Melbourne's highest-priority dangerous signalised intersections

City of Melbourne signal sites ranked by crash harm, fatal/serious injuries, VRU involvement, heavy-vehicle involvement and SCATS exposure-adjusted harm per movement.

Headline finding: LYGON near LYTTON is the strongest overall City of Melbourne signal-site priority. It ranks #1 in City of Melbourne and #1 statewide in the combined SCATS priority table.

Important wording: This page identifies the strongest road-harm priority signals in the SCATS exposure-adjusted screening layer. It should not be described as an engineering safety audit or a legal finding of danger.

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This Melbourne feature page is now part of a statewide dangerous-intersections briefing system covering every council with SCATS-matched signal-site data.

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City of Melbourne headline numbers

371

SCATS-matched signal sites

9,357

Matched crash records

Fatalities

3,112

Serious injuries

43,437

Weighted harm score

Council rank by SCATS harm

5,878

VRU SCATS crashes

369

Heavy-vehicle SCATS crashes

Google map of Melbourne dangerous intersections

This map shows City of Melbourne SCATS 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. Use the filter buttons to focus on the highest-priority sites.

Top 10 priority sites Ranks 11–25 Ranks 26–100 Other City of Melbourne SCATS sites

Visible mapped sites

Visible total harm

Visible fatal/serious injuries

Visible VRU crashes

Public top-five

These are the strongest public-interest candidates for a City of Melbourne top-five.

1. LYGON near LYTTON — harm 479; fatal/serious injuries 36; matched crashes 111; VRU crashes 45; heavy-vehicle crashes 3; harm per million movements 6.6.
2. City / Clarendon — harm 447; fatal/serious injuries 38; matched crashes 94; VRU crashes 53; heavy-vehicle crashes 6; harm per million movements 2.8.
3. Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker — harm 773; fatal/serious injuries 45; matched crashes 80; VRU crashes 51; heavy-vehicle crashes 1; harm per million movements 3.9.
4. Racecourse / Newmarket — harm 434; fatal/serious injuries 31; matched crashes 53; VRU crashes 42; heavy-vehicle crashes 3; harm per million movements 2.8.
5. Kingsway / Southern Link — harm 608; fatal/serious injuries 47; matched crashes 139; VRU crashes 36; heavy-vehicle crashes 22; harm per million movements 2.1.

Detailed tables

Top 10 by combined SCATS priority

Melb rank	State rank	SCATS site	Priority	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Harm/m movements	VRU	HV	Confidence
1	1	LYGON near LYTTON SCATS 4414 Open map	98.6	479	36	111	6.6	45	3	High
2	2	City / Clarendon SCATS 4883 Open map	97.2	447	38	94	2.8	53	6	High
3	3	Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker SCATS 4465 Open map	97.0	773	45	80	3.9	51	1	High
4	7	Racecourse / Newmarket SCATS 2939 Open map	96.3	434	31	53	2.8	42	3	High
5	15	Kingsway / Southern Link SCATS 2397 Open map	95.2	608	47	139	2.1	36	22	High
6	20	Victoria / Peel SCATS 4506 Open map	94.3	479	25	61	2.6	44	2	High
7	21	City / Moray / Queensbridge SCATS 4882 Open map	94.0	382	33	72	2.2	46	1	High
8	25	King / Latrobe SCATS 2925 Open map	93.8	490	25	76	2.4	58	3	High
9	27	ST KILDA RD near BOWEN CRESCENT SCATS 3471 Open map	93.6	253	21	57	3.6	34	1	High
10	31	COOK / SALMON / WESTGATE Freeway ENTRANCE SCATS 3627 Open map	93.3	318	18	51	8.5	9	5	Medium

Top 10 by total harm

Melb harm rank	SCATS site	Harm	Deaths	Serious	FSI	Crashes	VRU	HV
1	Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker SCATS 4465 Open map	773	3	42	45	80	51	1
2	Kingsway / Southern Link SCATS 2397 Open map	608	0	47	47	139	36	22
3	King / Latrobe SCATS 2925 Open map	490	2	23	25	76	58	3
4	LYGON near LYTTON SCATS 4414 Open map	479	0	36	36	111	45	3
5	Victoria / Peel SCATS 4506 Open map	479	2	23	25	61	44	2
6	Footscray Road / Dock Link Road (Coode) SCATS 4377 Open map	457	3	15	18	21	11	9
7	City / Clarendon SCATS 4883 Open map	447	0	38	38	94	53	6
8	Racecourse / Newmarket SCATS 2939 Open map	434	1	30	31	53	42	3
9	Lygon / Elgin SCATS 4408 Open map	407	1	27	28	50	28	0
10	Montague / Lorimer SCATS 4902 Open map	400	0	33	33	83	33	10

Top 10 high-confidence harm-rate sites

Melb rate rank	SCATS site	Harm/m movements	FSI/m movements	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Movements	Confidence
16	LYGON near LYTTON SCATS 4414 Open map	6.6	0.5	479	36	111	72,833,183	High
24	MACAULAY near BELLAIR SCATS 4481 Open map	4.6	0.2	246	13	37	53,017,024	High
26	Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker SCATS 4465 Open map	3.9	0.2	773	45	80	200,489,504	High
30	Footscray Road / Dock Link Road (Coode) SCATS 4377 Open map	3.7	0.1	457	18	21	125,054,378	High
31	ST KILDA RD near BOWEN CRESCENT SCATS 3471 Open map	3.6	0.3	253	21	57	69,714,812	High
34	Western Link / Dynon On Ramp North Bd SCATS 4486 Open map	3.4	0.2	280	17	30	81,251,991	High
35	Arden / Errol SCATS 4495 Open map	3.4	0.3	204	17	42	60,446,462	High
36	Victoria / Errol SCATS 1051 Open map	3.3	0.2	221	11	26	66,303,487	High
37	ST KILDA near COVENTRY SCATS 4534 Open map	3.3	0.3	281	25	53	85,998,927	High
38	Lygon / Elgin SCATS 4408 Open map	3.1	0.2	407	28	50	129,428,610	High

Top 10 vulnerable-road-user signal sites

SCATS site	VRU	Ped	Bike	Moto	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Elizabeth / Latrobe SCATS 2922 Open map	104	23	67	14	331	24	111
Victoria / Rathdowne SCATS 4405 Open map	60	9	23	28	390	32	94
King / Latrobe SCATS 2925 Open map	58	8	41	9	490	25	76
Flemington / Grattan / Wreckyn SCATS 4466 Open map	58	23	24	11	354	20	71
Swanston / Flinders SCATS 4562 Open map	55	25	26	4	308	25	69
Elizabeth / Lonsdale SCATS 2906 Open map	55	9	37	9	208	15	68
City / Clarendon SCATS 4883 Open map	53	27	12	14	447	38	94
Swanston / Collins SCATS 4578 Open map	53	20	29	4	147	10	55
Clarendon / Whiteman / Normanby SCATS 4878 Open map	52	23	21	8	299	25	66
Flemington / Gatehouse / Harker SCATS 4465 Open map	51	16	18	17	773	45	80

Top 10 heavy-vehicle signal sites

SCATS site	HV	Harm	FSI	Crashes	VRU	Harm/m movements	Confidence
Kingsway / Southern Link SCATS 2397 Open map	22	608	47	139	36	2.1	High
Westgate Freeway / Power SCATS 4489 Open map	13	208	16	46	5	3.0	High
Montague / Lorimer SCATS 4902 Open map	10	400	33	83	33	1.2	High
Footscray Road / Dock Link Road (Coode) SCATS 4377 Open map	9	457	18	21	11	3.7	High
Lorimer / Graham SCATS 2888 Open map	9	236	19	50	6	5.8	Medium
WESTGATE Freeway EXIT RAMP / COOK SCATS 3626 Open map	9	147	12	33	2	1.3	High
Todd Off Ramp / Prohasky / Service Centre SCATS 2898 Open map	9	131	11	24	2	0.8	High
Western Link / Dynon On Ramp North Bd SCATS 4486 Open map	8	280	17	30	14	3.4	High
Todd Road / Webb Dock Drive / Cook Street SCATS 2469 Open map	8	156	12	42	6	2.0	High
Alexandra / Swan Bridge. SCATS 4550 Open map	7	225	20	33	13	1.1	High

Emerging City of Melbourne locations

Location	Class	Recent harm	Baseline harm	Annual harm increase	Recent FSI	Recent crashes
ELGIN STREET / LYGON STREET Open map	Strong worsening	206	77	44.2	11	11
Unknown location Open map	Strong worsening	132	20	32.0	4	5
VICTORIA PARADE / NICHOLSON STREET Open map	Strong worsening	126	21	30.3	3	5
KING STREET / PHOENIX LANE Open map	Emerging from low baseline	120	10	30.1	3	3
BATMAN AVENUE / FLINDERS STREET Open map	Strong worsening	128	34	29.2	3	10
NICHOLSON STREET / JOHNSTON STREET Open map	Strong worsening	135	63	27.4	4	8
HARBOUR ESPLANADE / BOURKE STREET Open map	Emerging from low baseline	111	10	27.7	2	2
ELIZABETH STREET / PELHAM STREET Open map	Strong worsening	122	41	26.7	3	4
ERROL STREET / ERROL PLACE Open map	Emerging from low baseline	101	0	26.4	1	2
BOURKE STREET / ELIZABETH STREET Open map	Strong worsening	123	70	23.4	3	5

Freight-conflict locations

Location	HV harm	Deaths	Serious	FSI	HV crashes	HV+VRU
FOOTSCRAY ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD Open map	243	2	4	6	8	4
SPENCER STREET / HAWKE STREET Open map	121	1	2	3	3	1
WEST GATE FREEWAY / WEST GATE IN-WEST GATE IN RAMP Open map	115	1	1	2	6	1
DOCK LINK ROAD / DOCK LINK ROAD Open map	110	1	1	2	2	2
LORIMER STREET / HALL STREET Open map	110	1	1	2	2	1
PEEL STREET / VICTORIA STREET Open map	110	1	1	2	2	1
WEST GATE IN-KINGS RAMP / NORMANBY ROAD Open map	110	1	1	2	1	0
Unknown location Open map	101	1	0	1	1	1
ANDERSON ROAD / APPLETON DOCK ROAD Open map	100	1	0	1	1	1
APPLETON DOCK ROAD / ANDERSON ROAD Open map	100	1	0	1	1	1

Method wording for public use

A defensible public description is:

These are the City of Melbourne 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.