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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 · Apr 18, 2023
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 608 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 94. Morning rush is the busier period: 391 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 221 from 2:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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: 391 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 221 from 2:00 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
2020 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 13, 2025.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 12 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 11 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 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
The City's counter on Bennett Rd between Dunstall Cres and Brightside Dr (117 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Bennett Rd (129 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.4% of the 9,658 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Rd · Dunstall Cres – Brightside Dr · 117 m | May 2023 · 3 days | 1,291 | 39 km/h | 47 km/h | 51 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Bennett Rd (northbound), 129 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 30 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 2.4% at 50 km/h or more. 9,658 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
- 54 86 nearest 149 m
- Express
- 954
- Blue Night
- 354
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 5 mapped lots within 500 m, 112 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Coppa's is 26 m away. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 6 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 139 m away. The nearest pharmacy is The Medicine Shoppe, 120 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Papa John's · 166 Bennett Rd Unit-A139 m
- Chef's Kitchen · 4679 Kingston Rd 3 A1 km · 11 min
- Fortogo (Inside Chef's Kitchen) · 4679 Kingston Rd1 km · 11 min
- Nepali Sweets ( Inside Chef's Kitchen) · 4679 Kingston Rd 3a1 km · 11 min
- Domino's Pizza · 4679 Kingston Rd1 km · 11 min
- Grocery
- Coppa's 26 m
- Food shops
- Lounah Bakery 1 km · 12 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- The Medicine Shoppe 120 m
- Child care
- St. Malachy Before & After School Program · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day80 m
- William G. Miller School Age YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day407 m · 5 min
- Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care · 121 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day1 km · 11 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 (7)
- Beechgrove Park708 m · 8 min
- Colonel Danforth Park869 m · 10 min
- Megan Park921 m · 11 min
- Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette1.1 km · 14 min
- Woodgrove Ravine Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Community centres
- Heron Park Community Recreation Centre1.2 km · 15 min
- Schools
- St Malachy Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 80 m
- William G Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 407 m · 5 min
- Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint MichelFrench Separate · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Morningside branch1.2 km · 14 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 public washroom 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | other (2) |
| 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 West Hill.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Bennett & Brightside a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 Bennett & Brightside?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Bennett & Brightside a walkable intersection?
Bennett & Brightside scores 41 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 1 place to eat within 300 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Bennett & Brightside?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bennett Rd between Dunstall Cres and Brightside Dr (May 2023), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 129 m away (40 km/h), 2.4% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Bennett & Brightside?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 112 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,800 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Bennett & Brightside by transit?
Bus routes 54, 86, 954 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Bennett & Brightside?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Papa John's (139 m), Chef's Kitchen (1.0 km), Fortogo (Inside Chef's Kitchen) (1.0 km), Nepali Sweets ( Inside Chef's Kitchen) (1.0 km) and Domino's Pizza (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Bennett & Brightside?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 220 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Malachy Before & After School Program (80 m, 28 spaces), William G. Miller School Age YMCA (407 m, 71 spaces) and Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care (1.0 km, 121 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Bennett & Brightside?
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 West Hill page.
What neighbourhood is Bennett & Brightside in?
Bennett & Brightside is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Apr 18, 2023.
- 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; 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.77176, -79.16586 · centreline node 13446682.