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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 · Apr 28, 2026
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 10,054 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 113 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,012 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,761 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 1,761 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,012 from 5:00 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 worst year was 2022, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 12, 2023.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 4 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| 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
On Burnhamthorpe Rd between Echo Valley Rd and Lorraine Gdns, 61 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 66 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,800 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnhamthorpe Rd · Echo Valley Rd – Lorraine Gdns · 61 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 21,775 | 54 km/h | 60 km/h | 66 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
- 50 45 46 145 nearest 22 m
- Express
- 945
- Blue Night
- 345
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Burnhamthorpe Rd at Echo Valley Rd West Side; Burnhamthorpe Rd at Botfield Ave East Side
- Regional
- MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Echo Valley Rd22 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 3 car parks · about 1,793 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 5 mapped lots within 500 m, 176 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Royalavon Cres · Surface | 1.2 km | 59 | 38% (Q1 2026) |
| Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface | 2 km | 1,200 * | — |
| Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface | 2 km | 534 * | — |
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; 6 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 549 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Martin Grove Pharmacy, 559 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizza Nova · 129 Martin Grove Rd549 m · 7 min
- Hero Burgers · 318 Burnhamthorpe Rd566 m · 7 min
- Pizza Pizza · 318 Burnhamthorpe Rd566 m · 7 min
- Far East Chinese Food · 137 Martin Grove Rd576 m · 7 min
- Curry & Chutney By Gopal's Indian Restaurant & Bakery · 317 Burnhamthorpe Rd594 m · 7 min
- Food shops
- Mc Nies the Fish and Chip People 589 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Martin Grove Pharmacy 559 m · 7 min
- Child care
- Treasured Moments - Burnhamthorpe · 86 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day532 m · 6 min
- Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) · 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day566 m · 7 min
- Wedgewood School Age YMCA · 129 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day883 m · 11 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 (7)
- Echo Valley Park262 m · 3 min
- Hampshire Heights Park1 km · 12 min
- Wedgewood Park - Etobicoke1.1 km · 13 min
- Glen Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Michael Power Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Islington Seniors' Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (8)
- Olivet New Church Elementary SchoolPrivate · 231 m
- Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 567 m · 7 min
- Wedgewood Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 883 m · 11 min
- German International School TorontoPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Mindwerx4kids Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Eatonville branch1.5 km · 17 min
- Places of interest
- Montgomery's InnMuseum · 1.5 km · 18 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, though 1 has been reported since January 2026.
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 Islington.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #918 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.23× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley a walkable intersection?
Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley 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 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; 6 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Burnhamthorpe Rd between Echo Valley Rd and Lorraine Gdns (April 2026), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley?
The nearest Green P car park is 16 Royalavon Cres (1.2 km away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 176 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,340 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley by transit?
Bus routes 50, 45, 46, 145, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Burnhamthorpe Rd at Echo Valley Rd West Side, 22 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Echo Valley Rd.
What restaurants are near Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley?
None within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Nova (549 m), Hero Burgers (566 m), Pizza Pizza (566 m), Far East Chinese Food (576 m) and Curry & Chutney By Gopal's Indian Restaurant & Bakery (594 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 342 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Treasured Moments - Burnhamthorpe (532 m, 86 spaces), Our Lady of Peace School Age Program (YMCA) (566 m, 127 spaces) and Wedgewood School Age YMCA (883 m, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley in?
Burnhamthorpe & Echo Valley is in Islington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 158). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.
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 Apr 28, 2026.
- 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.
- 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 2 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: 43.65034, -79.54238 · centreline node 13467049.