Speed Zones

Road speed limits have been set to improve safety, reducing both the incidence and severity of crashes and also possible variations in speeds, which can increase the number of accidents.

Speed management provides a credible system of speed zoning which meets driver expectation while achieving a balance between road safety, mobility and land use.

Appropriate and consistent speed limits are essential for this credibility. The limits must also be enforceable and sufficiently signed.

Speed zoning authority

VicRoads are the responsible authority for all speed zone changes in Victoria. If Council believes a limit should be changed, an application is made to the VicRoads Regional Manager, accompanied by any supporting data.

VicRoads assess the application using a system which promotes systematic and consistent application of speed limit guidelines throughout Victoria. This program suggests an appropriate speed limit, taking into account the road environment, road width, abutting developments, road users, existing speeds, accident history and adjacent speed zones. The application is discussed with Council and Victoria Police at regular traffic liaison meetings and a site visit is usually carried out before a final decision is made.

Speed zone changes implemented

Date	Location	Description
Jun-14	Verney North Rd, Shepparton north of Goulburn Valley Hwy	new 80km/h zone created
Jun-14	Verney Rd, Shepparton between Pine Rd and Warrumbungle Dr	70km/h reduced to 60km/h
Jun-14	Verney Rd, Shepparton between Warrumbungle Dr and Goulburn Valley Hwy	90km/h reduced to 80km/h
Jun-14	Ford Rd, Shepparton between Goulburn Valley Hwy and Grahamvale Rd	70km/h and 100km/h reduced to 60km/h
Jun-14	Old Dookie Rd, Shepparton between Doyles Rd and Dobson Estate	90km/h reduced to 80km/h
Apr-14	Mitchell Rd, Kialla between Raftery Rd and Archer Rd	100km/h reduced to 80km/h
Mar-14	Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton South South of Raftery Rd	70km/h increased to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton South between Raftery Rd and Wilmot Rd	70km/h reduced to 60km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Shepparton Alternative Route (River Road) Kialla between Goulburn Valley Hwy and Dean Nook	100km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Shepparton Alternative Route (River Road) Kialla near Doyles Rd bend	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Shepparton Alternative Route (Doyles Road) Kialla near River Rd bend	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Euroa-Shepparton Rd (Central Kialla Road) Kialla between River Rd/Doyles Rd and Kialla Central	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Midland Highway Mooroopna between Turnbull Rd and Excelsior Ave	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Midland Highway Mooroopna between Charles St and Emma St	70km/h reduced to 60km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton North between Wanganui Rd and Congupna	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Katamatite-Shepparton Road Congupna in Congupna township	70km/h reduced to 60km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Midland Highway Shepparton East West of Doyles Road	70km/h reduced to 60km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Midland Highway Shepparton East Doyles Road to Davies Dr	70km/h increased to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Midland Highway Shepparton East Davies Dr to Shepparton East	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Murchison-Tatura Rd (River Rd), Murchison Meteorite St to Yarramundi Crt	70km/h reduced to 60km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Mar-14	Murchison-Violet Town Rd (High Rd), Murchison near Murchison East	90km/h reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Oct-13	Railway crossings Toolamba-Echuca line Rutherford, Pogue, Downer, Craven, Bayunga, Winter, Byrneside-Gillieston, Davies, Ryan, Manley	80km/h railway crossing zones created
Jun-13	Kennedys Rd and Main Rd, Arcadia approaches into Arcadia township	100km/h reduced to 80km/h
Jun-13	Arcadia streets township	50km/h signs installed
Jun-13	Central Ave, Shepparton East near Channel Rd and reserve	100km/h reduced to 80km/h
Jun-13	Railway crossings Mangalore-Tocumwal line Ford Rd, Trewins Rd	80km/h railway crossing zones created
May-13	Railway crossings Mangalore-Tocumwal line Northey Rd, Knights Rd	80km/h railway crossing zones created
May-13	Rowe St, Shepparton between St Georges Rd and Archer St	50km/h reduced to 40km/h
Jan-13	Hogan St, Tatura between Station St and Hanlon St (Bethel Christian College)	removal of time-based school zone
Jul-12	Goulburn Valley Hwy, Shepparton North time-based school speed zone near Grace Rd	school zone extended north. Works done by VicRoads
May-12	Lockwood Rd and Mitchell St, Shepparton full lengths	50km/h signs installed
Apr-12	Old Dookie Rd, Shepparton between Florence St and Doyles Rd	80km/h reduced to 60km/h
Jan-12	Rudd Rd, Shepparton between cemetery entrance and 270m north of Golf Dr	80km/h reduced to 60km/h
Jan-12	Rushworth-Tatura Rd, Tatura west of Joe Ford Dr	80km/h buffer zone reduced to 60km/h
Dec-11	Archer St, Shepparton between Asim Dr and Broken River	80km/h reduced to 60km/h
Dec-11	Ford Rd, Shepparton between Verney Rd and 280m west of Southdown St	80km/h reduced to 70km/h
Jan-10	Goulburn Valley Highway (Numurkah Rd), Shepparton between Balaclava Rd and Mills St	80km/h reduced to 60km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Jan-10	Goulburn Valley Highway, Shepparton North between Wanganui Rd and Congupna	100km/h reduced to 90km/h. Works done by VicRoads
May-09	Channel Rd, Shepparton between Sun Valley Dr and McPhee Rd	60km/h zone extended. 80km/h zone extended to Doyles Road
Mar-09	Goulburn Valley Highway, Kialla between Kialla West and Aerodrome	Limit reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads
Jan-09	Dookie-Shepparton Rd, Shepparton Doyles Rd to 1.2km east of Lemnos North Rd	90km/h limit reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads.
Dec-08	Rea St, Shepparton between Wyndham St and Hawdon St	60km/h limit reduced to 50km/h.
Dec-08	Corio St, Shepparton between Balaclava Rd and High St	60km/h limit reduced to 50km/h.
Nov-08	Katamatite-Shepparton Rd, Congupna at Congupna Primary School	LED speed signs added at time-based school zones. Works done by VicRoads.
Nov-08	Verney Rd, Shepparton at Shepparton Christian Community School	LED speed signs added at time-based school zones. Works done by VicRoads.
Nov-08	Doyles Rd, Orrvale Poplar Ave to south of Broken River	90km/h limit reduced to 80km/h. Works done by VicRoads.
Jul-08	Goulburn Valley Fwy, Arcadia Murchison Violet-Town Rd to Ross Rd	New freeway limit raised to 110km/h. Works done by VicRoads.
Jul-08	Midland Hwy, Byrneside at railway crossing	80km/h zone created around railway crossing. Works done by VicRoads.
Jul-08	Dookie-Shepparton Rd, Cosgrove at railway crossing	80km/h zone created around railway crossing. Works done by VicRoads.
Jul-08	Goulburn Valley Hwy, Murchison East at railway crossing	90km/h limit reduced to 80km/h around railway crossing. Works done by VicRoads.
Jul-08	Mooroopna-Murchison Rd, Toolamba at railway crossing	80km/h zone created around railway crossing. Works done by VicRoads.
Jun-08	Katamatite-Shepparton Rd, Congupna north-east of township	80km/h buffer zone removed. Limit changed to 70km/h to match township limit. Works done by VicRoads.
Jun-08	Dookie-Shepparton (New Dookie) Rd, Shepparton Drummond Rd to Doyles Rd	80km/h limit reduced to 60km/h, where median turning lane installed. Works done by VicRoads.
Dec-07	Bendigo-Murchison Rd, Murchison west of Murchison	Urban 60km/h zone extended 125m past Hammond Rd. 400m long 80km/h zone created. Works done by VicRoads.
Nov-07	Kyabram-Cooma Rd, Cooma Cooma township	80km/h zone created through Cooma township.
Oct-07	Goulburn Valley Hwy service road, Kialla near old drive-in	Speed limit changed from 60km/h to 50km/h.
Jun-07	Medland Rd, Bunbartha	80km/h zone created near Aldinga Dr
Feb-07	Various school locations	Creation of some time-based school speed zones and alterations to some existing school zones.
Jan-07	Echuca-Mooroopna Rd and MacIsaac Rd, Mooroopna	40km/h time-based school zones extended to include new bus interchange.
Dec-06	Mooroopna-Murchison Rd, Old Toolamba south of Kiota Rd	80km/h zone extended south past Kiota Rd and River Rd. Works done by VicRoads.
Oct-06	Goulburn Valley Hwy, Kialla near Shepparton Aerodrome	70km/h zone extended 260m south. Works done by VicRoads.
Oct-06	The Boulevard and Rudd Rd, Shepparton near Shepparton Cemetery	60km/h zone extended due to new subdivision nearby.
Sep-06	Dhurringile Rd, Tatura southern entrance to Tatura	60km/h zone extended south to Hampton Road.
Aug-06	Knights Road, Congupna Grahamvale Road to Lemnos North Road	80km/h hamlet zone created.
May-06	Hosie Road, Shepparton East east of School Road	80km/h buffer zone created.
Mar-06	Hunter St, Tatura school frontage	40km/h zone created along school frontage.
Dec-05	Bridge Road, Toolamba south-east of township	80km/h buffer zone created.
Jul-05	Riverview Dr, Kialla Goulburn Valley Hwy to Kialla Tip Rd	Reduction from 70km/h to 60km/h due to new subdivision.
Jun-05	Ferguson Rd, Tatura East between Turnbull Rd & Mpna-Murchison Rd	Creation of a 90km/h hamlet zone.
May-05	Archer Rd, Kialla south of Mitchell Rd	Creation of 80km/h zone in dead-end section of Archer Rd.
Apr-05	Dookie-Shepparton Main Rd, Lemnos between Pauls Rd and Boundary Rd	Creation of 100-60km/h time-based school speed zone for new Isik College.
Feb-05	Midland Hwy, Mooroopna west of Echuca-Mooroopna Rd	50km/h zone extended and 70km/h limit introduced out to Charles St.
Feb-05	Packham St, Shepparton full length	Limit reduced to 50km/h south of Brauman St and to 40km/h north of Brauman St.
Feb-05	Shepparton Sports Precinct John McEwen Reserve	20km/h AREA limit imposed over the whole reserve, including velodrome, showjumping and stadium areas.
Nov-04	Tatura-Undera Rd, Undera south of township	80km/h zone extended to south of Sellwood Rd
Oct-04	Poplar Ave, Shepparton east of Perrivale Dr	60km/h urban limit extended to the east.
Oct-04	Echuca-Mooroopna Rd, Mooroopna Treacy St to MacIsaac Rd	Limit reduced from 70km/h to 60km/h.
Sep-04	Raftery Rd, Kialla west of Seven Creeks Dr	50km/h urban limit extended past bridge and 80km/h buffer zone created.
Feb-04	Various school locations	Time-based school speed zones (and some permanent zones) created around all schools.
2004	Stevenson St, Murchison	50km/h CBD limit created. Works carried out by VicRoads.
Dec-03	Goulburn Valley Hwy, Congupna	Limit reduced from 100km/h to 90km/h.
Dec-03	Euroa-Shepparton Rd and River Rd, Kialla Central	90km/h limit created to correspond with 90km/h limit on Doyles Rd – River Rd bend.
Dec-03	Verney Rd, Shepparton Pine Rd to Ford Rd	Limit reduced from 80km/h to 70km/h.
Nov-03	Graham St, Shepparton Wyndham St to Monash St	Limit reduced from 60km/h to 50km/h.
Oct-03	Doyles Rd and River Rd, Kialla from 1km west of bend	Limit reduced from 100km/h to 90km/h.
Oct-03	Hawkins St, Shepparton	Limit reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h.
Sep-03	Riverview Dr and Watt Rd Kialla to Mooroopna	Limit reduced to 60km/h from Kialla Tip Rd to Mooroopna.
Jul-03	MacIsaac Rd, Mooroopna near Excelsior Ave	80km/h zone extended through bends
Jun-03	Robinson St, Murchison south approach from Goulburn Weir Rd	80km/h buffer zone created.
Apr-03	Echuca-Mooroopna Rd, Mooroopna Graeme St to McFarlane Rd	Limit reduced from 70km/h to 60km/h.
Apr-03	Wyndham St, Shepparton Nixon St to Vaughan St	50km/h CBD limit created
Apr-03	High St, Shepparton Welsford St to Hoskin St	50km/h CBD limit created
Mar-03	Murton Rd, O'Reilly Rd, Taylor Rd and Hampton Rd, Tatura	Limits reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h.
Feb-03	Arcadia Downs Dr, Kialla Park east section	Limit reduced from 70km/h to 60km/h.

For additional information on the national perspective visit the VicRoads website.