Cr Peter Russell was reacting to criticism from some Yendon Number One Rd residents over the poor condition of the road.

A four-year-old girl was killed on Monday afternoon when the car she was travelling in and a Jeep 4WD collided near Pound Creek Rd.

Her mother and two sisters survived.

Cr Russell said the council had asked for a report on the accident site from its traffic engineers, which supported its view that poor conditions were not to blame for the tragedy.

"The report said the surface road in both directions was in excellent condition," Cr Russell said.

"There are no potholes for 100 metres to the west and 200 metres to the east of the accident site.

"There are also no edge breaks for 100 metres from the point of impact, while the shoulders between Pound Creek and Shaws Rd were found to be in very good condition."

Cr Russell said a record amount of money had been spent by the council on roadworks this year, with most of that work taking place west of Ballan.

He said Yankee Flat Rd had a $400,000 roadworks program planned, evidence that the council was not ignoring its western boundary.

Cr Russell said the council's bitumen reseal program was up 13 per cent to $647,000 this year, its shoulder resheeting program was up 193 per cent to $228,000, while its gravel resheeting program was up 169 per cent to $400,000.

"The predominance of road funding is being spent on our western end, proof that it is not being ignored by the council," Cr Russell said.

"The council does not decide on the priority of road projects, we take technical advice from our road engineers and act on it.

"I can assure people that the council does take this issue seriously and we are continually trying to match community expectations.

"All roads can suffer breakdown at any time. We have an active maintenance program and we listen to what people tell us.

"But the community also has a responsibility to take care on the road and to reduce their speed - back roads are access roads, not freeways."