Victorian Road Harm Intelligence
Vulnerable road-user atlas: Merri-bek

Merri-bek Vulnerable Road User Atlas

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

Plain-English VRU signature: Merri-bek recorded 1,756 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 25 fatalities and 600 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 30.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 34.1% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 164 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 198 records.

VRU summary

CouncilVRU harmVRU FSIVRU crashesVRU harm sharePedBikeMotoSchool-ageOlder ped
Merri-bek9,7506251,75634.1%7511,0200164198

Top VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
SYDNEY ROAD / BARKLY STREET
Open map		28317388310
SYDNEY ROAD / BAKERS ROAD
Open map		2567111100
HOLMES STREET -NICHOLSON STREET / MORELAND ROAD
Open map		20729720
BELL STREET / ROSS STREET
Open map		20123300
BELL STREET / SYDNEY ROAD
Open map		1596141310
MELVILLE ROAD / HOPE STREET
Open map		158612930
SYDNEY ROAD / VICTORIA STREET
Open map		149133012180
SYDNEY ROAD / GAFFNEY STREET
Open map		137411740
PASCOE VALE ROAD / GLENROY ROAD
Open map		13044400
PASCOE VALE ROAD / FINCHLEY AVENUE
Open map		12033300
LYGON STREET / BLYTH STREET
Open map		11323210
MELVILLE ROAD / BREARLEY PARADE
Open map		11222110
NICHOLSON STREET / BARKLY STREET
Open map		11123120
NICHOLSON STREET / MOORE STREET
Open map		11022110
SYDNEY ROAD / DISNEY STREET
Open map		10213210
JENSEN STREET / SOUTH STREET
Open map		10211100
BREARLEY PARADE / FONTAINE STREET
Open map		10112200
MORELAND ROAD / GLENCAIRN AVENUE
Open map		10112110
BELL STREET / CRAMER STREET
Open map		10011100
BELL STREET / DAVIS STREET
Open map		10011100

Pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
SYDNEY ROAD / BAKERS ROAD
Open map		256711
HOLMES STREET -NICHOLSON STREET / MORELAND ROAD
Open map		20527
BELL STREET / ROSS STREET
Open map		20123
BELL STREET / SYDNEY ROAD
Open map		149513
MELVILLE ROAD / HOPE STREET
Open map		14659
PASCOE VALE ROAD / GLENROY ROAD
Open map		13044
SYDNEY ROAD / GAFFNEY STREET
Open map		12437
PASCOE VALE ROAD / FINCHLEY AVENUE
Open map		12033
LYGON STREET / BLYTH STREET
Open map		10212
JENSEN STREET / SOUTH STREET
Open map		10211
BREARLEY PARADE / FONTAINE STREET
Open map		10112
SYDNEY ROAD / DISNEY STREET
Open map		10112
BELL STREET / CRAMER STREET
Open map		10011
BELL STREET / DAVIS STREET
Open map		10011
GAFFNEY STREET / RAILWAY PARADE
Open map		10011

Bicyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
SYDNEY ROAD / BARKLY STREET
Open map		2401331
MELVILLE ROAD / BREARLEY PARADE
Open map		10011
SYDNEY ROAD / ALBERT STREET
Open map		67520
SYDNEY ROAD / VICTORIA STREET
Open map		63518
SYDNEY ROAD / EDWARD STREET
Open map		61516
SYDNEY ROAD / BLYTH STREET
Open map		50411
SYDNEY ROAD / ALBION STREET
Open map		47411
SYDNEY ROAD / BLAIR STREET
Open map		4549
SYDNEY ROAD / GLENLYON ROAD
Open map		45318
BARROW STREET / MITCHELL STREET
Open map		4144
ROYAL PARADE -SYDNEY ROAD / THE AVENUE
Open map		39311
SYDNEY ROAD / STEWART STREET
Open map		37310
BLYTH STREET / LYGON STREET
Open map		3639
SYDNEY ROAD / BRUNSWICK ROAD
Open map		3537
ROYAL PARADE / SYDNEY ROAD
Open map		3235

Motorcyclist locations

No records available for this table.

School-age pedestrian/cyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
PASCOE VALE ROAD / ANSELM GROVE
Open map		2122
BARRYS LANE / GILMOUR STREET
Open map		1212
SYDNEY ROAD / REYNARD STREET
Open map		1212
BRUNSWICK ROAD / LYGON STREET
Open map		1112
GLENROY ROAD / COSMOS STREET
Open map		1112
PASCOE VALE ROAD / WINIFRED STREET
Open map		1112
PENTRIDGE BOULEVARD / STOCKADE AVENUE
Open map		1112
SYDNEY ROAD / BAKERS ROAD
Open map		1112
SYDNEY ROAD / FAME STREET
Open map		1112
SYDNEY ROAD / JUKES ROAD
Open map		1112
ALBION STREET / HENTY STREET
Open map		1011
BELAIR AVENUE / PASCOE VALE ROAD
Open map		1011
BELL STREET / ROSE STREET
Open map		1011
BLYTH STREET / LYGON STREET
Open map		1011
BOUNDARY ROAD / PRINCESS STREET
Open map		1011

Older-pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
SYDNEY ROAD / BAKERS ROAD
Open map		23055
BELL STREET / ROSS STREET
Open map		20022
BELL STREET / SYDNEY ROAD
Open map		11324
MELVILLE ROAD / HOPE STREET
Open map		11022
PASCOE VALE ROAD / FINCHLEY AVENUE
Open map		11022
SYDNEY ROAD / GAFFNEY STREET
Open map		11022
JENSEN STREET / SOUTH STREET
Open map		10211
BELL STREET / DAVIS STREET
Open map		10011
HOLMES STREET -NICHOLSON STREET / MORELAND ROAD
Open map		10011
LYGON STREET / BLYTH STREET
Open map		10011
NICHOLSON STREET / BARKLY STREET
Open map		10011
SYDNEY ROAD / VICTORIA STREET
Open map		6166
PASCOE VALE ROAD / LYTTON STREET
Open map		5055
SYDNEY ROAD / BOUNDARY ROAD
Open map		4044
BONWICK STREET / JUKES ROAD
Open map		3134

VRU crash mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict4,178286753
Other / mixed mechanism3,691216616
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict1,27875227
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2762276
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1691439
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict1451141
Object / roadside impact1314

Detailed VRU crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionHarmFSICrashes
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2,439155306
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT1,58685172
RIGHT THROUGH60849156
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)57747149
VEHICLE STRIKES DOOR OF PARKED/STATIONARY VEHICLE54935135
PED EMERGES FROM IN FRONT OF PARKED OR STATIONARY VEHICLE4612553
PED STRUCK WALKING TO/FROM OR BOARDING/ALIGHTING VEHICLE.3691545
PED PLAYING/LYING/WORKING/STANDING ON CARRIAGEWAY.2971117

VRU speed-zone profile

Speed categoryHarmFSICrashes
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)4,698264575
Local streets (50 km/h)2,377170533
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)2,042152460
Unknown speed zone52037183
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)11325

VRU road-geometry profile

GeometryHarmFSICrashes
Intersection / junction5,7693791,038
Midblock / not at intersection3,966245713
Other geometry1313
Unknown geometry202

VRU lighting profile

LightingHarmFSICrashes
Daylight6,0574161,161
Dark / low-light2,621148359
Dawn / dusk90150167
Other lighting1711169

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