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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 · Apr 6, 2017
The north leg carries the load — 10,685 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 117. Morning rush is the busier period: 3,244 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 2,940 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 10 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: 3,244 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,940 from 5:00 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
2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 3, 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 May 6, 2009.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 4 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 4 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest May 6, 2009 |
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 Avenue Rd between Otter Cres and Caribou Rd (131 m away) recorded an average of 51 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 28,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Caribou Rd between Edgecombe Ave and Kimbark Blvd measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Avenue Rd (23 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.2% of the 7,662 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Rd · Otter Cres – Caribou Rd · 131 m | Nov 2018 · 24 h | 28,385 | 51 km/h | 62 km/h | 67 km/h |
| Caribou Rd · Edgecombe Ave – Kimbark Blvd · 170 m | Apr 2022 · 3 days | 828 | 34 km/h | 42 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Avenue Rd (southbound), 23 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 43 km/h; 2.2% at 50 km/h or more. 7,662 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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 52 nearest 59 m
- Express
- 952
- Blue Night
- 352
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Opposite 1451 Avenue Rd - Havergal College; 1451 Avenue Rd - Havergal College
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 549 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 docks 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
- 4 car parks · about 194 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 5 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 291 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 1.3 km | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 42 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Glenforest Road · Surface | 1.9 km | 26 * | — |
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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Mike's Fish Market, 269 m away. There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 24 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Fancy Franks, 205 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 208 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A205 m
- Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd205 m
- Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd269 m · 3 min
- Pusateri's · 1539 Avenue Rd269 m · 3 min
- Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd273 m · 3 min
- Food shops
- Mike's Fish Market 269 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 208 m
- Child care
- Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 93 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day171 m
- Toronto Cheder · 16 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day852 m · 10 min
- John Ross Robertson Child Centre · 212 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day860 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible792 m · 9 min
- Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season1 km · 12 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 (17)
- Heart Park299 m · 4 min
- Douglas Greenbelt490 m · 6 min
- Phil Givens Park536 m · 6 min
- Glengarry Park646 m · 8 min
- Kimbark - Coldstream Ravine754 m · 9 min
- Schools (14)
- Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 132 m
- Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 533 m · 6 min
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 621 m · 7 min
- Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 671 m · 8 min
- Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.3 km · 16 min
- Places of interest
- Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1.4 km · 17 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 grocery store, a community centre or 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
Three registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 284 Lawrence Ave W (275 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 77 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 77 · Sep 2025 | 275 m · 3 min |
| 312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited | 11 | 3 | 1951 | 75 · Jun 2024 | 373 m · 4 min |
| 515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak | 89 | 7 | 2005 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 381 m · 5 min |
3 registered buildings · 115 units · tallest 7 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Bedford Park-Nortown.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Avenue & Caribou a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Caribou?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Apr 6, 2017, 2.3× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Avenue & Caribou a walkable intersection?
Avenue & Caribou scores 37 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 parks within 500 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Avenue & Caribou?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Otter Cres and Caribou Rd (November 2018), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 23 m away (40 km/h), 2.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Avenue & Caribou?
The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (1.3 km away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 291 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,670 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Avenue & Caribou by transit?
Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Opposite 1451 Avenue Rd - Havergal College, 59 m).
What restaurants are near Avenue & Caribou?
6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Fancy Franks (205 m), Starbucks (205 m), Bento Sushi (269 m), Pusateri's (269 m) and Rosie's Burgers (273 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Caribou?
The nearest is Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom, 200 Lytton Blvd, 792 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom (1.0 km).
Is there child care near Avenue & Caribou?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 463 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (171 m, 93 spaces), Toronto Cheder (852 m, 16 spaces) and John Ross Robertson Child Centre (860 m, 212 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Caribou?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 284 Lawrence Ave W (275 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 312 Douglas Ave (373 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 515 Rosewell Ave (381 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 83 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Avenue & Caribou?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bedford Park-Nortown page.
What neighbourhood is Avenue & Caribou in?
Avenue & Caribou is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
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 Apr 6, 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).
- 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 8 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: 43.72086, -79.41520 · centreline node 13454853.