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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 · Sep 13, 1999
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,062 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 314 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,499 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,456 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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: 2,499 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,456 from 4:30 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 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (11%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 18, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 19 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 14 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 9 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2009
On Birchmount Rd between Crouse Rd and Flora Dr, 84 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2009 put the average speed at 66 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 74 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 80 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchmount Rd · Crouse Rd – Flora Dr · 84 m | Mar 2009 · 24 h | 20,071 | 66 km/h | 74 km/h | 80 km/h |
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
- 17 54 nearest 13 m
- Express
- 954
- Blue Night
- 354
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Crouse Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Birchmount Rd / The Meadoway 224 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 docks 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
- 1 car park · about 25 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 17 mapped lots within 500 m, 227 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface | 2 km | 25 * | — |
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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 10 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tropical Oasis Restaurant and Bar, 335 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Extra Care Pharmacy, 912 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tropical Oasis Restaurant and Bar · 1197 Birchmount Rd335 m · 4 min
- Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything · 1110 Birchmount Rd, 14520 m · 6 min
- Aerosports Parks Scarborough · 1120 Birchmount Rd 3521 m · 6 min
- The Social Brew Cafe and Market Place · 1236 Birchmount Rd736 m · 9 min
- Scarborough Pizza & Kabob · 2157 Lawrence Ave E772 m · 9 min
- Food shops
- Vienna Meats and Delicatessen 853 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Extra Care Pharmacy 912 m · 11 min
- Child care
- Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day353 m · 4 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
- Ionview Park908 m · 11 min
- Maidavale Park1 km · 12 min
- McGregor Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Jack Goodlad Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- McGregor Park Community Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 205 m
- General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 828 m · 10 min
- Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.1 km · 13 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 grocery store, 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 612 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1165 Birchmount Rd (132 m, 20 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1165 Birchmount Rd · Paul Thornton | 20 | 4 | 1965 | 93 · Jul 2024 | 132 m |
| 1169 Birchmount Rd · Kovacs Investments Ltd | 18 | 4 | 1960 | 86 · Aug 2026 | 157 m |
| 1191 Birchmount Rd | 41 | 4 | 1955 | 88 · Aug 2026 | 299 m · 4 min |
| 1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 70 | 6 | 1960 | 89 · Aug 2026 | 723 m · 9 min |
| 1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc. | 220 | 15 | 2023 | — | 735 m · 9 min |
| 2155 Lawrence Ave E social housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto | 243 | 11 | 1993 | 92 · Nov 2025 | 815 m · 10 min |
6 registered buildings · 612 units · 1 social housing · tallest 15 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Five thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 3 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), commercial premises (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1) |
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 Wexford/Maryvale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & Crouse a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Birchmount & Crouse?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 1999. Its latest count is from Sep 13, 1999, 1.56× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Crouse a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Crouse scores 27 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.9 km · nearest centre 1.2 km.
How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Crouse?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Crouse Rd and Flora Dr (March 2009), found an average of 66 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 74 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Crouse?
The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (2.0 km away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 227 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,450 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & Crouse by transit?
Bus routes 17, 54, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Crouse Rd, 13 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Crouse?
None within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tropical Oasis Restaurant and Bar (335 m), Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything (520 m), Aerosports Parks Scarborough (521 m), The Social Brew Cafe and Market Place (736 m) and Scarborough Pizza & Kabob (772 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Birchmount & Crouse?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 52 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (353 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Crouse?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 612 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1165 Birchmount Rd (132 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1169 Birchmount Rd (157 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 1191 Birchmount Rd (299 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1255 Birchmount Rd (723 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Crouse?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wexford/Maryvale page.
What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Crouse in?
Birchmount & Crouse is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
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 Sep 13, 1999.
- 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.
- 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 21 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: 43.74071, -79.28209 · centreline node 13451550.