Broadview & Chester Hill

Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 20, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 4,428 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 340. Most cyclists arrived from the north (154 of 241). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,343 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 22% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,099). Trucks and buses were 6.8% 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 5 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: 1,099 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,343 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

2020 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 44% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% 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 Feb 3, 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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2018

The City's counter on Broadview Ave between Pretoria Ave and Browning Ave (179 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 4-day count in April 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 16,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Chester Hill Rd between Lane W of Broadview and S of Chester Hill and Broadview Ave measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Aug 2018). 4 speed humps slow traffic on Chester Hill Road between Thorncliffe Ave and Broadview Ave.

Traffic calming

Chester Hill Road (Thorncliffe Ave – Broadview Ave): 4 speed humps

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 0439, activated 1950 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval South

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food13/30

  6 grocery stores within 1 km · 3 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit22/28

  Broadview Station 0.5 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.5 km away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care7/8

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

• Crossing on foot10/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · 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.

26 registered apartment buildings with 2,145 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 869 Broadview Ave (156 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 2004), which scored 68 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

26 registered buildings · 2,145 units · 2 social housing · tallest 24 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 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.

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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 20, 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; 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 14 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: 43.68128, -79.35765 · centreline node 13461456.