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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 12, 2017
The south leg carries the load — 2,070 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 188. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 814 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (749). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.
Peak hours: 749 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 814 from 4:45 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
2019 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2025.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 24 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 20 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
The City's counter on Bideford Ave between Avenue Rd S and Sandringham Dr (121 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2014; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Bombay Ave between Kirkton Rd and Ridley Blvd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Dec 2021) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Armour Blvd (336 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 14,395 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Bombay Avenue between Armour Blvd and Avenue Rd.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Rd · Hwy 401 Collectors W – Avenue Rd S · 31 m | Sep 2012 · 3 days | 5,979 | — | — | — |
| Bideford Ave · Avenue Rd S – Sandringham Dr · 121 m | Aug 2014 · 24 h | 662 | 38 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
| Bombay Ave · Kirkton Rd – Ridley Blvd · 172 m | Dec 2021 · 3 days | 3,998 | 35 km/h | 41 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Armour Blvd (westbound), 336 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 9 km/h, 85th percentile 29 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 14,395 vehicles logged in May 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
- Traffic calming
- Bombay Avenue (Armour Blvd – Avenue Rd): 2 speed humps
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 61 96 165 7 160 nearest 61 m
- Express
- 996
- Blue Night
- 396 307
- Nearest stops
- 1 surface stop within 300 m — Bombay Loop at Avenue Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 2 car parks · about 126 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 190 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 1.4 km | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Bruno's Fine Foods, 898 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 10 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's, 647 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Beaver Drugs Limited, 716 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Domino's · 182 Wilson Ave647 m · 8 min
- Tcscc - Family Bistro · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1772 m · 9 min
- Tcscc - Sports Grill · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1772 m · 9 min
- Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd909 m · 11 min
- L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd919 m · 11 min
- Grocery
- Bruno's Fine Foods 898 m · 11 min
- Pharmacy
- Beaver Drugs Limited 716 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- PLASP Summit Heights P.S. · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day589 m · 7 min
- Armour Heights Child Care Program · 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day762 m · 9 min
- Temple Sinai Nursery School · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day876 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed560 m · 7 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks
- 167 Armour Blvd Parkette582 m · 7 min
- Elie Wiesel Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Bathurst - Wilson Parkette1.5 km · 18 min
- Community centres
- Armour Heights Community Centre562 m · 7 min
- Schools (7)
- Summit Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 589 m · 7 min
- Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 762 m · 9 min
- Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 876 m · 10 min
- Magnificent Minds SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Bnos ChayaPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch601 m · 7 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
19 registered apartment buildings with 1,160 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2181 Avenue Rd (374 m, 64 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2181 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 64 | 4 | 1950 | 98 · Aug 2026 | 374 m · 4 min |
| 2177 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 68 | 4 | 1950 | 99 · Jul 2025 | 392 m · 5 min |
| 2175 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 68 | 4 | 1950 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 446 m · 5 min |
| 2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc. | 152 | 16 | 1969 | 99 · Jul 2025 | 506 m · 6 min |
| 166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc. | 60 | 4 | 1950 | 99 · Jun 2025 | 538 m · 6 min |
| 2135 Avenue Rd | 54 | 3 | 1953 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 631 m · 8 min |
19 registered buildings · 1,160 units · 2 social housing · tallest 16 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), commercial premises (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
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 Lansing-Westgate.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Avenue & Bideford a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.
How busy is Avenue & Bideford?
An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Oct 12, 2017, 51% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Avenue & Bideford a walkable intersection?
Avenue & Bideford scores 32 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; library 601 m away; 1 stop within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Avenue & Bideford?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bideford Ave between Avenue Rd S and Sandringham Dr (August 2014), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 336 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in May 2026.
Where can I park near Avenue & Bideford?
The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (1.3 km away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 190 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,300 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Avenue & Bideford by transit?
Bus routes 61, 96, 165, 7, 160, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bombay Loop at Avenue Rd, 61 m).
What restaurants are near Avenue & Bideford?
None within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Domino's (647 m), Tcscc - Family Bistro (772 m), Tcscc - Sports Grill (772 m), Chiang Rai (909 m) and L.s.l (919 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Bideford?
The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 560 m away.
Is there child care near Avenue & Bideford?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 193 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are PLASP Summit Heights P.S. (589 m, 28 spaces), Armour Heights Child Care Program (762 m, 110 spaces) and Temple Sinai Nursery School (876 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Bideford?
19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,160 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2181 Avenue Rd (374 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2177 Avenue Rd (392 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 2175 Avenue Rd (446 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 2200 Avenue Rd (506 m, 152 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 96 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Avenue & Bideford?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lansing-Westgate page.
What neighbourhood is Avenue & Bideford in?
Avenue & Bideford is in Lansing-Westgate (City of Toronto neighbourhood 038). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 12, 2017.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
- 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 6 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: 43.74358, -79.42481 · centreline node 13451442.