Melbourne Emerging Road-Harm Hotspots

Baseline 2012-2019 versus recent 2022-2025. Metrics are annualised to compare periods.

Caveat: Statistical screening layer only. Use this to identify patterns for review, not to assign causation.

Council worsening summary

No worsening records met the filter for this table.

Worsening locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr	Recent FSI
ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREET	Strong worsening	9.6	53.8	44.2	11
Unknown location	Strong worsening	2.5	34.5	32.0	4
VICTORIA PARADE / NICHOLSON STREET	Strong worsening	2.6	32.9	30.3	3
KING STREET / PHOENIX LANE	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	31.3	30.1	3
BATMAN AVENUE / FLINDERS STREET	Strong worsening	4.3	33.4	29.2	3
NICHOLSON STREET / JOHNSTON STREET	Strong worsening	7.9	35.2	27.4	4
HARBOUR ESPLANADE / BOURKE STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	29.0	27.7	2
ELIZABETH STREET / PELHAM STREET	Strong worsening	5.1	31.9	26.7	3
ERROL STREET / ERROL PLACE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.4	26.4	1
BOURKE STREET / ELIZABETH STREET	Strong worsening	8.8	32.1	23.4	3
POWER STREET / KAVANAGH STREET	Strong worsening	5.6	21.7	16.0	7
DUDLEY STREET / ADDERLEY STREET	Strong worsening	4.3	19.6	15.3	7
ST KILDA ROAD / ST KILDA ROAD	Strong worsening	11.6	29.8	18.1	2
ABBOTSFORD STREET / ARDEN STREET	Strong worsening	10.8	28.7	18.0	2
LANSDOWNE STREET / WELLINGTON PARADE	Strong worsening	5.6	16.4	10.8	6
RACECOURSE ROAD / FLEMINGTON ROAD	Moderate worsening	12.3	23.0	10.7	8
VICTORIA STREET / DRUMMOND STREET	Strong worsening	7.4	18.3	10.9	6
CITY ROAD / FANNING STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	11.2	11.2	4
KING STREET / LONSDALE STREET	Strong worsening	8.4	20.1	11.7	6
LA TROBE STREET / QUEEN STREET	Strong worsening	5.5	15.1	9.6	5
SWAN STREET / OLYMPIC BOULEVARD	Strong worsening	9.8	19.6	9.8	6
ST KILDA ROAD / HIGH STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.8	11.7	10.0	4
LA TROBE STREET / SWANSTON STREET	Strong worsening	2.6	11.2	8.6	4
FLEMINGTON ROAD SERVICE ROAD / FLEMINGTON ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	10.4	10.1	3
KING STREET / LA TROBE STREET	Strong worsening	7.4	15.9	8.5	5
SPENCER STREET / ROSSLYN STREET	Moderate worsening	9.3	18.0	8.8	6
DUDLEY STREET / WILLIAM STREET	Strong worsening	3.4	11.5	8.1	4
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-POWER OF RAMP	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	8.9	8.6	3
DYNON ROAD / SIMS STREET	Strong worsening	2.6	10.7	8.1	4
MACARTHUR ROAD / THE AVENUE	Emerging from low baseline	0.4	8.9	8.5	3

Worsening vulnerable-road-user locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREET	Strong worsening	6.0	40.2	34.2
HARBOUR ESPLANADE / BOURKE STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7
VICTORIA PARADE / NICHOLSON STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7
BOURKE STREET / ELIZABETH STREET	Strong worsening	6.0	32.1	26.1
DOCK LINK ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.1	26.1
HOSIER LANE / RUTLEDGE LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.1	26.1
EASTWOOD STREET / MACAULAY ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	26.1	26.0
KING STREET / PHOENIX LANE	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	26.1	24.9
ABBOTSFORD STREET / ARDEN STREET	Strong worsening	5.0	26.1	21.1
LA TROBE STREET / QUEEN STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.6	12.0	10.4
DUDLEY STREET / ADDERLEY STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	10.4	9.2
DYNON ROAD / DYNON-CITYLINK OUT ON RAMP	Emerging from low baseline	0.1	8.1	8.0
KING STREET / LA TROBE STREET	Strong worsening	4.8	11.5	6.7
ANZAC AVENUE / ST KILDA FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	1.3	8.4	7.1
ST KILDA ROAD / HIGH STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.6	8.4	6.7
LA TROBE STREET / SWANSTON STREET	Strong worsening	2.3	8.6	6.4
ROYAL PARADE / COLLEGE ALT CRESCENT	Emerging from low baseline	1.8	8.1	6.3
COBDEN STREET / OCONNELL STREET	Emerging from low baseline	1.5	7.8	6.3
FLEMINGTON ROAD SERVICE ROAD / FLEMINGTON ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.3	7.6	7.3
ELIZABETH STREET / VICTORIA STREET	Strong worsening	3.1	8.9	5.8

Worsening heavy-vehicle locations

Location	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
WEST GATE IN-KINGS RAMP / NORMANBY ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	28.7	28.7
Unknown location	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.4	26.4
DOCK LINK ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.1	26.1
EASTWOOD STREET / MACAULAY ROAD	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.1	26.1
HOSIER LANE / RUTLEDGE LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.1	26.1
KING STREET / PHOENIX LANE	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	26.1	26.1
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-POWER OF RAMP	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	7.8	7.8
CITYLINK IN-WEST GATE OUT RAMP / WEST GATE FREEWAY	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.5	5.5
ABECKETT STREET / ELIZABETH STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2
WEST GATE IN-KINGS RAMP / MORAY STREET	Emerging from low baseline	0.0	5.2	5.2
CITYLINK / CITYLINK IN-DYNON OF RAMP	Strong worsening	0.4	3.9	3.5
BURNLEY TUNNEL / POWER STREET	Strong worsening	0.0	3.4	3.4
WEST GATE FREEWAY / TODD ROAD	Strong worsening	0.4	3.1	2.8
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE OUT-WEST GATE OUT RAMP	Strong worsening	0.1	2.9	2.7
BATMAN AVENUE -CITYLINK IN-BATMAN RAMP / BATMAN AVENUE	Strong worsening	0.0	2.6	2.6
FOOTSCRAY ROAD / WATERFRONT WAY	Strong worsening	0.0	2.6	2.6
KING STREET / FLINDERS LANE	Strong worsening	0.0	2.6	2.6
KINGS WAY / QUEENS WHARF	Strong worsening	0.0	2.6	2.6
LA TROBE STREET / SWANSTON STREET	Strong worsening	0.0	2.6	2.6
LITTLE BOURKE STREET / KIRKS LANE	Strong worsening	0.0	2.6	2.6

Worsening mechanism families

Mechanism	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Other / mixed mechanism	Major worsening	731.5	815.1	83.6
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	Moderate worsening	166.3	181.2	14.9
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	Watch	286.0	260.0	-25.9
Object / roadside impact	Strong worsening	3.0	12.5	9.5

Worsening speed-zone categories

Speed category	Class	Baseline harm/yr	Recent harm/yr	Change/yr
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	Major worsening	833.4	1310.6	477.2
Unknown speed zone	Major worsening	214.3	329.2	114.9