Bessborough & Eglinton

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 3, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,977 westbound vehicles, or 65% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 59. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 879 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (793). Trucks and buses were 11.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 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: 793 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 879 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

2018 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 29, 2026.

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 counter on Bessborough Dr between Eglinton Ave E and Divadale Dr (71 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 4,500 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 Eglinton Ave E (120 m away, 50 km/h limit), 2.3% of the 27,589 vehicles logged in June 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Bessborough Drive between Eglinton Ave E and Divadale Dr (installed 2025).

Speed sign

Eglinton Ave E (westbound), 120 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 43 km/h, 85th percentile 51 km/h; 2.3% at 60 km/h or more. 27,589 vehicles logged in June 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Bessborough Drive (Eglinton Ave E – Divadale Dr): 2 speed humps (installed 2025)

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.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

• Groceries and food9/30

  5 grocery stores within 1 km · 63 within 1 km

• Transit21/28

  Leaside Station 0.3 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 1 km away

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

• Schools and child care7/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  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.

22 registered apartment buildings with 1,286 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 1833 Bayview Ave (330 m, 112 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

22 registered buildings · 1,286 units · tallest 12 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 one theft from a vehicle and no 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 Leaside-Bennington.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 3, 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); 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 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: 43.71173, -79.37390 · centreline node 13456221.