These are Victoria’s most harmful nation roads, in response to drivers

Victorians have had their say on the state’s most harmful nation roads, demanding enhancements to deal with ongoing security issues.

The Royal Vehicle Membership of Victoria (RACV) obtained greater than 7000 responses to its My Nation Street survey, which discovered that drivers think about Victoria’s most hazardous highway to be the Melba Freeway between Coldstream and Yea (B300).

Tylden-Woodend Street between Woodend and Tylden (C317) obtained the second highest variety of security issues, adopted by Kilmore Street from Monegeetta to Gisborne (C708).

The next roads obtained essentially the most responses:

1. Melba Hwy, Coldstream to Yea (B300)
2. Tylden-Woodend Street, Woodend to Tylden (C317)
3. Kilmore Street, Monegeetta to Gisborne (C708)
4. Goulburn Valley Hwy, Nagambie to Shepparton (A39)
5. Princes Hwy, Warrnambool to Portland (A1)
6. Western Hwy, Trawalla to Beaufort (A8)
7. Bass Hwy, Jam Jerrup to Leongatha (M420/B460)
8. Princes Hwy, Colac to Stonyford (A1)
9. Princes Hwy, Stratford to Bairnsdale (A1)
10. Nice Alpine Street, Bairnsdale to Wangaratta (B500)
11. Bacchus Marsh Street, Balliang to Lara (C704)
12. Phillip Island Street, Phillip Island (B420).

Drivers additionally recognized the junction of the Midland Freeway and Howard Avenue in Epsom as essentially the most harmful intersection in regional Victoria.

Poor highway situation was the primary criticism made by respondents, with 64 per cent figuring out potholes and the overall state of highway surfaces as the highest difficulty going through regional motorists.

Survey respondents additionally took intention at driving requirements – 32 per cent recognized harmful driving (e.g. dashing, erratic driving) as their foremost concern.

Slim lanes, intersection issues of safety and restricted overtaking alternatives have been additionally highlighted.

Throughout the board, 78 per cent of these surveyed recognized a location to be ‘harmful’ or ‘very harmful’.

The preferred answer to state-wide highway security issues was highway floor enhancements, which obtained 60 per cent of respondent votes.

Wider roads and decrease pace limits have been additionally among the many prime cures – 56 per cent of contributors imagine the pace restrict on the highest 12 most harmful roads needs to be lowered.

With that stated, solely 14 per cent supported decrease pace limits for all rural roads.

As of June 30, Victoria had the third highest highway toll of any Australian state, with 139 lives misplaced over the primary six months of 2024.

Whereas Victoria has seen a year-on-year decline within the highway toll, the nationwide tally for the primary half of 2024 was 634, a rise of seven.5 per cent over the corresponding interval final yr (590).

Knowledge from the newest RACV survey will probably be offered to governments with the aim of informing future coverage.

“As a security advocate, it’s essential that RACV carefully examines what Victorians assume are the components contributing to unsafe highway situations, so we are able to present that info to all ranges of presidency and encourage motion,” stated RACV’s head of coverage, James Williams.

“Sixteen of the twenty-one most harmful roads recognized within the 2021 survey obtained upgrades and enhancements by authorities; however extra work must be undertaken to enhance the protection of regional roads.”

Again in Might, the Federal Authorities introduced it should require states and territories to offer beforehand withheld highway security information in the event that they wish to obtain highway funding.

For the primary time, it says it should “search to incorporate a provision on this negotiated settlement with the states that may create a requirement for the supply of a nationally constant information set”.

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