Bayview & Millwood

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 19, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 8,255 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 2,126 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,080 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m., 8% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (1,919). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 2,080 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,919 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 worst year was 2023, with 26 collisions; 2025 recorded 16. 15 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 21 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 20, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

On Millwood Rd between Donegall Dr and Macnaughton Rd, 142 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2022 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Cheston Rd (293 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 7,712 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Millwood Road between Cleveland St and Bayview Ave (installed 2003).

Speed sign

Cheston Rd (southbound), 293 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 5 km/h, 85th percentile 22 km/h; 0.1% at 40 km/h or more. 7,712 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Millwood Road (Cleveland St – Bayview Ave): 3 speed humps (installed 2003)

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 0171, activated 1960 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 30 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  Leaside Station 0.8 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 751 m away

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care8/8

  3 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.

Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 771 rental units. The nearest is 715 Millwood Rd (74 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

21 registered buildings · 771 units · tallest 10 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.

Seven thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Leaside-Bennington.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 19, 2024.
• 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); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 15 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: 43.70427, -79.37462 · centreline node 13457422.