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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 · Mar 23, 2016
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 10,434 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 257 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 3,074 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,734 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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: 2,734 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,074 from 4:30 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 5 collisions. 2 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 22 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 19 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 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
On Avenue Rd between Glengrove Ave W and Glenview Ave, 84 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2018 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Otter Cres between Kimbark Blvd and Edgecombe Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Apr 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Broadway Ave (262 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.8% of the 232,550 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Rd · Glengrove Ave W – Glenview Ave · 84 m | Nov 2018 · 24 h | 25,303 | 41 km/h | 53 km/h | 59 km/h |
| Otter Cres · Kimbark Blvd – Edgecombe Ave · 115 m | Apr 2022 · 3 days | 875 | 31 km/h | 38 km/h | 42 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Broadway Ave (eastbound), 262 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 21 km/h, 85th percentile 30 km/h; 0.8% at 40 km/h or more. 232,550 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 31 m
- Express
- 952
- Blue Night
- 352
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Otter Cres; Avenue Rd at Glenview Ave North Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Rosewell Ave / Cheritan Ave 602 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
- 6 car parks · about 532 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 7 mapped lots within 500 m, 292 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 | 1.6 km | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 1.7 km | 42 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface | 1.8 km | 155 | 55% (Q1 2026) |
| 6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface | 1.8 km | 46 * | — |
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 1.8 km | 94 | 67% (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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 12 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Fancy Franks, 517 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 520 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A517 m · 6 min
- Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd517 m · 6 min
- Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd581 m · 7 min
- Pusateri's · 1539 Avenue Rd581 m · 7 min
- Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd585 m · 7 min
- Food shops
- Mike's Fish Market 581 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 520 m · 6 min
- Child care
- Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 93 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day483 m · 6 min
- John Ross Robertson Child Centre · 212 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day548 m · 7 min
- Washrooms
- Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible480 m · 6 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 (13)
- Heart Park56 m
- Kimbark - Coldstream Ravine442 m · 5 min
- Lytton Park521 m · 6 min
- Phil Givens Park744 m · 9 min
- Douglas Greenbelt802 m · 10 min
- Schools (14)
- Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 342 m · 4 min
- John Ross Robertson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 548 m · 7 min
- Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 585 m · 7 min
- Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 786 m · 9 min
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 933 m · 11 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, a library 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
Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 115 rental units. The nearest is 284 Lawrence Ave W (587 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 | 587 m · 7 min |
| 312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited | 11 | 3 | 1951 | 75 · Jun 2024 | 685 m · 8 min |
| 515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak | 89 | 7 | 2005 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 693 m · 8 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
Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (1), other (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 Lawrence Park South.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Avenue & Otter a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 & Otter?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2016. Its latest count is from Mar 23, 2016, 2.1× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Avenue & Otter a walkable intersection?
Avenue & Otter scores 28 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; 7 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Avenue & Otter?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Glengrove Ave W and Glenview Ave (November 2018), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 262 m away (30 km/h), 0.8% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Avenue & Otter?
The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (1.6 km away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 292 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,010 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Avenue & Otter by transit?
Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Otter Cres, 31 m).
What restaurants are near Avenue & Otter?
None within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Fancy Franks (517 m), Starbucks (517 m), Bento Sushi (581 m), Pusateri's (581 m) and Rosie's Burgers (585 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Otter?
The nearest is Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom, 200 Lytton Blvd, 480 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Avenue & Otter?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 305 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (483 m, 93 spaces) and John Ross Robertson Child Centre (548 m, 212 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Otter?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 284 Lawrence Ave W (587 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 312 Douglas Ave (685 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 515 Rosewell Ave (693 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 & Otter?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park South page.
What neighbourhood is Avenue & Otter in?
Avenue & Otter is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). 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 Mar 23, 2016.
- 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: 43.71803, -79.41454 · centreline node 13455295.