The most dangerous roads in The Gap
4 crash black spots in The Gap over the last 10 years, ranked by a severity score that weights deaths and serious injuries above minor ones. The Gap ranks #436 statewide.
“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 56% of the 993 mapped Queensland suburbs.
Injuries here have held roughly steady over the period.
Part of the Brisbane City council area →
Worst locations in The Gap
| # | Location | Severity | People injured | Deaths | Injured since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payne Rd & Waterworks Rd, The Gap Hospitalisation 3Medical treatment 5Minor injury 2 | 47 | 11 | – | 1 |
| 2 | School Rd & Waterworks Rd, The Gap Hospitalisation 3Medical treatment 1 | 33 | 5 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Marian St & Mullan St, The Gap Hospitalisation 1Medical treatment 3Minor injury 1 | 20 | 6 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Illowra St & Settlement Rd, The Gap Medical treatment 2Minor injury 1 | 7 | 5 | – | 0 |
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.
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Roche Legal. “Most dangerous roads in The Gap.” Queensland Road Danger Map. Data: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (CC-BY 4.0). https://rochelegal.com.au/road-safety/suburb/the-gap/ (data updated 2026-07-01).