Adelaide & Bathurst (South)

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 5, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,354 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 642 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the west (1,397 of 2,734). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,449 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,554 from 6:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,449 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,554 from 6:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 34 collisions. 27 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 25 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 21 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 4, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 12, 2007.

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Adelaide St W between St. Andrew's Playground Trl and Maud St, 318 m from the corner, a 7-day count in July 2022 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Adelaide Pl measured slower: 12 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 21 km/h (Nov 2022).

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food21/30

  11 grocery stores within 1 km · 45 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit17/28

  11 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 698 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot0/10

  no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Within a kilometre there are 18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,389 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 575 Adelaide St W (74 m, 150 units, 11 storeys, built 1983), which scored 84 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 18 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

18 registered buildings · 3,389 units · 6 social housing · tallest 46 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

30 thefts from vehicles and 46 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 13× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 17 in 2023–2025, about 5.7 a year, against 8.4 a year before that. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 17, 2026.

Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Wellington Place.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 5, 2024.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 10 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.64489, -79.40311 · centreline node 13467605.