Whittlesea Vulnerable Road User Atlas

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

Plain-English VRU signature: Whittlesea recorded 685 vulnerable-road-user crash records, 13 fatalities and 285 serious injuries. VRU crashes account for 11.6% of all recorded injury crashes and 13.1% of weighted harm. The largest VRU count group is pedestrians. School-age pedestrian/cyclist flags appear in 119 records. Older-pedestrian flags appear in 82 records.

VRU summary

CouncilVRU harmVRU FSIVRU crashesVRU harm sharePedBikeMotoSchool-ageOlder ped
Whittlesea4,59729868513.1%414272011982

Top VRU locations

LocationHarmFSICrashesPedBikeMoto
STATION STREET / MANNS CROSSING
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12134400
DALTON ROAD / GUILA COURT
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12032110
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD
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11526600
DONNYBROOK ROAD / PLENTY ROAD
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11224040
MAIN STREET / SIMPSON STREET
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10112200
THE LAKES BOULEVARD / CAPITAL WAY
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10111100
CHILDS ROAD / BEAUMONT CRESCENT
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10011100
DEVELOPMENT BOULEVARD / CHEVIOT DRIVE
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10011010
HEYINGTON AVENUE / LATITUDE BOULEVARD
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10011100
HIGH STREET / JOVIC ROAD
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10011100
HUME IN-COOPER RAMP
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10011010
NEWTON CRESCENT / STATION STREET
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10011010
STATION STREET / DAVID STREET
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10011100
EDGARS ROAD / MAIN STREET
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7379720
HIGH STREET / PASCHKE CRESCENT
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6268620
DALTON ROAD / ALEXANDER AVENUE
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4445410
CHILDS ROAD / HIGH STREET
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3437520
EDGARS ROAD / GLADSTONE STREET
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3435050
CHILDS ROAD / BETULA AVENUE
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3336420
CHILDS ROAD / DALTON ROAD
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3336150

Pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
STATION STREET / MANNS CROSSING
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12134
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD
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11526
DALTON ROAD / GUILA COURT
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11021
MAIN STREET / SIMPSON STREET
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10112
THE LAKES BOULEVARD / CAPITAL WAY
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10111
CHILDS ROAD / BEAUMONT CRESCENT
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10011
HEYINGTON AVENUE / LATITUDE BOULEVARD
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10011
HIGH STREET / JOVIC ROAD
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10011
STATION STREET / DAVID STREET
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10011
EDGARS ROAD / MAIN STREET
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6267
HIGH STREET / PASCHKE CRESCENT
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5156
DALTON ROAD / ALEXANDER AVENUE
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3434
CHILDS ROAD / BETULA AVENUE
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3134
EDGARS ROAD / KINGSWAY DRIVE
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3033
HIGH STREET / YOUNG STREET
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3032

Bicyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
DONNYBROOK ROAD / PLENTY ROAD
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11224
DEVELOPMENT BOULEVARD / CHEVIOT DRIVE
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10011
HUME IN-COOPER RAMP
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10011
NEWTON CRESCENT / STATION STREET
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10011
EDGARS ROAD / GLADSTONE STREET
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3435
CHILDS ROAD / DALTON ROAD
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3235
PLENTY ROAD / BELLEVUE BOULEVARD
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3134
PLENTY ROAD / BRIDGE INN ROAD
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2728
DAREBIN DRIVE / MCKIMMIES ROAD
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2224
BEECH STREET / FOREST STREET
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2022
COOPER STREET / DUFFY STREET
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2022
DALTON ROAD / RUTH STREET
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2022
DAVISSON STREET / RUFUS STREET
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2022
NICKSON STREET / COLLARED CLOSE
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2021
PLENTY ROAD / ARTHURS CREEK ROAD
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1616

Motorcyclist locations

No records available for this table.

School-age pedestrian/cyclist locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
HIGH STREET / PASCHKE CRESCENT
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3134
BREADALBANE AVENUE / RENAISSANCE BOULEVARD
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1212
BRIDGE INN ROAD / STATION ROAD
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1112
HARVEST HOME ROAD / EWING AVENUE
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1112
HAZEL GLEN DRIVE / SCHOTTERS ROAD
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1112
MOORHEAD DRIVE / CUNNINGHAM DRIVE
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1112
PATTERSON DRIVE / BROWN BOULEVARD
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1112
REDLEAP AVENUE / BUCKMASTER DRIVE
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1112
BASSETTS ROAD / BRIDGE INN ROAD
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1111
MAIN WHITTLESEA ROAD / MACMEIKAN STREET
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1111
AVENUE
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1011
BASSETTS ROAD / AYLESBURY BOULEVARD
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1011
BETULA AVENUE / ROYCROFT AVENUE
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1011
BIRKDALE ROAD / KIORA AVENUE
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1011
BREADALBANE AVENUE / CORDOBA WAY
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1011

Older-pedestrian locations

LocationHarmFSICrashes
MAIN STREET / SIMPSON STREET
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10011
PLENTY ROAD / SETTLEMENT ROAD
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10011
STATION STREET / DAVID STREET
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10011
MAY ROAD / CYPRUS STREET
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2421
HIGH STREET / PASCHKE CRESCENT
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2123
EDGARS ROAD / MAIN STREET
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2122
STATION STREET / MANNS CROSSING
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2022
PLENTY ROAD / DEVELOPMENT BOULEVARD
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1313
CHILDS ROAD / BETULA AVENUE
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1112
HIGH STREET / ARNDELL STREET
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1112
HIGH STREET / HIGHLANDS ROAD
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1112
UNNAMED / MESSMATE STREET
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1112
BEECH STREET / CHURCH STREET
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1011
BLACKBURN STREET / QUEEN STREET
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1011
BLAZE STREET / EVENING LANE
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1011

VRU crash mechanism families

MechanismHarmFSICrashes
Other / mixed mechanism2,148137343
Turning / crossing conflict1,863118250
Parked-vehicle / roadside conflict2512241
Run-off-road / loss-of-control2171123
Rear-end / same-lane conflict84721
Lane-change / sideswipe conflict3437

Detailed VRU crash descriptions

Detailed crash descriptionHarmFSICrashes
PED NEAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE RIGHT.1,17674143
FAR SIDE. PED HIT BY VEHICLE FROM THE LEFT67753101
ANY MANOEUVRE INVOLVING PED NOT INCLUDED IN DCAs 100-108.3201228
VEHICLE OFF FOOTPATH STRIKES VEH ON CARRIAGEWAY2561530
RIGHT THROUGH2201221
PED ON FOOTHPATH STRUCK BY VEHENTERING/LEAVING DRIVEWAY.2171127
VEHICLE STRIKES ANOTHER VEH WHILE EMERGING FROM DRIVEWAY1811543
CROSS TRAFFIC(INTERSECTIONS ONLY)1741539

VRU speed-zone profile

Speed categoryHarmFSICrashes
Urban arterial roads (60–70 km/h)1,720122245
Local streets (50 km/h)1,67799225
High-speed roads (80+ km/h)5363258
Unknown speed zone3442793
Low-speed streets (≤40 km/h)3201864

VRU road-geometry profile

GeometryHarmFSICrashes
Midblock / not at intersection2,549152332
Intersection / junction2,036145350
Unknown geometry1011
Other geometry202

VRU lighting profile

LightingHarmFSICrashes
Daylight2,800194474
Dark / low-light1,07372142
Dawn / dusk6382455
Other lighting86814