Avenue Rd & Hwy 401 Collectors W Avenue Rd Ramp

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 21, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 6,087 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 2,013. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,718 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,758 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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: 1,718 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,758 from 4:00 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 most recent midblock count on Avenue Rd between Avenue Rd N and Hwy 401 Collectors W (43 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 21,195 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Armour Blvd (355 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.

Speed sign

Armour Blvd (westbound), 355 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.

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

Signal 0396, activated 1964

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food8/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 13 within 1 km

• Transit7/28

  1 stop within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 537 m away

• Parks and recreation6/10

  nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.7 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot4/10

  traffic signal

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.

18 registered apartment buildings with 1,110 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2181 Avenue Rd (310 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 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

18 registered buildings · 1,110 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 21, 2022.
• 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 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: 43.74322, -79.42422 · centreline node 13451491.