Warrnambool Vulnerable Road User Atlas

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

Plain-English VRU signature: Warrnambool recorded 186 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 8 fatalities and 76 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 23.4% of all recorded injury crashes and 30.8% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 31 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 24 records.

VRU summary

Council	VRU harm	VRU FSI	VRU crashes	VRU harm share	Ped	Bike	Moto	School-age	Older ped
Warrnambool	1,675	84	186	30.8%	80	107	0	31	24

Top VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
ABERLINE ROAD / WIGGS LANE Open map	120	3	3	0	3
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ZIEGLER PARADE Open map	111	2	1	0	1
RAGLAN PARADE / HIDER STREET Open map	103	1	4	3	1
BANYAN STREET / PRINCESS STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
DOOLEY STREET / ST JAMES CRESCENT Open map	100	1	1	0	1
HODDLE STREET / MORRISS ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ILLOWA ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
TOORAM ROAD / MARIA STREET Open map	100	1	1	0	1
BANYAN STREET / PERTOBE ROAD Open map	32	3	4	0	4
BANYAN STREET / TIMOR STREET Open map	30	3	3	1	3
FAIRY STREET / MERRI STREET Open map	30	3	1	1	0
MCKIERNAN ROAD / DALES ROAD Open map	21	2	3	0	3
RAGLAN PARADE / FOSTER STREET Open map	21	2	2	0	2
BANYAN STREET / RAGLAN PARADE Open map	20	2	2	1	1
LIEBIG STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	20	2	1	1	0
FAIRY STREET / KOROIT STREET Open map	15	1	6	1	5
LAVA STREET / LIEBIG STREET Open map	14	1	5	4	1
BANYAN STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	12	1	3	0	3
BOTANIC ROAD / QUEENS ROAD Open map	12	1	3	0	3
KEPLER STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	12	1	3	0	3

Pedestrian locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
RAGLAN PARADE / HIDER STREET Open map	102	1	3
BANYAN STREET / PRINCESS STREET Open map	100	1	1
FAIRY STREET / MERRI STREET Open map	30	3	1
LIEBIG STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	20	2	1
LAVA STREET / LIEBIG STREET Open map	13	1	4
RAGLAN PARADE / LIEBIG STREET Open map	11	1	2
KOROIT STREET / HENNA STREET Open map	11	1	1
RYAN COURT / WANSTEAD STREET Open map	11	1	1
ARTILLERY CRESCENT / MERRI STREET Open map	10	1	1
BANYAN STREET / RAGLAN PARADE Open map	10	1	1
BANYAN STREET / TIMOR STREET Open map	10	1	1
BOSTOCK STREET / MAWARRA STREET Open map	10	1	1
BRETON STREET / MANEROO COURT Open map	10	1	1
FAIRFAX AVENUE / MORRISS ROAD Open map	10	1	1
FLAXMAN STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	10	1	1

Bicyclist locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
ABERLINE ROAD / WIGGS LANE Open map	120	3	3
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ZIEGLER PARADE Open map	111	2	1
DOOLEY STREET / ST JAMES CRESCENT Open map	100	1	1
HODDLE STREET / MORRISS ROAD Open map	100	1	1
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ILLOWA ROAD Open map	100	1	1
TOORAM ROAD / MARIA STREET Open map	100	1	1
BANYAN STREET / PERTOBE ROAD Open map	32	3	4
BANYAN STREET / TIMOR STREET Open map	30	3	3
MCKIERNAN ROAD / DALES ROAD Open map	21	2	3
RAGLAN PARADE / FOSTER STREET Open map	21	2	2
FAIRY STREET / KOROIT STREET Open map	14	1	5
BANYAN STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	12	1	3
BOTANIC ROAD / QUEENS ROAD Open map	12	1	3
KEPLER STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	12	1	3
NICHOLSON STREET / WARD STREET Open map	12	1	2

Motorcyclist locations

No records available for this table.

School-age pedestrian/cyclist locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
PRINCES HIGHWAY / ZIEGLER PARADE Open map	111	2	1
DARLING STREET / BANYAN STREET Open map	10	1	1
FLAXMAN STREET / NICHOLSON STREET Open map	10	1	1
GIFFEN STREET / AITKINS ROAD Open map	10	1	1
HOPETOUN ROAD / MCPHERSON CRESCENT Open map	10	1	1
LANDMANN STREET / MERRIVALE DRIVE Open map	10	1	1
RAGLAN PARADE / FOSTER STREET Open map	10	1	1
RAGLAN PARADE / JAPAN STREET Open map	10	1	1
ALBERT STREET / MCMEEKIN ROAD Open map	1	0	1
ARMSTRONG GROVE / MCGREGORS ROAD Open map	1	0	1
BANYAN STREET / PERTOBE ROAD Open map	1	0	1
BARBERS LANE / WENTWORTH STREET Open map	1	0	1
BELMORE ROAD / FAIRMONT AVENUE Open map	1	0	1
BRIDGE ROAD / ALBERT STREET Open map	1	0	1
BROMFIELD STREET / KING STREET Open map	1	0	1

Older-pedestrian locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
BANYAN STREET / PRINCESS STREET Open map	100	1	1
FAIRY STREET / MERRI STREET Open map	30	3	1
LAVA STREET / LIEBIG STREET Open map	11	1	2
KOROIT STREET / HENNA STREET Open map	11	1	1
BANYAN STREET / RAGLAN PARADE Open map	10	1	1
BANYAN STREET / TIMOR STREET Open map	10	1	1
HENNA STREET / LAVA STREET Open map	10	1	1
KEPLER STREET / KEPLER STREET Open map	10	1	1
KEPLER STREET / RAGLAN PARADE Open map	10	1	1
LAVA STREET / KEPLER STREET Open map	10	1	1
LIEBIG STREET / MANIFOLD STREET Open map	10	1	1
LIEBIG STREET / TIMOR STREET Open map	10	1	1
PRINCES HIGHWAY WEST / LIEBIG STREET Open map	10	1	1
RAGLAN PARADE / LINDSAY STREET Open map	10	1	1
WOODEND ROAD / MORRISS ROAD Open map	10	1	1

VRU crash mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	759	34	88
Turning / crossing conflict	755	44	81
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	146	5	11
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	14	1	5
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	1	0	1

Detailed VRU crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Harm	FSI	Crashes
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	452	25	43
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT	184	9	11
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.	142	13	24
PED EMERGES FROM IN FRONT OF PARKED OR STATIONARY VEHICLE	131	4	5
RIGHT THROUGH	122	3	3
LEFT NEAR (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	114	2	6
OTHER ACCIDENTS ON CURVE NOT INCLUDED IN DCAs 180-184	100	1	1
OTHER ADJACENT (INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	100	1	1

VRU speed-zone profile

Speed category	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	630	33	60
Local streets (50 km/h)	589	35	88
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	332	6	6
Unknown speed zone	70	6	15
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	54	4	17

VRU road-geometry profile

Geometry	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Intersection / junction	1,108	51	99
Midblock / not at intersection	556	32	86
Other geometry	11	1	1

VRU lighting profile

Lighting	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Daylight	1,242	61	142
Dark / low-light	253	15	27
Dawn / dusk	179	8	16
Other lighting	1	0	1