Australia's worst road accident hotspots named for 2018
Insurance company AAMI has released its 2018 AAMI Crash Index, which has revealed Australia’s most common accident hotspots in metro areas.The report is based on thousands of insurance claims made through AAMI from August 1, 2017, to July 31, 2018 and highlights the areas with the highest reported accidents across the seven major metro areas as defined by the insurer.
AAMI spokesperson Ashleigh Paterson says that while all the top crash hotspots were quite diverse, the main commonality they shared was the high volume of traffic entering and exiting at multiple intersections, frequent stopping and starting, and constantly changing driver conditions.
“When combined, this creates plenty of opportunities for small misjudgements and lapses in concentration which can lead to serious collisions. Concentration is key so we are urging all drivers to be mindful of safe driving behaviours when travelling on our roads, especially when they find themselves in one of these accident-prone areas.”
This list is a definite reminder for road users to concentre, pay extra attention and to avoid distractions like smartphones when driving.
Let’s see how your city stacked up:
Adelaide
The Parade in Norwood tops the list for the second year running as the most dangerous crash hotspot in Adelaide.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, The Parade, Norwood
2, Marion Road, Marion
3, Bridge Road, Para Hills
Brisbane
Gympie Road in Chermside is Brisbane's most dangerous hotspot, with this stretch of road accounting for around 40 per cent more accidents than the second most dangerous spot in neighbouring Aspley on the same road.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, Gympie Road, Chermside
2, Gympie Road, Aspley
3, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Indooroopilly
Canberra
The Monaro Highway in Hume has overtaken Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick, as Canberra’s worst hotspot after three years. But don’t get too excited, it comes in very closely behind in second place.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, Monaro Highway, Hume
2, Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick
3, Gundaroo Drive, Gungahlin
Hobart
Hobart’s inner-city area has again proven to be its most accident-prone with Argyle Street, Macquarie Street and Davey Street sitting in this year’s top five worst areas.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, Argyle Street, Hobart
2, Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay
3, Macquarie Street, Hobart
Melbourne
Eastern suburbs took out most of the top ten spots in the crash index including Doncaster Road, Doncaster and the Burwood Highway in Ferntree Gully. However it was Plenty Road in the northern suburb of Bundoora that proved most problematic.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, Plenty Road, Bundoora
2, Doncaster Road, Doncaster
3, Springvale Road, Glen Waverley
Perth
Perth is equal with Hobart as Australia’s most consistent city when it comes to crash hotspots making the list in the Crash Index. The Albany Highway in Cannington and the Great Eastern Highway in Midland are Perth's worst.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, Albany Highway, Cannington
2, Great Eastern Highway, Midland
3, Garden City, Booragoon
Sydney
The Hume Highway running through Liverpool has taken back its title as Sydney's worst crash hotspot which it held between 2014 and 2016. According to the AAMI data, the west seems to be problematic for drivers with Pennant Hills Road and the M4 Motorway also in the top five this year.
Rank, Road, Suburb
1, Hume Highway, Liverpool
2, Pennant Hills Road, Pennant Hills
3, M4 Motorway, Parramatta
Research by AAMI into driver behaviours back in 2017 found one in three people admitted to texting while stopped at a traffic light and one in three admitted to talking on the phone whilst holding the handset.
“Even more worryingly, one in five people don’t know that having a phone conversation with the handset in your hand is illegal and 38 per cent of people don’t know that having a phone conversation on speakerphone with the handset in your lap is illegal.”
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