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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 · Jan 24, 2019
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 4,505 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 69. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,520 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,313). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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: 1,313 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,520 from 4:30 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 2 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 25, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 6 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2017
The City's counter on Danforth Rd between Kilmarnock Ave and Cotton Ave (46 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 16,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth Rd · Kilmarnock Ave – Cotton Ave · 46 m | Jan 2017 · 24 h | 16,293 | 61 km/h | 69 km/h | 76 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
- GO Transit
- Scarborough GO — Lakeshore East1 km · 12 min
- TTC bus
- 113 9 16 102 20 117 17 nearest 20 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 300
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Rd at Cotton Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Danforth Rd / St Clair Ave E 560 m · 7 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 41 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
- 38 mapped lots within 500 m, 278 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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Emirates Food Mart is 133 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Mac "n" Wings, 396 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shop Rite Pharmacy, 618 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Mac "n" Wings · 448 Kennedy Rd Unit-000396 m · 5 min
- Gyros Pizza Fusion · 3541 St Clair Ave E407 m · 5 min
- Spotlight Restaurant & Bar · 3547 St Clair Ave E422 m · 5 min
- Roti Lady Restaurant · 3545 St Clair Ave E449 m · 5 min
- Bhaat N Bytes · 427 Kennedy Rd478 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Emirates Food Mart 133 m
- Food shops
- Bread King Bakeries 919 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shop Rite Pharmacy 618 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Hilltop Daycare Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day576 m · 7 min
- Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre · 85 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day833 m · 10 min
- Follow the Child · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day0.9 km · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Dunlop Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs613 m · 7 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 (6)
- Dunlop Park650 m · 8 min
- Sadler Parkette669 m · 8 min
- Woodrow Park826 m · 10 min
- Danforth Gardens Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Sandown Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools
- J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 809 m · 10 min
- Norman Cook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 833 m · 10 min
- Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch1 km · 12 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 community centre 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Ten registered apartment buildings with 671 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 508 Danforth Rd (578 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1959), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508 Danforth Rd | 24 | 3 | 1959 | 95 · Sep 2025 | 578 m · 7 min |
| 506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 22 | 3 | 1965 | 89 · Jul 2024 | 621 m · 7 min |
| 3485 St Clair Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Del Management | 97 | 9 | 1968 | 96 · Jul 2025 | 739 m · 9 min |
| 540 Birchmount Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation | 27 | 4 | 1960 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 841 m · 10 min |
| 544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation | 131 | 11 | 1969 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 853 m · 10 min |
| 536 Birchmount Rd · Performance Property Management | 28 | 3 | 1960 | 91 · Sep 2025 | 856 m · 10 min |
10 registered buildings · 671 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 22, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 2 | commercial premises (1), street/outdoor (1) |
| 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 Danforth & Cotton a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Danforth & Cotton?
A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Jan 24, 2019, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Danforth & Cotton a walkable intersection?
Danforth & Cotton scores 45 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: Scarborough GO 1 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 19 within 1 km; library 1 km away.
How fast do cars go at Danforth & Cotton?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Danforth Rd between Kilmarnock Ave and Cotton Ave (January 2017), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Danforth & Cotton?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 278 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,680 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Danforth & Cotton by transit?
Scarborough GO is 1.0 km away; bus routes 113, 9, 16, 102, 20, 117, 17, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Rd at Cotton Ave, 20 m).
What restaurants are near Danforth & Cotton?
None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mac "n" Wings (396 m), Gyros Pizza Fusion (407 m), Spotlight Restaurant & Bar (422 m), Roti Lady Restaurant (449 m) and Bhaat N Bytes (478 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Danforth & Cotton?
The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 613 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 Danforth & Cotton?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 196 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hilltop Daycare Centre (576 m, 72 spaces), Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (833 m, 85 spaces) and Follow the Child (0.9 km, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Cotton?
Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 671 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 508 Danforth Rd (578 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 506 Danforth Rd (621 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3485 St Clair Ave E (739 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 540 Birchmount Rd (841 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Danforth & Cotton?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.
What neighbourhood is Danforth & Cotton in?
Danforth & Cotton 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 Jan 24, 2019.
- 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 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: 43.71256, -79.26221 · centreline node 13455826.