zone harm profile

Speed categoryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,5505337,77040.5%
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)1,6174636,35433.2%
Local streets (50 km/h)6942022,74614.3%
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)171781,2046.3%
Unknown speed zone405731,0885.7%

Road-geometry harm profile

Road geometryCrashesFSIHarmShare
Intersection2,64578011,12658.1%
Midblock / not at intersection1,7885678,01441.8%
Unknown geometry42220.1%

Lighting harm profile

LightingCrashesFSIHarmShare
Daylight2,89784111,77861.5%
Dark / street lights9693745,29427.6%
Dawn / dusk3811101,6748.7%
Other lighting190244162.2%

Top detailed crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionCrashesFSIHarmShare
RIGHT THROUGH5041582,16111.3%
REAR END(VEHICLES IN SAME LANE)6391282,12411.1%
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2381151,93410.1%
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)3631161,4557.6%
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)3411031,2766.7%
VEHICLE STRIKES DOOR OF PARKED/STATIONARY VEHICLE323689484.9%
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT132628824.6%
LEFT OFF CARRIAGEWAY INTO OBJECT/PARKED VEHICLE65387774.1%

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: Yarra's recent annualised harm rate is 1445.3 versus a baseline annualised rate of 1445.2, a change of 0.1 harm-score points per year.

Top local worsening locations

LocationClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yrRecent FSI
HODDLE STREET / JOHNSTON STREETStrong worsening25.874.949.210
JOHNSTON STREET BRIDGE / JOHNSTON STREETEmerging from low baseline0.028.728.72
EASTERN FREEWAY / HODDLE-EASTERN OUT ON RAMPStrong worsening3.931.928.03
CHURCH STREET / BROUGHAM STREETEmerging from low baseline0.026.426.41
NICHOLSON STREET / NEWRY STREETEmerging from low baseline1.926.624.81
JOHNSTON STREET / HODDLE STREETStrong worsening3.927.223.31
ALEXANDRA PARADE / BRUNSWICK STREETStrong worsening9.821.411.77
BRIDGE ROAD / CHURCH STREETModerate worsening21.635.213.64

Worsening mechanism families

MechanismClassBaseline harm/yrRecent harm/yrChange/yr
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflictStrong worsening162.3204.442.1
Run-off-road / loss-of-controlModerate worsening146.0164.218.2
Object / roadside impactEmerging from low baseline1.48.16.7

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: Yarra recorded 2,388 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 12 fatalities and 682 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 53.8% of all recorded injury crashes and 51.3% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 91 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 82 records.

VRU type breakdown

VRU typeHarmFSICrashes
Bicyclist5,7614331,802
Pedestrian4,183269608
Older pedestrian1,1515782
School-age pedestrian/cyclist4743191
Motorcyclist000

VRU mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict4,5983201,033
Other / mixed mechanism2,521180596
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1,801125471
Run-off-road / loss-of-control49738152
Rear-end / same-lane conflict2391964
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1711170

Top local VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
BRIDGE ROAD / CHURCH STREET
Open map
267815870
HODDLE STREET / JOHNSTON STREET
Open map
16276510
VICTORIA STREET / WILLIAM STREET
Open map
13447520
JOHNSTON STREET / HODDLE STREET
Open map
12638530
NICHOLSON STREET / NEWRY STREET
Open map
11425320
CANNING STREET / RICHARDSON STREET
Open map
1139320320
JOHNSTON STREET / BRUNSWICK STREET
Open map
10692111110
BRIDGE ROAD / GRIFFITHS STREET
Open map
10314220

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 recorded 94 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 3 fatalities and 41 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 4.0% of total weighted harm. There are 29 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.

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

HV mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict307112611
Rear-end / same-lane conflict20510231
Other / mixed mechanism120111912
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict11810203
Run-off-road / loss-of-control11121
Object / roadside impact10110

Top heavy-vehicle crash locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesHV+VRU
CITYLINK / YARRA BOULEVARD
Open map
123362
BRIDGE ROAD / CHURCH STREET
Open map
110221
BURNLEY STREET / BEISSEL STREET
Open map
100111
CITYLINK / PUNT ROAD
Open map
33340
CITYLINK / YARRA-CITYLINK OUT ON RAMP
Open map
32320
CITYLINK / CHURCH STREET
Open map
24250

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

LocationHarmFSIHV crashesPedBikeMoto
CITYLINK / YARRA BOULEVARD
Open map
12336002
BRIDGE ROAD / CHURCH STREET
Open map
11022100
BURNLEY STREET / BEISSEL STREET
Open map
10011100
ALEXANDRA PARADE / SMITH STREET
Open map
1313020
ST GEORGES ROAD / REID STREET
Open map
1112010
CHURCH STREET / ABINGER STREET
Open map
1011010

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 has 130 SCATS sites with matched crash records, 3,953 matched crash records and 1,190 fatal/serious injuries. The highest-priority local SCATS site is Bridge / Church, with a priority score of 95.5.

Top local SCATS sites by combined priority

SCATS sitePriorityHarmFSIHarm / m movementsConfidence
Bridge / Church
SCATS 4801
Open map
95.5439.0223.2High
Church / Swan
SCATS 4808
Open map
95.1384.0312.3High
Church / Highett
SCATS 4826
Open map
92.4298.0183.0High
Brunswick / Johnston
SCATS 3451
Open map
92.2365.0252.1High
St Georges / Scotchmer
SCATS 4214
Open map
91.2251.0202.3High
RATHDOWNE near NEWRY
SCATS 4429
Open map
89.7212.0175.3Medium
Monash Entry Ramp / Barkly / Gibdon Vm5
SCATS 2841
Open map
89.4277.0162.9High
BRUNSWICK near CHURCH
SCATS 4219
Open map
89.4272.0153.6High

Top eligible local SCATS sites by harm rate

SCATS siteHarm / m movementsHarmFSICrashesMovements
MONASH ON RAMP near PUNT
SCATS 3394
Open map
5.6126.0111822,428,121
RATHDOWNE near NEWRY
SCATS 4429
Open map
5.3212.0175240,130,926
Johnston Street / Carpark Access
SCATS 3323
Open map
4.7120.03325,709,051
BRUNSWICK near CHURCH
SCATS 4219
Open map
3.6272.0154476,042,264
Bridge / Church
SCATS 4801
Open map
3.2439.02259137,175,388
Church / Highett
SCATS 4826
Open map
3.0298.0184299,922,872
Wellington / Langridge
SCATS 4142
Open map
2.9142.0114248,678,168
Monash Entry Ramp / Barkly / Gibdon Vm5
SCATS 2841
Open map
2.9277.0163596,710,300

Yarra 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 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 Street View quick links

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Top crash locations — Street View

LocationSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
HODDLE STREET / JOHNSTON STREET36 crashes; 3 fatal; 17 serious; harm 507Street ViewGoogle Maps
BRIDGE ROAD / CHURCH STREET31 crashes; 2 fatal; 10 serious; harm 320Street ViewGoogle Maps
SWAN STREET / SWAN STREET30 crashes; 1 fatal; 11 serious; harm 241Street ViewGoogle Maps
ALEXANDRA PARADE / BRUNSWICK STREET50 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 186Street ViewGoogle Maps
HODDLE STREET / GIPPS STREET36 crashes; 0 fatal; 14 serious; harm 168Street ViewGoogle Maps
HODDLE STREET / LANGRIDGE STREET36 crashes; 0 fatal; 13 serious; harm 162Street ViewGoogle Maps
CITYLINK / YARRA BOULEVARD11 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 155Street ViewGoogle Maps
EASTERN FREEWAY / HODDLE-EASTERN OUT ON RAMP9 crashes; 1 fatal; 5 serious; harm 155Street ViewGoogle Maps
VICTORIA STREET / WILLIAM STREET13 crashes; 1 fatal; 4 serious; harm 149Street ViewGoogle Maps
HODDLE STREET / SOUTH TERRACE12 crashes; 1 fatal; 3 serious; harm 143Street ViewGoogle Maps
ALEXANDRA PARADE / SMITH STREET32 crashes; 0 fatal; 11 serious; harm 140Street ViewGoogle Maps
HODDLE STREET / ABBOT GROVE17 crashes; 0 fatal; 13 serious; harm 138Street ViewGoogle Maps

SCATS signal-site exposure layer — Street View

SCATS siteSummaryStreet ViewGoogle Maps
Hoddle / JohnstonSite 3382; 58 matched crashes; harm 694Street ViewGoogle Maps
Bridge / ChurchSite 4801; 59 matched crashes; harm 439Street ViewGoogle Maps
Church / SwanSite 4808; 98 matched crashes; harm 384Street ViewGoogle Maps
Brunswick / JohnstonSite 3451; 127 matched crashes; harm 365Street ViewGoogle Maps
EASTERN Freeway OFF RAMP / HODDLESite 3380; 51 matched crashes; harm 339Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hoddle / LangridgeSite 3384; 74 matched crashes; harm 331Street ViewGoogle Maps
EASTERN Highway / QUEENS / BRUNSWICKSite 2101; 85 matched crashes; harm 329Street ViewGoogle Maps
Church / HighettSite 4826; 42 matched crashes; harm 298Street ViewGoogle Maps
Swan / BurnleySite 4810; 41 matched crashes; harm 287Street ViewGoogle Maps
Hoddle / GippsSite 3383; 54 matched crashes; harm 278Street ViewGoogle Maps
Monash Entry Ramp / Barkly / Gibdon Vm5Site 2841; 35 matched crashes; harm 277Street ViewGoogle Maps
BRUNSWICK near CHURCHSite 4219; 44 matched crashes; harm 272Street ViewGoogle Maps

Top crash locations

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

RankLocationCrashesFatalitiesSerious injuriesOther injuriesHarm scoreHV crashesPedBikeMoto
1HODDLE STREET / JOHNSTON STREET36317375070515
2BRIDGE ROAD / CHURCH STREET31210203202879
3SWAN STREET / SWAN STREET30111312410115
4ALEXANDRA PARADE / BRUNSWICK STREET5001446186051310
5HODDLE STREET / GIPPS STREET360142816801242
6HODDLE STREET / LANGRIDGE STREET360133216201543
7CITYLINK / YARRA BOULEVARD111551556013
8EASTERN FREEWAY / HODDLE-EASTERN OUT ON RAMP91551550104
9VICTORIA STREET / WILLIAM STREET131491490526
10HODDLE STREET / SOUTH TERRACE1213131430012
11ALEXANDRA PARADE / SMITH STREET32011301403355
12HODDLE STREET / ABBOT GROVE17013813800211
13ST GEORGES ROAD / REID STREET270121813822145
14ALEXANDRA PARADE / WELLINGTON STREET300112813811132
15JOHNSTON STREET / HODDLE STREET91361360531
16BRIDGE ROAD / GRIFFITHS STREET81351350220
17CITYLINK / PUNT ROAD18011181284004
18BRUNSWICK STREET / ST GEORGES ROAD81251250124
19CANNING STREET / RICHARDSON STREET330102312310320
20JOHNSTON STREET / BRUNSWICK STREET2501019119111112
21SWAN STREET / CHURCH STREET330928118112113
22NICHOLSON STREET / NEWRY STREET91181180321
23HODDLE STREET / HODDLE-HEIDELBERG OUT ON RAMP51141140102
24BARKLY AVENUE / STAWELL STREET41141140000
25BURNLEY STREET / BEISSEL STREET21101101101

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
13382Hoddle / Johnston58424694415,850,1711.67011211
24801Bridge / Church59220439137,175,3883.203122215
34808Church / Swan98031384168,379,2012.283214414
43451Brunswick / Johnston127025365174,888,9962.091327711
53380EASTERN Freeway OFF RAMP / HODDLE51030339638,170,4250.5321414
63384Hoddle / Langridge74027331401,283,8440.82017198
72101EASTERN Highway / QUEENS / BRUNSWICK85026329497,445,0560.66072719
84826Church / Highett4211729899,922,8722.981101710
94810Swan / Burnley41116287150,277,6111.91191211
103383Hoddle / Gipps54024278414,910,0270.67113124
112841Monash Entry Ramp / Barkly / Gibdon Vm53511527796,710,3002.861148
124219BRUNSWICK near CHURCH4411427276,042,2643.58061510
134140Hoddle / Queens40112253105,410,8772.402275
144812Swan / Madden41111253196,949,0101.280146
154214St Georges / Scotchmer67020251109,146,9122.3019376
163868BRIDGE near VERITY39111239149,931,2781.5905621
174803Bridge / Coppin44110238110,901,2722.15010183
184805Bridge / Burnley67018237188,193,7601.26271914
194829CHURCH near BROUGHAM31111234114,843,6142.04011211
204216Brunswick / Gertrude67018232116,615,8351.99012417
214223NICHOLSON near FREEMAN2811122889,699,4022.5405124
224217BRUNSWICK near LEICESTER71017225162,933,5891.38013457
234215ST GEORGES near REID47019223123,101,3631.8124289
243454Johnston / Wellington63017222122,972,0721.8106409
254226ST GEORGES near PARK29110222146,708,6961.5113184

TIRTL freight-conflict layer

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

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Road-user summaries

608
Pedestrian crash records
1,802
Bicycle crash records
716
Motorcycle crash records
94
Heavy-vehicle crash records