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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 volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 4,352 northbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,140. Most cyclists arrived from the north (71 of 134). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 955 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 42% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (674). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 674 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 955 from 3:00 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 31% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 4, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 26 | 2.8 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 8 | #1999 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 15 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1154 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| 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 Birchmount Rd between Danforth Rd and Sadler Dr (211 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 12,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Newlands Ave between Santamonica Blvd and Elfreda Blvd measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Oct 2013). At the school-zone speed sign on Danforth Rd (243 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.0% of the 83,775 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands Ave · Santamonica Blvd – Elfreda Blvd · 183 m | Oct 2013 · 24 h | 1,549 | 28 km/h | 35 km/h | 38 km/h |
| Birchmount Rd · Danforth Rd – Sadler Dr · 211 m | May 2022 · 3 days | 12,470 | 47 km/h | 54 km/h | 59 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Danforth Rd (westbound), 243 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 42 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 3.0% at 60 km/h or more. 83,775 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2012, activated 2004 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 16 17 117 113 9 102 nearest 16 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 300
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Newlands Ave; Birchmount Rd at Sadler Dr North Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- 552 Birchmount Rd 233 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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
- 2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 225 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 151 * | — |
| Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface | 1.8 km | 920 * | — |
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
The nearest grocery store is Emirates Food Mart, 806 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 13 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Blue Elephant Cuisine, 302 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharmasave Pharmacy, 307 m away. The nearest hospital site is Providence Healthcare, 1.5 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Blue Elephant Cuisine · 516 Danforth Rd302 m · 4 min
- Iqbal Foods · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-17-18378 m · 5 min
- Pizza Hut · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-56378 m · 5 min
- Panda Wok · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-40378 m · 5 min
- Subway Sandwiches and Salads · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-55378 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Emirates Food Mart 806 m · 10 min
- Food shops
- Bread King Bakeries 378 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Pharmasave Pharmacy 307 m · 4 min
- Child care
- Danforth Gardens Playcare · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day242 m
- Follow the Child · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day404 m · 5 min
- Hilltop Daycare Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day948 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Dunlop Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs657 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Providence Healthcare · hospital site1.5 km · 18 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
- Danforth Gardens Park165 m
- Sadler Parkette213 m
- Dunlop Park457 m · 5 min
- Woodrow Park1 km · 12 min
- Oates Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 242 m
- J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 456 m · 5 min
- St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 896 m · 11 min
- General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch235 m
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 community centre or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,729 of 5,672. 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
14 registered apartment buildings with 977 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 534 Birchmount Rd (80 m, 34 units, 4 storeys, built 1962), which scored 84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 534 Birchmount Rd · Avenue Place Ltd. | 34 | 4 | 1962 | 84 · Jul 2024 | 80 m |
| 536 Birchmount Rd · Performance Property Management | 28 | 3 | 1960 | 91 · Sep 2025 | 137 m |
| 540 Birchmount Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation | 27 | 4 | 1960 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 162 m |
| 544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation | 131 | 11 | 1969 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 199 m |
| 550 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation | 153 | 10 | 2011 | 83 · Sep 2026 | 215 m |
| 506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 22 | 3 | 1965 | 89 · Jul 2024 | 265 m · 3 min |
14 registered buildings · 977 units · 2 social housing · tallest 13 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
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (3) |
| 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Birchmount & Newlands a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 & Newlands?
An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Oct 19, 2024, 57% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Newlands a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Newlands scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,729 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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; 3 parks within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Newlands?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Danforth Rd and Sadler Dr (May 2022), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 243 m away (50 km/h), 3.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Newlands?
The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.6 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 225 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,380 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Birchmount & Newlands by transit?
Bus routes 16, 17, 117, 113, 9, 102, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Newlands Ave, 16 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Newlands?
None within 300 m, and 13 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Blue Elephant Cuisine (302 m), Iqbal Foods (378 m), Pizza Hut (378 m), Panda Wok (378 m) and Subway Sandwiches and Salads (378 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Birchmount & Newlands?
The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 657 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs.
Is there child care near Birchmount & Newlands?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 197 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Danforth Gardens Playcare (242 m, 86 spaces), Follow the Child (404 m, 39 spaces) and Hilltop Daycare Centre (948 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Newlands?
14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 977 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 534 Birchmount Rd (80 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 536 Birchmount Rd (137 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 540 Birchmount Rd (162 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 544 Birchmount Rd (199 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Newlands?
Toronto Police place three 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.
What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Newlands in?
Birchmount & Newlands is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
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 Oct 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).
- 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 20 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: 43.70992, -79.26933 · centreline node 13456272.