Bathurst & Ava (North)

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 1, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 7,980 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,266. Morning rush is the busier period: 2,459 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 2,185 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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: 2,459 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,185 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

2023 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 18, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The last one inside the window was in 2018. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on Aug 18, 2026.

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2015

The City's counter on Ava Rd between Bathurst St and Peveril Hill S (47 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 4-day count in September 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Ava Road between Chiltern Hill Rd and Bathurst St.

Traffic calming

Ava Road (Chiltern Hill Rd – Bathurst St): 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.

The crossing

Signal 0505, activated 1967 · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

Not within a walk: a grocery store, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food3/30

  35 within 1 km

• Transit16/28

  Forest Hill Station 0.4 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 784 m away

• Parks and recreation3/10

  nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · traffic calming

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.

42 registered apartment buildings with 2,876 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1862 Bathurst St (43 m, 75 units, 7 storeys, built 1951), which scored 84 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 42 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

42 registered buildings · 2,876 units · 4 social housing · tallest 11 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.

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 Forest Hill South.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 1, 2015.
• 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; Traffic Calming Database.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 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: 43.69795, -79.42434 · centreline node 13458543.