Avenue & Hillholm

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 18, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 4,392 southbound vehicles, or 62% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 459. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,562 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 983 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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: 1,562 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 983 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 40% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 40% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 1, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 Killarney Rd and Hillholm Rd (56 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 5-day count in May 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 8,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Hillholm Rd between Avenue Rd and Forest Hill Rd measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (May 2003). At the school-zone speed sign on Oriole Pkwy (366 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.7% of the 7,189 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Speed sign

Oriole Pkwy (southbound), 366 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 45 km/h; 4.7% at 50 km/h or more. 7,189 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.

The crossing

pedestrian crossover

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food8/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 14 within 1 km

• Transit18/28

  Avenue Station 0.9 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.5 km away

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.8 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot3/10

  pedestrian crossover

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.

24 registered apartment buildings with 1,633 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 755 Avenue Rd (47 m, 41 units, 4 storeys, built 1952), which scored 84 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

24 registered buildings · 1,633 units · tallest 18 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 18, 2007.
• 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).
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 12 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: 43.69696, -79.40539 · centreline node 13458674.