Council Safety Diagnosis Index

This layer diagnoses the type of road-harm problem each council has: crash mechanisms, vulnerable road-user patterns, heavy-vehicle patterns, road geometry, speed-zone and lighting signatures.

Public method caveat: This is a diagnostic screening layer. It identifies patterns for review and does not assign legal fault, engineering causation or treatment responsibility.

Diagnosis summary by council

Council Crashes Fatalities Serious injuries Harm score Top mechanism VRU harm share HV harm share High-speed harm share
Greater Geelong 7,832 112 4,416 61,461 Turning / crossing conflict 17.5% 5.2% 26.8%
Casey 9,018 106 3,987 58,832 Turning / crossing conflict 11.3% 5.5% 57.6%
Melbourne 10,347 53 3,511 48,959 Turning / crossing conflict 41.9% 8.1% 9.2%
Greater Dandenong 6,834 63 3,184 44,063 Turning / crossing conflict 18.1% 6.1% 43.4%
Hume 7,224 79 2,755 42,325 Turning / crossing conflict 11.9% 8.0% 36.4%
Brimbank 6,133 88 2,476 38,977 Turning / crossing conflict 18.3% 9.4% 30.4%
Yarra Ranges 5,395 104 2,251 37,793 Turning / crossing conflict 8.6% 4.8% 45.8%
Monash 5,943 71 2,303 35,301 Turning / crossing conflict 19.8% 7.3% 37.1%
Whittlesea 5,922 70 2,242 34,983 Turning / crossing conflict 13.1% 7.0% 31.8%
Wyndham 5,268 94 2,000 34,182 Turning / crossing conflict 15.3% 8.1% 27.3%
Mornington Peninsula 4,096 89 2,106 33,246 Turning / crossing conflict 17.5% 4.3% 51.7%
Kingston 4,740 56 1,911 28,827 Turning / crossing conflict 21.8% 5.3% 26.2%
Merri-bek 5,754 38 1,992 28,576 Turning / crossing conflict 34.1% 6.1% 6.0%
Cardinia 3,354 85 1,676 28,073 Turning / crossing conflict 7.6% 7.3% 64.6%
Melton 4,001 70 1,694 27,662 Turning / crossing conflict 8.7% 9.5% 46.1%
Greater Bendigo 3,890 81 1,521 26,851 Turning / crossing conflict 16.0% 9.0% 44.7%
Frankston 3,580 48 1,720 24,920 Turning / crossing conflict 18.4% 3.5% 41.2%
Stonnington 4,365 27 1,781 23,798 Turning / crossing conflict 35.4% 5.5% 13.4%
Boroondara 4,323 42 1,528 22,990 Turning / crossing conflict 35.3% 5.6% 8.7%
Greater Shepparton 2,183 95 1,141 22,874 Turning / crossing conflict 9.8% 11.7% 67.7%
Knox 3,865 53 1,372 22,700 Turning / crossing conflict 16.8% 4.1% 61.3%
Darebin 4,775 36 1,443 22,400 Turning / crossing conflict 31.7% 4.5% 1.0%
Port Phillip 3,986 21 1,666 21,664 Turning / crossing conflict 45.8% 2.8% 1.6%
Glen Eira 3,643 27 1,535 20,903 Turning / crossing conflict 33.9% 2.9% 7.1%
Whitehorse 4,004 34 1,368 20,740 Turning / crossing conflict 28.5% 2.1% 22.3%
Ballarat 3,741 47 1,186 20,474 Turning / crossing conflict 15.7% 5.2% 31.8%
Yarra 4,437 23 1,326 19,162 Turning / crossing conflict 51.3% 4.0% 6.3%
Moonee Valley 3,332 29 1,203 17,804 Turning / crossing conflict 26.3% 3.4% 12.9%
Latrobe 2,113 73 808 17,298 Turning / crossing conflict 14.4% 6.9% 66.5%
Baw Baw 2,414 59 894 16,972 Turning / crossing conflict 5.5% 6.5% 67.4%
East Gippsland 1,875 72 780 16,688 Turning / crossing conflict 5.1% 7.2% 76.1%
Mitchell 1,929 61 898 16,678 Turning / crossing conflict 5.4% 11.5% 73.5%
Maribyrnong 2,820 33 1,077 16,394 Turning / crossing conflict 32.5% 11.4% 7.4%
Hobsons Bay 2,912 31 1,032 16,019 Turning / crossing conflict 19.8% 14.6% 37.4%
Wellington 1,841 61 770 15,410 Turning / crossing conflict 10.1% 9.1% 76.3%
Macedon Ranges 1,437 57 834 15,027 Turning / crossing conflict 7.9% 8.0% 73.5%
Bayside 2,380 21 1,096 14,797 Turning / crossing conflict 41.6% 3.4% 12.0%
Maroondah 2,789 29 894 14,535 Turning / crossing conflict 20.1% 4.6% 27.5%
Moorabool 1,458 51 791 14,185 Turning / crossing conflict 4.2% 14.2% 77.1%
Campaspe 1,276 68 581 13,818 Turning / crossing conflict 5.2% 8.8% 82.0%
Murrindindi 1,451 60 674 13,788 Turning / crossing conflict 2.3% 5.7% 76.9%
Manningham 2,304 27 878 13,576 Turning / crossing conflict 19.0% 3.8% 9.9%
Banyule 2,793 23 799 12,962 Turning / crossing conflict 25.8% 3.4% 6.6%
Moira 967 69 504 12,745 Turning / crossing conflict 7.5% 22.8% 85.9%
Colac Otway 1,203 42 712 12,439 Turning / crossing conflict 8.9% 9.4% 74.5%
Surf Coast 1,289 33 791 12,185 Turning / crossing conflict 8.5% 8.8% 69.4%
South Gippsland 1,276 55 534 12,000 Turning / crossing conflict 6.4% 17.3% 85.5%
Mildura 1,517 47 509 11,371 Turning / crossing conflict 7.9% 7.6% 65.9%
Corangamite 718 55 496 11,074 Turning / crossing conflict 2.6% 12.0% 89.5%
Nillumbik 1,835 29 651 11,020 Turning / crossing conflict 10.8% 4.0% 34.5%
Golden Plains 906 40 614 10,836 Turning / crossing conflict 2.7% 7.8% 84.8%
Bass Coast 1,105 32 561 9,874 Turning / crossing conflict 10.8% 4.4% 71.0%
Wangaratta 1,014 45 440 9,815 Turning / crossing conflict 9.9% 13.4% 79.1%
Moyne 693 36 499 9,100 Turning / crossing conflict 10.3% 12.5% 88.5%
Strathbogie 635 43 434 9,096 Turning / crossing conflict 1.0% 17.6% 91.2%
Hepburn 634 42 294 7,642 Turning / crossing conflict 16.2% 7.2% 67.9%
Glenelg 684 38 317 7,581 Turning / crossing conflict 4.6% 24.7% 86.3%
Indigo 615 37 321 7,363 Turning / crossing conflict 6.6% 12.2% 88.0%
Mansfield 788 30 334 6,963 Turning / crossing conflict 8.2% 3.6% 82.8%
Northern Grampians 509 38 269 6,907 Turning / crossing conflict 6.5% 19.2% 76.5%
Wodonga 905 25 350 6,856 Turning / crossing conflict 13.0% 9.7% 56.8%
Horsham 609 34 261 6,635 Turning / crossing conflict 9.9% 23.4% 63.9%
Mount Alexander 637 27 305 6,208 Turning / crossing conflict 11.2% 7.3% 76.4%
Southern Grampians 498 27 303 6,059 Turning / crossing conflict 9.1% 17.4% 78.6%
Benalla 557 25 261 5,582 Turning / crossing conflict 10.7% 9.4% 80.1%
Swan Hill 543 27 227 5,490 Turning / crossing conflict 8.2% 12.7% 77.0%
Alpine 716 18 313 5,473 Turning / crossing conflict 11.5% 2.1% 74.0%
Warrnambool 795 16 310 5,440 Turning / crossing conflict 30.8% 9.2% 22.2%
Ararat 443 27 231 5,390 Turning / crossing conflict 2.9% 18.5% 84.3%
Loddon 392 23 257 5,139 Turning / crossing conflict 6.8% 8.2% 95.7%
Pyrenees 434 20 251 4,857 Turning / crossing conflict 2.7% 16.5% 89.1%
Towong 434 18 226 4,329 Turning / crossing conflict 0.3% 6.7% 90.7%
Gannawarra 336 18 192 3,963 Turning / crossing conflict 5.0% 12.0% 85.5%
Buloke 217 23 146 3,908 Turning / crossing conflict 4.4% 12.8% 89.5%
Central Goldfields 366 16 202 3,894 Turning / crossing conflict 11.7% 10.0% 72.0%
West Wimmera 154 14 108 2,578 Turning / crossing conflict 0.4% 22.9% 94.8%
Yarriambiack 174 12 98 2,310 Turning / crossing conflict 1.3% 24.5% 92.0%
Hindmarsh 192 9 123 2,271 Turning / crossing conflict 9.8% 23.2% 89.6%
Queenscliffe 33 1 16 278 Run-off-road / loss-of-control 30.9% 0.0% 0.0%