Queensland Road Danger Map Roche Legal

The most dangerous roads in Cairns North

15 crash black spots in Cairns North over the last 10 years, ranked by a severity score that weights deaths and serious injuries above minor ones. Cairns North ranks #48 statewide.

144
People injured
0
Deaths
15
Black spots

“People injured” counts everyone hurt in these crashes, from minor injuries through to deaths. “Deaths” is the number of those people who died.

This ranks worse than 95% of the 993 mapped Queensland suburbs.

Injuries here have held roughly steady over the period.

Part of the Cairns Region council area →

Worst locations in Cairns North

#LocationSeverity People injuredDeathsInjured since 2023
1James St & Sheridan St, Cairns North
Hospitalisation 7Medical treatment 6Minor injury 3
91248
2Lake St & Upward St, Cairns North
Hospitalisation 5Medical treatment 3Minor injury 6
65147
3James St & Mcleod St, Cairns North
Hospitalisation 6Medical treatment 1Minor injury 1
6495
4Sheridan St & Upward St, Cairns North
Hospitalisation 5Medical treatment 3Minor injury 2
61164
5Arthur St & Mcleod St, Cairns North
Hospitalisation 5Medical treatment 1Minor injury 1
54100

What happens after a crash like this

In Queensland, injuries from a motor vehicle crash are dealt with under the compulsory third-party (CTP) insurance scheme established by the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. CTP is a fault-based scheme: compensation is generally available to people injured through another road user’s negligence, rather than for every injury regardless of how it happened. The Act sets out the steps a claim follows — including the pre-court procedures parties must complete before a matter can go to trial. The published data shows most claims resolve by negotiation under that process; the smaller number that proceed to a judgment typically take several years from the crash to a decision.

You can explore the Queensland motor-accident claims data — how claims resolve and what the courts have awarded — in the Roche Legal Quantum database.

What CTP claims pay, by injury severity

Average Compulsory Third Party (CTP) scheme payouts by injury severity, from Queensland Government open data — aggregate scheme averages, not an estimate of any individual claim. What a specific claim is worth depends on its facts.

This is general information about how Queensland law works, not legal advice.

Use this data

Download the data behind this page (CSV). Free to reuse with attribution under CC-BY 4.0.

Cite this page

Roche Legal. “Most dangerous roads in Cairns North.” Queensland Road Danger Map. Data: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (CC-BY 4.0). https://rochelegal.com.au/road-safety/suburb/cairns-north/ (data updated 2026-07-01).