Blantyre & Gerrard

Traffic volume14-hour count · Mar 20, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 7,031 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 824 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,719 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,314 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,314 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,719 from 4:45 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 2017, with 21 collisions; 2025 recorded 13. 15 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 26 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), 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 Aug 5, 2026.

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. The most recent was on Feb 20, 2024.

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 Gerrard St E between Rathmore Ave and Clonmore Dr, 383 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2025 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 56 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,500 vehicles a day. Blantyre Ave between Parkland Rd and Swanwick Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Mar 2020). At the school-zone speed sign on Blantyre Ave (166 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 31,973 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Blantyre Ave (southbound), 166 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 31 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 0.5% at 50 km/h or more. 31,973 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

pedestrian crossover

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food25/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 4 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit17/28

  8 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.4 km away

• Parks and recreation3/10

  nearest park 0.6 km · nearest centre 0.8 km

• Schools and child care6/8

  1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot3/10

  pedestrian crossover

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 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 774 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2511 Gerrard St E (29 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

11 registered buildings · 774 units · 3 social housing · tallest 16 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.

Three thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 20, 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: 43.68747, -79.28396 · centreline node 13460121.