Ballarat Freight Conflict Index

Heavy-vehicle crash harm, vulnerable-road-user overlap and TIRTL freight exposure where available.

Plain-English freight signature: Ballarat recorded 93 heavy-vehicle-involved crash records, 6 fatalities and 38 serious injuries. Heavy-vehicle crashes account for 5.2% of total weighted harm. There are 12 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.

Freight-conflict summary

Council	Score	HV harm	HV FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU	TIRTL harm
Ballarat	54.4	1,056	44	93	12	0

TIRTL freight-conflict sites

No records available for this table.

Heavy-vehicle crash locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
WESTERN HIGHWAY / WESTERN HIGHWAY Open map	331	6	4	0
WESTERN HIGHWAY / REMEMBRANCE DRIVE Open map	141	5	1	0
WESTERN FREEWAY / MIDLAND-WESTERN IN ON RAMP Open map	111	2	3	0
DOVETON STREET / EYRE STREET Open map	100	1	1	1
BALLARAT-CARNGHAM ROAD / SAGO HILL ROAD Open map	40	4	1	0
AVENUE ROAD / HENDERSONS ROAD Open map	31	3	1	0
WESTERN FREEWAY / DOODTS ROAD Open map	22	2	3	0
ALBERT STREET / DOCWRA STREET Open map	21	2	2	0
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / WARRENHEIP STREET Open map	21	2	1	1
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / COLAC-BALLARAT ROAD Open map	20	2	2	0
WESTERN FREEWAY / BALLARAT-BURRUMBEET ROAD Open map	20	2	2	0
WESTERN FREEWAY / SWINGLERS ROAD Open map	12	1	3	0
ALBERT STREET -SKIPTON STREET / RUBICON STREET Open map	12	1	2	1
WESTERN FREEWAY / DOWLING ROAD Open map	12	1	2	0
RING ROAD / TREWIN STREET Open map	11	1	2	1
WESTERN HIGHWAY / DOBSONS LANE Open map	11	1	2	0
WESTERN IN-MIDLAND RAMP / MIDLAND HIGHWAY Open map	11	1	1	0
ALBERT STREET / HERTFORD STREET Open map	10	1	1	1
BALLARAT-BURRUMBEET ROAD -STURT STREET / RING ROAD Open map	10	1	1	0
CRESWICK ROAD / HEINZ ALT LANE Open map	10	1	1	0

Freight / vulnerable-road-user overlap locations

Location	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	Ped	Bike	Moto
DOVETON STREET / EYRE STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0	0
MIDLAND HIGHWAY / WARRENHEIP STREET Open map	21	2	1	1	0	0
ALBERT STREET -SKIPTON STREET / RUBICON STREET Open map	12	1	2	1	0	0
RING ROAD / TREWIN STREET Open map	11	1	2	0	0	1
ALBERT STREET / HERTFORD STREET Open map	10	1	1	1	0	0
HOWITT STREET -LEARMONTH ROAD / GILLIES N STREET Open map	10	1	1	0	1	0
LEARMONTH ROAD / CARAVAN STREET Open map	10	1	1	0	1	0
ALBERT STREET / BRIDGE STREET Open map	2	0	2	0	0	1

Heavy-vehicle mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
Turning / crossing conflict	566	18	33	5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	223	12	18	0
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	102	1	3	0
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	100	9	13	1
Other / mixed mechanism	59	4	20	4
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	6	0	6	2

Heavy-vehicle speed-zone profile

Speed category	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	800	32	41
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	202	8	36
Local streets (50 km/h)	29	2	10
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	14	1	4
Unknown speed zone	11	1	2

Heavy-vehicle road-geometry profile

Geometry	Harm	FSI	HV crashes
Intersection / junction	630	23	48
Midblock / not at intersection	425	21	44
Unknown geometry	1	0	1