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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 · Mar 10, 2020
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,425 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 2,153 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 3,412 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 3,036 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 15.0% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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: 3,036 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,412 from 4:15 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 35 collisions; 2025 recorded 28. 45 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 26 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 10 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 22 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 16, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 30, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 220 | #448 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 45 | #282 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 153 | |
| Fail to remain | 26 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 6 | #591 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 4 | #627 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 22 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 22 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 4 | latest Sep 30, 2023 |
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 Lawrence Ave W between Culford Rd and de Marco Blvd, 108 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2023 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 22,500 vehicles a day. Culford Rd between Ridge Point Cres and Amesbury Park Trl measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Dec 2023).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave W · Culford Rd – de Marco Blvd · 108 m | May 2023 · 24 h | 22,491 | 46 km/h | 57 km/h | 63 km/h |
| Culford Rd · Ridge Point Cres – Amesbury Park Trl · 181 m | Dec 2023 · 3 days | 6,530 | 41 km/h | 49 km/h | 53 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0429, activated 1961 · 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
- 52 59 41 400 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 952 941
- Blue Night
- 352 341
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Culford Rd; Culford Rd at Lawrence Ave West
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave W / Renfield St 0.9 km · 11 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 246 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Superking Supermarket, 447 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 17. The nearest is Lily's Cafe & Deli, 127 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Lawrence Medical Pharmacy, 127 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Lily's Cafe & Deli · 1575 Lawrence Ave W Unit-3127 m
- Papa John's · 1635 Lawrence Ave W447 m · 5 min
- Duhok Shawarma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-10447 m · 5 min
- Dulce Aroma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Bldg-17447 m · 5 min
- Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-12447 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Superking Supermarket 447 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Lawrence Medical Pharmacy 127 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- C.A.S.P. Catholic After School Program · 45 spaces, school age790 m · 9 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 (12)
- Amesbury Park414 m · 5 min
- Gracefield Park516 m · 6 min
- Olympia Park588 m · 7 min
- Redbank Greenbelt860 m · 10 min
- Queen's Greenbelt1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Amesbury Sports Complex115 m
- Amesbury Community Centre448 m · 5 min
- Schools (9)
- Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 510 m · 6 min
- St Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 789 m · 9 min
- Amesbury Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 815 m · 10 min
- P T Montessori SchoolPrivate · 837 m · 10 min
- Maple Leaf Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch179 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 public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,772 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
Within a kilometre there are 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,830 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1560 Lawrence Ave W (51 m, 76 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 81 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1560 Lawrence Ave W · Laurentia Apartments Ltd. | 76 | 6 | 1962 | 81 · Nov 2025 | 51 m |
| 1570 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management | 87 | 6 | 1960 | 75 · Aug 2026 | 64 m |
| 150 Culford Rd · Cando Apartments Ltd. | 110 | 5 | 1954 | 95 · Jul 2026 | 142 m |
| 1620 Lawrence Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Del Managment | 13 | 3 | 1955 | 80 · Nov 2025 | 171 m |
| 1550 Lawrence Ave W · Laurentia Apartments Ltd. | 95 | 7 | 1963 | 85 · Nov 2025 | 197 m |
| 1622 Lawrence Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Del Managment | 20 | 3 | 1955 | 84 · Nov 2025 | 221 m |
22 registered buildings · 1,830 units · 3 social housing · tallest 20 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
14 thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.6 a year. 79% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 6, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 14 | 3 | 2 | street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (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 Brookhaven-Amesbury.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Culford & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 220 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Culford & Lawrence?
A major arterial intersection at the City's last count here, in 2020. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 2020, 2.3× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Culford & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Culford & Lawrence scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,772 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: 1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m; 10 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; library 179 m away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Culford & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Culford Rd and de Marco Blvd (May 2023), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Culford & Lawrence?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 246 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,480 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Culford & Lawrence by transit?
Bus routes 52, 59, 41, 400, 952, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Culford Rd, 17 m).
What restaurants are near Culford & Lawrence?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Lily's Cafe & Deli (127 m), Papa John's (447 m), Duhok Shawarma (447 m), Dulce Aroma (447 m) and Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant (447 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Culford & Lawrence?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 477 m away at Amesbury Park.
Is there child care near Culford & Lawrence?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 45 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is C.A.S.P. Catholic After School Program (790 m, 45 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Culford & Lawrence?
22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,830 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1560 Lawrence Ave W (51 m, 76 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1570 Lawrence Ave W (64 m, 87 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 150 Culford Rd (142 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 1620 Lawrence Ave W (171 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 83 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Culford & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Brookhaven-Amesbury page.
What neighbourhood is Culford & Lawrence in?
Culford & Lawrence is in Brookhaven-Amesbury (City of Toronto neighbourhood 030). It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.
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 Mar 10, 2020.
- 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; 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 5 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: 43.70637, -79.48767 · centreline node 13457330.