Whitehorse Vulnerable Road User Atlas

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

Plain-English VRU signature: Whitehorse recorded 801 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 19 fatalities and 351 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 20.0% of all recorded injury crashes and 28.5% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 110 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 125 records.

VRU summary

CouncilVRU harmVRU FSIVRU crashesVRU harm sharePedBikeMotoSchool-ageOlder ped
Whitehorse5,90837080128.5%5432600110125

Top VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
WHITEHORSE ROAD / STATION STREET
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21411222020
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD
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1728101000
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
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12838800
WHITEHORSE ROAD / LINSLEY STREET
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12134310
MITCHAM ROAD / BRUNSWICK ROAD
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11122110
FOREST ROAD / STRINGYBARK CLOSE
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11022110
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD
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11022200
STATION STREET / MEDWAY STREET
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11021100
CANTERBURY ROAD / LATROBE STREET
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10112200
THURSTON STREET / HOPETOUN PARADE
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10111100
CANTERBURY ROAD / ANDREW STREET
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10011100
CANTERBURY ROAD / SOMERSET LANE
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10011010
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / AILSA STREET
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10011100
RIVERSDALE ROAD / FRANK STREET
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10011010
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / HEPPNER STREET
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10011100
SPRINGVALE ROAD / GLEN VALLEY ROAD
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10011100
STATION
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10011100
STATION STREET / TALBETT STREET
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10011100
STATION STREET / WIMMERA STREET
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10011100
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BLACKBURN ROAD
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8389720

Pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
WHITEHORSE ROAD / STATION STREET
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2031020
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD
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172810
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
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12838
WHITEHORSE ROAD / LINSLEY STREET
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12033
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGVALE FWD ROAD SERVICE ROAD
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11022
MITCHAM ROAD / BRUNSWICK ROAD
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11021
STATION STREET / MEDWAY STREET
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11021
CANTERBURY ROAD / LATROBE STREET
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10112
THURSTON STREET / HOPETOUN PARADE
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10111
CANTERBURY ROAD / ANDREW STREET
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10011
FOREST ROAD / STRINGYBARK CLOSE
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10011
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / AILSA STREET
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10011
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / HEPPNER STREET
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10011
SPRINGVALE ROAD / GLEN VALLEY ROAD
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10011
STATION
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10011

Bicyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
CANTERBURY ROAD / SOMERSET LANE
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10011
RIVERSDALE ROAD / FRANK STREET
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10011
WHITEHORSE ROAD / MARLBOROUGH STREET
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2325
MITCHAM ROAD / QUARRY ROAD
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2224
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BLACKBURN ROAD
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2222
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / DANDENONG CREEK TRAIL
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2123
CANTERBURY ROAD / AMERY AVENUE
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2022
SURREY ROAD / SHEILA STREET
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2022
MORACK ROAD / MINCHINBURY DRIVE
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2021
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BURWOOD FWD HIGHWAY SERVICE ROAD
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1213
PETER STREET / ELIZABETH STREET
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1212
WHITEHORSE ROAD / ELGAR ROAD
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1212
BELMORE ROAD / MANNICHE AVENUE
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1211
ANDREWS STREET / ELEY ROAD
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1112
BLACKBURN ROAD / HAWTHORN ROAD
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1112

Motorcyclist locations

No records available for this table.

School-age pedestrian/cyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / HEPPNER STREET
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10011
WILLIAMS ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
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2722
SURREY ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
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2021
WHITEHORSE ROAD / STATION STREET
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1312
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / ELGAR ROAD
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1212
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / BENNETT STREET
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1112
MITCHAM ROAD / VICTORIA AVENUE
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1111
STATION STREET / ASHTED ROAD
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1111
SURREY ROAD / VENTURA STREET
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1111
CANTERBURY ROAD / AMERY AVENUE
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1011
CANTERBURY ROAD SERVICE ROAD / CANTERBURY ROAD
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1011
DEVON DRIVE / LULWORTH STREET
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1011
EDWARD STREET / WHITEHORSE ROAD
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1011
ELGAR ROAD / BELMORE ROAD
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1011
ELGAR ROAD / GLADSTONE STREET
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1011

Older-pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
SPRINGFIELD ROAD / WILLIAMS ROAD
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15167
STATION STREET / MEDWAY STREET
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11021
SPRINGVALE ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
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10312
THURSTON STREET / HOPETOUN PARADE
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10111
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / AILSA STREET
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10011
STATION
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10011
STATION STREET / TALBETT STREET
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10011
WHITEHORSE ROAD / LINSLEY STREET
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10011
BLACKBURN ROAD / BURWOOD HIGHWAY
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2123
MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD / SPRINGFIELD ROAD
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2123
STATION STREET / THAMES STREET
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2123
WHITEHORSE ROAD / NELSON ROAD
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2123
WHITEHORSE ROAD / WATTS STREET
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2122
BURWOOD HIGHWAY / MIDDLEBOROUGH ROAD
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2022
CANTERBURY ROAD / ORCHARD GROVE
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2022

VRU crash mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Turning / crossing conflict3,040185356
Other / mixed mechanism2,171139347
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2962750
Run-off-road / loss-of-control265722
Rear-end / same-lane conflict1111019
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict2527

Detailed VRU crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionHarmFSICrashes
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.2,561144253
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT1,10575143
OUT OF CONTROL ON CARRIAGEWAY (ON STRAIGHT)250616
PED PLAYING/LYING/WORKING/STANDING ON CARRIAGEWAY.250616
RIGHT THROUGH2302137
PED EMERGES FROM IN FRONT OF PARKED OR STATIONARY VEHICLE1731628
PED ON FOOTHPATH STRUCK BY VEHENTERING/LEAVING DRIVEWAY.1341226
VEHICLE STRIKES ANOTHER VEH WHILE EMERGING FROM DRIVEWAY1321041

VRU speed-zone profile

Speed categoryHarmFSICrashes
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)3,334193387
Local streets (50 km/h)1,38899215
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)7094164
Unknown speed zone3172591
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)1601244

VRU road-geometry profile

GeometryHarmFSICrashes
Intersection / junction3,674230483
Midblock / not at intersection2,222139316
Unknown geometry1212

VRU lighting profile

LightingHarmFSICrashes
Daylight3,082221513
Dark / low-light2,310112199
Dawn / dusk4373164
Other lighting79625