Melton highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

Signalised intersections ranked by crash harm, fatal/serious injuries, vulnerable-road-user involvement, heavy-vehicle involvement and SCATS exposure-adjusted harm per movement.

Headline finding: HIGH near COBURNS is the strongest Melton signal-site priority in this screening layer. It ranks #1 locally and #144 statewide.

Important wording: This page identifies the strongest road-harm priority signals in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It is not an engineering safety audit or legal finding.

Melton headline numbers

SCATS-matched signal sites

1,052

Matched crash records

Fatalities

345

Serious injuries

5,742

Weighted harm score

219

VRU SCATS crashes

Heavy-vehicle SCATS crashes

#25

Council rank by SCATS harm

Map of local signal-site priorities

Click a marker to view the site name, harm, fatal/serious injuries, vulnerable-road-user crashes, heavy-vehicle crashes and exposure-adjusted harm rate.

How to read the map: marker colour shows the site's local priority rank bucket, while marker size scales with total harm score.

Top 10 Ranks 11–25 Ranks 26–100 Other mapped sites

Visible sites

Visible harm

Visible FSI

Visible VRU crashes

Public top-five

1. HIGH near COBURNS — harm 235; fatal/serious injuries 19; matched crashes 46; VRU crashes 8; heavy-vehicle crashes 1; harm per million movements 2.7.
2. Robinsons Road / Middle Road — harm 250; fatal/serious injuries 20; matched crashes 52; VRU crashes 3; heavy-vehicle crashes 7; harm per million movements 2.7.
3. MELTON Highway / GOURLAY — harm 334; fatal/serious injuries 19; matched crashes 49; VRU crashes 13; heavy-vehicle crashes 0; harm per million movements 1.8.
4. COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH) — harm 270; fatal/serious injuries 13; matched crashes 38; VRU crashes 9; heavy-vehicle crashes 1; harm per million movements 2.3.
5. Coburns / Barries — harm 313; fatal/serious injuries 17; matched crashes 52; VRU crashes 11; heavy-vehicle crashes 0; harm per million movements 2.0.

Detailed tables

Top 10 by combined SCATS priority

Local rank	State rank	SCATS site	Priority	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Harm/m movements	VRU	HV	Confidence
1	144	HIGH near COBURNS SCATS 2669 Open map	88.3	235	19	46	2.7	8	1	High
2	195	Robinsons Road / Middle Road SCATS 1796 Open map	86.8	250	20	52	2.7	3	7	High
3	277	MELTON Highway / GOURLAY SCATS 2595 Open map	84.7	334	19	49	1.8	13	0	High
4	289	COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH) SCATS 4983 Open map	84.6	270	13	38	2.3	9	1	High
5	302	Coburns / Barries SCATS 2646 Open map	84.3	313	17	52	2.0	11	0	High
6	410	COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (NTH) SCATS 4982 Open map	81.3	267	13	45	2.3	7	0	High
7	651	Hopkins Road / Neale Road SCATS 1927 Open map	75.3	120	9	29	3.5	3	2	Medium
8	657	WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING SCATS 2658 Open map	75.2	281	18	82	1.0	5	3	High
9	761	EXFORD near MORSHEAD SCATS 4980 Open map	73.0	107	9	21	2.2	10	0	Medium
10	776	CLARA Ave btween Nile Dr & Yukon St SCATS 5422 Open map	72.7	223	4	4	14.5	1	1	Watch

Top 10 by total harm

Local harm rank	SCATS site	Harm	Deaths	Serious	FSI	Crashes	VRU	HV
1	MELTON Highway / GOURLAY SCATS 2595 Open map	334	1	18	19	49	13	0
2	Coburns / Barries SCATS 2646 Open map	313	1	16	17	52	11	0
3	WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING SCATS 2658 Open map	281	0	18	18	82	5	3
4	COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH) SCATS 4983 Open map	270	1	12	13	38	9	1
5	COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (NTH) SCATS 4982 Open map	267	1	12	13	45	7	0
6	Robinsons Road / Middle Road SCATS 1796 Open map	250	0	20	20	52	3	7
7	HIGH near COBURNS SCATS 2669 Open map	235	0	19	19	46	8	1
8	WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD SCATS 2656 Open map	227	0	17	17	54	9	1
9	CLARA Ave btween Nile Dr & Yukon St SCATS 5422 Open map	223	2	2	4	4	1	1
10	Vineyard Road / Houdini Drive SCATS 3161 Open map	178	1	7	8	9	1	0

Top 10 by exposure-adjusted harm rate

Local rate rank	SCATS site	Harm/m movements	FSI/m movements	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Movements	Confidence
3	CLARA Ave btween Nile Dr & Yukon St SCATS 5422 Open map	14.5	0.3	223	4	4	15,338,775	Watch
5	Vineyard Road near Civic Street SCATS 3367 Open map	5.9	0.2	140	4	7	23,869,160	Medium
6	Greigs Road / Innovation Avenue SCATS 32100 Open map	4.9	0.4	34	3	3	6,900,494	Watch
7	Vineyard Road / Houdini Drive SCATS 3161 Open map	3.6	0.2	178	8	9	49,252,775	Medium
8	Hopkins Road / Neale Road SCATS 1927 Open map	3.5	0.3	120	9	29	33,886,819	Medium
9	Mount Cottrell Road / Baxter Park Drive SCATS 1991 Open map	3.1	0.3	32	3	4	10,342,642	Watch
10	Centenary Ave bet Smoult Dr and Arawata Pde SCATS 1995 Open map	2.9	0.3	33	3	6	11,359,778	Medium
11	Ferris Road / Alfred Road / Wimbeldon Blvd SCATS 1965 Open map	2.7	0.2	28	2	5	10,417,532	Medium
12	HIGH near COBURNS SCATS 2669 Open map	2.7	0.2	235	19	46	88,150,236	High
13	Robinsons Road / Middle Road SCATS 1796 Open map	2.7	0.2	250	20	52	94,253,236	High

Top 10 vulnerable-road-user signal sites

SCATS site	VRU	Ped	Bike	Moto	Harm	FSI	Crashes
High / Palmerston SCATS 2650 Open map	17	13	2	2	112	8	32
MELTON Highway / GOURLAY SCATS 2595 Open map	13	2	3	8	334	19	49
Caroline Springs / College SCATS 2591 Open map	13	9	1	3	79	6	19
High / O'Neills / Station SCATS 2651 Open map	12	8	2	2	125	9	34
Exford / Streetaughton SCATS 4979 Open map	12	4	3	5	110	8	34
Coburns / Barries SCATS 2646 Open map	11	4	0	7	313	17	52
Caroline Springs / Lake SCATS 2593 Open map	10	7	3	0	137	11	31
EXFORD near MORSHEAD SCATS 4980 Open map	10	5	1	4	107	9	21
COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH) SCATS 4983 Open map	9	1	6	2	270	13	38
WESTERN Highway / WESTWOOD SCATS 2656 Open map	9	1	2	6	227	17	54

Top 10 heavy-vehicle signal sites

SCATS site	HV	Harm	FSI	Crashes	VRU	Harm/m movements	Confidence
Robinsons Road / Middle Road SCATS 1796 Open map	7	250	20	52	3	2.7	High
WESTERN Highway / CHRISTIES / CAROLINE SPRING SCATS 2658 Open map	3	281	18	82	5	1.0	High
Hopkins Road / Riding Boundary Road SCATS 2116 Open map	3	29	2	9	0	1.4	Medium
Vineyard Road near Civic Street SCATS 3367 Open map	2	140	4	7	2	5.9	Medium
Hopkins Road / Neale Road SCATS 1927 Open map	2	120	9	29	3	3.5	Medium
WESTERN Highway / CHISHOLM DR / PANAMAX DR SCATS 2565 Open map	2	97	6	28	2	0.5	High
Western Freeway Westbound Ramps / Ferris R SCATS 2994 Open map	2	96	7	18	0	0.9	High
Christies Road / Western Freeway Entry Ram SCATS 1404 Open map	2	77	6	17	2	1.5	Medium
COBURNS / WESTERN Freeway (STH) SCATS 4983 Open map	1	270	13	38	9	2.3	High
HIGH near COBURNS SCATS 2669 Open map	1	235	19	46	8	2.7	High

Emerging local road-harm locations

Location	Class	Recent harm	Baseline harm	Annual harm increase	Recent FSI	Recent crashes
WESTERN FREEWAY / CLARKE ROAD Open map	Major worsening	235	34	57.1	5	4
BOUNDARY ROAD / DAVIS ROAD Open map	Emerging from low baseline	200	0	52.2	9	16
EXFORD ROAD / MURPHYS ROAD Open map	Emerging from low baseline	173	0	45.2	13	8
WESTERN FREEWAY / MOUNT COTTRELL ROAD Open map	Strong worsening	276	276	37.5	8	20
FAULKNERS ROAD / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD Open map	Emerging from low baseline	126	2	32.6	3	4
HOPKINS ROAD / KIRKPATRICK BOULEVARD Open map	Emerging from low baseline	111	0	29.0	2	3
GOURLAY ROAD / KIRRIBILLI BOULEVARD Open map	Emerging from low baseline	102	0	26.6	1	2
PARWAN-EXFORD ROAD / TELEPHONE ROAD Open map	Emerging from low baseline	102	0	26.6	1	3
ALFRED ROAD / DUKE DRIVE Open map	Emerging from low baseline	101	0	26.4	1	2
GREIGS ROAD / MOUNT COTTRELL ROAD Open map	Strong worsening	93	33	20.2	8	11

Freight-conflict locations

Location	HV harm	Deaths	Serious	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
HOPKINS ROAD / RIDING BOUNDARY ROAD Open map	215	2	1	3	4	0
HOPKINS ROAD / GREIGS ROAD Open map	172	1	7	8	4	0
WESTERN FREEWAY / WESTERN IN-ROBINSONS OF RAMP Open map	122	1	2	3	4	1
GISBORNE-MELTON ROAD / MCPHERSONS ROAD Open map	120	1	2	3	1	0
HOLDEN ROAD / PLUMPTON ROAD Open map	120	1	2	3	1	0
WESTERN FREEWAY / HOPKINS ROAD Open map	114	1	1	2	4	0
EXFORD ROAD / MURPHYS ROAD Open map	109	0	7	7	1	0
CALDER FREEWAY / HOLDEN-CALDER OUT ON RAMP Open map	101	1	0	1	2	1
DIGGERS REST-COIMADAI ROAD / VINEYARD ROAD Open map	101	1	0	1	1	0
AGAR DRIVE / CARMEN STREET Open map	100	1	0	1	1	1

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Method wording for public use

These are the Melton signalised intersections with the strongest road-harm priority signals in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. The rankings combine total crash harm, fatal/serious injuries, harm per observed movement, vulnerable-road-user involvement and heavy-vehicle involvement.

Caveat: SCATS movements are an exposure proxy. Crash-to-SCATS matching is proximity-based. This page is a public-interest prioritisation tool and not an engineering safety audit.