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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, and the red-light camera
Live traffic camera RESCU 8090 · 23 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for Don Mills & Lawrence, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 22, 2024
No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 11,844 and 13,457 vehicles. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 4,879 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 10% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (4,434). Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 4,879 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 4,434 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 2019, with 64 collisions; 2025 recorded 51. 80 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 52 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 16 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 39 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.
None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. 1 of the 3 happened in darkness — 33%, about the citywide 39%. 2024 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Dec 19, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 4. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 476 | #140 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 80 | #94 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 345 | |
| Fail to remain | 52 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 15 | #90 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 50 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 39 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 3 | #113 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #109 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | 33% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 4 | latest Dec 19, 2024 |
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 E between The Donway E and Greenland Rd, 322 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2020 put the average speed at 59 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 67 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. That segment carries about 36,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Don Mills Rd between Macklin Hancock Park Trl and The Donway W measured slower: 50 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 60 km/h (Oct 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on The Donway E (263 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.5% of the 71,916 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mills Rd · Macklin Hancock Park Trl – The Donway W · 228 m | Oct 2026 · 3 days | 25,855 | 50 km/h | 60 km/h | 65 km/h |
| Lawrence Ave E · The Donway E – Greenland Rd · 322 m | Nov 2020 · 3 days | 36,921 | 59 km/h | 67 km/h | 73 km/h |
- Speed sign
- The Donway E (southbound), 263 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 3.5% at 50 km/h or more. 71,916 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2009; 118 tickets in 2025, 25 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.
- The crossing
- Signal 0402, activated 1958 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 25 403 54 191 51 162 nearest 23 m
- Express
- 925 954
- Blue Night
- 325 354
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m — Don Mills Rd at Lawrence Ave East; Lawrence Ave East at Don Mills Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Rd 84 m · 14 docks · 2 stations, 33 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
- 28 mapped lots within 500 m, 166 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 Metro, 450 m away. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Danish Pastry House at 143 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 33. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 49 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 253 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Better Living at Thompson House, a long-term care home 717 m away; Don Mills Seniors' Apartments, a retirement home 366 m away (three within a kilometre). Better Living Health and Community Services - Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 716 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1110 Don Mills Rd49 m
- Chick-Fil-A · 1090 Don Mills Rd Unit-M001143 m
- Demetres · 1090 Don Mills Rd143 m
- Eataly Don Mills · 1090 Don Mills Rd143 m
- Jack Astor's Bar & Grill · 1090 Don Mills Rd143 m
- Grocery
- Metro 450 m · 5 min
- Food shops
- Danish Pastry House 143 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 253 m · 3 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day592 m · 7 min
- St Mark's Day Care Centre - Greenland Road · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day702 m · 8 min
- Playhouse Child Care Centre · 78 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day805 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Better Living at Thompson House · long-term care home717 m · 9 min
- Don Mills Seniors' Apartments · retirement home · 3 within 1 km366 m · 4 min
- Better Living Health and Community Services - Community Centre · seniors' active living centre716 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 (10)
- Macklin Hancock Park82 m
- Mallow Park659 m · 8 min
- Paperbirch Walkway689 m · 8 min
- Don Mills Local Park826 m · 10 min
- Woodcliff Greenbelt880 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Don Mills Civitan Arena625 m · 7 min
- Schools (8)
- Don Mills Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 439 m · 5 min
- Don Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 520 m · 6 min
- Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 805 m · 10 min
- Greenland Public SchoolEnglish Public · 806 m · 10 min
- Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 885 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch348 m · 4 min
- Places of interest
- Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 1.3 km · 15 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 public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,532 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 42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,674 rental units, 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1129 Don Mills Rd (89 m, 46 units, 6 storeys, built 1950), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1129 Don Mills Rd · Linwood Management Corporation | 46 | 6 | 1950 | 83 · Jul 2025 | 89 m |
| 980 Lawrence Ave E · Niot Investment Holdings Limited | 64 | 6 | 1958 | 97 · Jul 2026 | 109 m |
| 1122 Don Mills Rd · Niot Investment Holdings Limited | 66 | 6 | 1958 | 99 · Jul 2025 | 121 m |
| 1001 Lawrence Ave E · Three R Property Management Corporation | 69 | 7 | 1962 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 123 m |
| 1071 Don Mills Rd · Three R Property Management Corporation | 61 | 4 | 1959 | 95 · Jun 2025 | 130 m |
| 1002 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc. | 77 | 4 | 1954 | 93 · Jun 2026 | 136 m |
42 registered buildings · 1,674 units · 2 social housing · tallest 7 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 no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 23, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 14 | 5 | 2 | street/outdoor (9), apartment parking (3) |
| 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 Banbury-Don Mills.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Don Mills & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#113 of 1,505), out of 476 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 Don Mills & Lawrence?
A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #26 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.2× the median for a counted intersection, and #306 for pedestrians.
Is Don Mills & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Don Mills & Lawrence scores 61 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,532 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 · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 15 places to eat within 300 m; library 348 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Is there a red-light camera at Don Mills & Lawrence?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Don Mills & Lawrence since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 118 tickets in 2025 (180 in 2024) and 25 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,391 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Don Mills & Lawrence?
118 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 180 in 2024, and 25 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,391 tickets since 2009. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at Don Mills & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between The Donway E and Greenland Rd (November 2020), found an average of 59 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 263 m away (40 km/h), 3.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Don Mills & Lawrence?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 166 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,950 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Don Mills & Lawrence by transit?
Bus routes 25, 403, 54, 191, 51, 162, 925, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Don Mills Rd at Lawrence Ave East, 23 m).
What restaurants are near Don Mills & Lawrence?
15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 33 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (49 m), Chick-Fil-A (143 m), Demetres (143 m), Eataly Don Mills (143 m) and Jack Astor's Bar & Grill (143 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Don Mills & Lawrence?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 360 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd (592 m, 31 spaces), St Mark's Day Care Centre - Greenland Road (702 m, 55 spaces) and Playhouse Child Care Centre (805 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Don Mills & Lawrence?
42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,674 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1129 Don Mills Rd (89 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 980 Lawrence Ave E (109 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1122 Don Mills Rd (121 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 1001 Lawrence Ave E (123 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Don Mills & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place 14 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 Banbury-Don Mills page.
What neighbourhood is Don Mills & Lawrence in?
Don Mills & Lawrence is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.
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 Oct 22, 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026); live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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 16 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: 43.73717, -79.34345 · centreline node 13452266.