Darebin Vulnerable Road User Atlas

Pedestrian, bicyclist, motorcyclist, school-age pedestrian/cyclist and older-pedestrian harm patterns where fields are available.

Plain-English VRU signature: Darebin recorded 1,404 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 14 fatalities and 468 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 29.4% of all recorded injury crashes and 31.7% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 149 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 142 records.

VRU summary

CouncilVRU harmVRU FSIVRU crashesVRU harm sharePedBikeMotoSchool-ageOlder ped
Darebin7,1034821,40431.7%6088080149142

Top VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
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178812930
ST GEORGES ROAD / MERRI PARADE
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14658270
ARTHURTON ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
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13347430
VICTORIA ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
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12538350
ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREET
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12336510
BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD
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12235500
PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREET
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11729810
ST GEORGES ROAD / ST GEORGES BIKE PATH
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11627070
MURRAY ROAD / CHIFLEY DRIVE
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11110181440
HIGH STREET / BEACONSFIELD PARADE
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11123210
CLARENDON STREET / VICTORIA ROAD
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10313120
PLENTY ROAD / CHALEYER STREET
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10213210
PLENTY ROAD / JOSEPHINE GROVE
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10111100
ABERDEEN STREET / GREENOCK STREET
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10011100
HUGHES PARADE / HIGH STREET
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10011100
MURRAY ROAD / MARY STREET
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7379810
BELL STREET / PLENTY ROAD
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6469900
DUNDAS STREET / ST DAVID STREET
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585110110
ST GEORGES ROAD / NORMANBY AVENUE
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55510730
MURRAY ROAD / CLINCH AVENUE
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5257520

Pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
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17589
BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD
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12235
ST GEORGES ROAD / MERRI PARADE
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12032
PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREET
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11628
ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREET
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11325
ARTHURTON ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
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11224
HIGH STREET / BEACONSFIELD PARADE
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10112
PLENTY ROAD / CHALEYER STREET
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10112
CLARENDON STREET / VICTORIA ROAD
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10111
PLENTY ROAD / JOSEPHINE GROVE
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10111
ABERDEEN STREET / GREENOCK STREET
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10011
HUGHES PARADE / HIGH STREET
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10011
MURRAY ROAD / CHIFLEY DRIVE
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98914
MURRAY ROAD / MARY STREET
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7278
BELL STREET / PLENTY ROAD
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6469

Bicyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
ST GEORGES ROAD / ST GEORGES BIKE PATH
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11627
VICTORIA ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
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10415
DUNDAS STREET / ST DAVID STREET
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58511
ST GEORGES ROAD / MERRI PARADE
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4647
HEIDELBERG ROAD / STATION STREET
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40222
BEACONSFIELD PARADE / ST GEORGES BIKE PATH
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3437
STATION STREET / DUNCAN STREET
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3336
STATION STREET / MITCHELL STREET
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3235
DAREBIN ROAD / VICTORIA ROAD
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2627
HIGH STREET / UNION STREET
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2627
STATION STREET / WINGROVE STREET
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2526
CLARENDON STREET / WALES STREET
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2426
ST GEORGES ROAD / ARTHURTON ROAD
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2425
DUNDAS STREET / NEWCASTLE STREET
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2325
HEIDELBERG ROAD / JEFFREY STREET
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2325

Motorcyclist locations

No records available for this table.

School-age pedestrian/cyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
ST GEORGES ROAD / MERRI PARADE
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11324
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
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5455
BOLDREWOOD PARADE / CHARLTON CRESCENT
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1313
MURRAY ROAD / ST GEORGES ROAD
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1213
ST GEORGES ROAD / NORMANBY AVENUE
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1213
HIGH STREET / ASQUITH STREET
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1212
ALBERT STREET / NEWTON STREET
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1112
GILLIES STREET / SEPARATION STREET
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1112
ALBERT STREET / RAGLAN STREET
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1111
ANDREW STREET / MITCHELL STREET
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1011
BASTINGS STREET / ANDREW STREET
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1011
BROADWAY / MARCHANT AVENUE
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1011
CARLISLE STREET / COWPER STREET
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1011
CARSON STREET / MERRILANDS ROAD
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1011
CHEDDAR ROAD / MCMAHON ROAD
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1011

Older-pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
ALBERT STREET / TYLER STREET
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11123
BROADWAY / CHEDDAR ALT ROAD
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11123
PLENTY ROAD / TYLER STREET
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11022
ARTHURTON ROAD / SEPARATION STREET
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10112
ABERDEEN STREET / GREENOCK STREET
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10011
BELL STREET / GILBERT ROAD
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10011
HIGH STREET / BEACONSFIELD PARADE
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10011
HUGHES PARADE / HIGH STREET
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10011
MURRAY ROAD / MARY STREET
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5054
HIGH STREET / ROSEBERRY AVENUE
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3134
GRANGE ROAD / WINGROVE STREET
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3033
MURRAY ROAD / CLINCH AVENUE
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3033
CHIFLEY DRIVE / MURRAY ROAD
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3032
CANDY STREET / HIGH STREET
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2122
ASQUITH STREET / HUGHES PARADE
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2022

VRU crash mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,329225629
Other / mixed mechanism2,699185538
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict64637128
Run-off-road / loss-of-control1871551
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1191028
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict113929
Object / roadside impact1011

Detailed VRU crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionHarmFSICrashes
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.1,743105237
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT1,04578150
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)46536129
RIGHT THROUGH43636107
VEHICLE OFF FOOTPATH STRIKES VEH ON CARRIAGEWAY4282697
LEFT TURN SIDESWIPE3271963
PED EMERGES FROM IN FRONT OF PARKED OR STATIONARY VEHICLE3011939
ANY MANOEUVRE INVOLVING PED NOT INCLUDED IN DCAs 100-108.2901650

VRU speed-zone profile

Speed categoryHarmFSICrashes
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)3,021202525
Local streets (50 km/h)2,324162474
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)1,17884230
Unknown speed zone58034175

VRU road-geometry profile

GeometryHarmFSICrashes
Intersection / junction4,086292851
Midblock / not at intersection3,016190552
Other geometry101

VRU lighting profile

LightingHarmFSICrashes
Daylight4,680315965
Dark / low-light1,924129288
Dawn / dusk38831104
Other lighting111747