Dewson & Dovercourt

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 4,194 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 318. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 721 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 777 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 721 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 777 from 5:15 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

2017 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 39% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 15% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 8, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 13, 2009.

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

The City's counter on Dovercourt Rd between Dewson St and Hepbourne St (161 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 7-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 9,800 vehicles a day. Dewson St between Bill Cameron Lane and Rusholme Rd measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Sep 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Concord Ave (283 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 30,404 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Dewson Street between Dovercourt Rd and Ossington Ave, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Speed sign

Concord Ave (northbound), 283 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 18 km/h, 85th percentile 25 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 30,404 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Dewson Street (Dovercourt Rd – Ossington Ave): 3 speed humps; Dewson Street (Havelock St – Dovercourt Rd): 3 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 1642, activated 1992 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food13/30

  11 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit14/28

  Ossington Station 0.8 km · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 831 m away

• Parks and recreation3/10

  nearest park 0.5 km · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 3 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.

24 registered apartment buildings with 1,536 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 46 Delaware Ave (219 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 2007), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 24 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

24 registered buildings · 1,536 units · 2 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.

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 31% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 25, 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); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 9 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: 43.65618, -79.42739 · centreline node 13465850.