Wellington Vulnerable Road User Atlas

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

Plain-English VRU signature: Wellington recorded 156 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 9 fatalities and 54 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 8.5% of all recorded injury crashes and 10.1% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is bicyclists. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 37 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 21 records.

VRU summary

Council	VRU harm	VRU FSI	VRU crashes	VRU harm share	Ped	Bike	Moto	School-age	Older ped
Wellington	1,556	63	156	10.1%	75	83	0	37	21

Top VRU locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes	Ped	Bike
FOSTER STREET / RAYMOND STREET Open map	111	2	3	3	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY EAST / SALE-COWWARR ROAD Open map	103	1	1	1	0
PRINCES HIGHWAY / WRIGHTS LANE Open map	102	1	1	1	0
BASSETTS LANE / RIVER ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
NORDENS LANE / BEET ROAD Open map	100	1	1	0	1
RAYMOND STREET / STAWELL STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
RICES LANE / THREE CHAIN ROAD Open map	100	1	1	1	0
STRATFORD-BENGWORDEN ROAD / SLAVINS LANE Open map	100	1	1	1	0
TYERS STREET / DAWSON STREET Open map	100	1	1	1	0
YORK STREET / MACARTHUR STREET Open map	23	2	4	2	2
YORK STREET / RAGLAN STREET Open map	22	2	4	0	4
FOSTER STREET -YORK STREET / YORK S STREET Open map	21	2	3	1	2
CENTRE ROAD / CATTON STREET Open map	21	2	1	1	0
SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY / SWING BRIDGE DRIVE Open map	20	2	2	1	1
BIRREGUN ROAD / DANE TRACK Open map	20	2	1	1	0
CODRINGTON STREET / YORK STREET Open map	20	2	1	1	0
GIBSONS ROAD / TRELOAR STREET Open map	20	2	1	0	1
JAMIESON-LICOLA ROAD / JAMIESON-LICOLA ROAD Open map	20	2	1	1	0
TRARALGON-MAFFRA ROAD / JOHNSON STREET Open map	13	1	3	3	0
YORK STREET / CUNNINGHAME STREET Open map	12	1	3	2	1

Pedestrian locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
FOSTER STREET / RAYMOND STREET Open map	111	2	3
PRINCES HIGHWAY EAST / SALE-COWWARR ROAD Open map	103	1	1
PRINCES HIGHWAY / WRIGHTS LANE Open map	102	1	1
RAYMOND STREET / STAWELL STREET Open map	100	1	1
RICES LANE / THREE CHAIN ROAD Open map	100	1	1
STRATFORD-BENGWORDEN ROAD / SLAVINS LANE Open map	100	1	1
TYERS STREET / DAWSON STREET Open map	100	1	1
YORK STREET / MACARTHUR STREET Open map	21	2	2
CENTRE ROAD / CATTON STREET Open map	21	2	1
BIRREGUN ROAD / DANE TRACK Open map	20	2	1
CODRINGTON STREET / YORK STREET Open map	20	2	1
JAMIESON-LICOLA ROAD / JAMIESON-LICOLA ROAD Open map	20	2	1
TRARALGON-MAFFRA ROAD / JOHNSON STREET Open map	13	1	3
ALFRED STREET / SHORT STREET Open map	12	1	2
FOSTER STREET / MCINTOSH DRIVE Open map	12	1	2

Bicyclist locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
BASSETTS LANE / RIVER ROAD Open map	100	1	1
NORDENS LANE / BEET ROAD Open map	100	1	1
YORK STREET / RAGLAN STREET Open map	22	2	4
GIBSONS ROAD / TRELOAR STREET Open map	20	2	1
FOSTER STREET -YORK STREET / YORK S STREET Open map	11	1	2
RAGLAN STREET / PATTEN STREET Open map	11	1	2
TYERS STREET / RAYMOND STREET Open map	11	1	2
KENT STREET / MCLEAN STREET Open map	11	1	1
AERODROME ROAD / RAGLAN STREET Open map	10	1	1
DAVIS STREET / MCADAM STREET Open map	10	1	1
GUTHRIDGE PARADE / MACARTHUR ALT STREET Open map	10	1	1
HEYFIELD-SEATON ROAD / PRITCHETTS ROAD Open map	10	1	1
JOHNSON LANE / BIBARINGA COURT Open map	10	1	1
MAFFRA-BRIAGOLONG ROAD / MACALISTER STREET Open map	10	1	1
RAGLAN STREET / DARLING STREET Open map	10	1	1

Motorcyclist locations

No records available for this table.

School-age pedestrian/cyclist locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
KENT STREET / MCLEAN STREET Open map	11	1	1
FOSTER STREET / MCINTOSH DRIVE Open map	10	1	1
MAFFRA ROAD / RIVERVIEW ROAD Open map	10	1	1
POWERSCOURT STREET / DAVIS STREET Open map	10	1	1
TYERS STREET / RAYMOND STREET Open map	10	1	1
WELLSFORD STREET / HOBSON STREET Open map	10	1	1
YORK STREET / CUNNINGHAME STREET Open map	2	0	2
ALFRED STREET / SHORT STREET Open map	2	0	1
RAGLAN STREET / GUTHRIDGE PARADE Open map	2	0	1
COWWARR-SEATON ROAD / HEYFIELD-DAWSON ROAD Open map	1	0	1
CUNNINGHAME STREET / DESAILLY STREET Open map	1	0	1
DAWSON STREET / LATROBE STREET Open map	1	0	1
ELGIN STREET / MACARTHUR STREET Open map	1	0	1
FOSTER STREET -YORK STREET / FOSTER STREET Open map	1	0	1
FOSTER STREET / RAYMOND STREET Open map	1	0	1

Older-pedestrian locations

Location	Harm	FSI	Crashes
FOSTER STREET / RAYMOND STREET Open map	110	2	2
RAYMOND STREET / STAWELL STREET Open map	100	1	1
TYERS STREET / DAWSON STREET Open map	100	1	1
CENTRE ROAD / CATTON STREET Open map	21	2	1
JAMIESON-LICOLA ROAD / JAMIESON-LICOLA ROAD Open map	20	2	1
YORK STREET / MACARTHUR STREET Open map	20	2	1
AERODROME ROAD / RAGLAN STREET Open map	10	1	1
ALFRED STREET / SHORT STREET Open map	10	1	1
GEORGE STREET / CLARK STREET Open map	10	1	1
GUTHRIDGE PARADE / GIBSONS ROAD Open map	10	1	1
MACARTHUR STREET / PALMERSTON STREET Open map	10	1	1
RAYMOND STREET / NEW RAILWAY ROAD Open map	2	0	2
BOLTON STREET / MAFFRA ROAD Open map	2	0	1
FOSTER STREET / MCINTOSH DRIVE Open map	2	0	1
MACARTHUR STREET / YORK STREET Open map	2	0	1

VRU crash mechanism families

Mechanism	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Other / mixed mechanism	872	35	90
Turning / crossing conflict	391	18	45
Run-off-road / loss-of-control	122	3	5
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict	103	1	4
Rear-end / same-lane conflict	42	4	5
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict	25	2	6
Object / roadside impact	1	0	1

Detailed VRU crash descriptions

Detailed crash description	Harm	FSI	Crashes
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.	293	10	21
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT	253	6	15
PED PLAYING/LYING/WORKING/STANDING ON CARRIAGEWAY.	226	4	5
PED WALKING WITH TRAFFIC	152	6	6
HEAD ON (NOT OVERTAKING)	102	1	3
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON BEND)	100	1	1
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)	51	4	14
ANY MANOEUVRE INVOLVING PED NOT INCLUDED IN DCAs 100-108.	45	4	5

VRU speed-zone profile

Speed category	Harm	FSI	Crashes
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)	705	15	24
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)	401	28	54
Local streets (50 km/h)	350	13	45
Unknown speed zone	58	4	21
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)	42	3	12

VRU road-geometry profile

Geometry	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Midblock / not at intersection	1,173	47	102
Intersection / junction	383	16	54

VRU lighting profile

Lighting	Harm	FSI	Crashes
Daylight	1,035	41	108
Dark / low-light	459	17	31
Dawn / dusk	51	4	15
Other lighting	11	1	2