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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 · Apr 19, 2022
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,053 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 153 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 476 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 464 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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: 476 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 464 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 worst year was 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 1 collision (8%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 8, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 13 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 11 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 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.
How fast traffic moves here
On East Ave between Blue Anchor Trl and Island Rd, 308 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2019 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Friendship Ave (229 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 10,162 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkdene Dr · East Ave – Jaybell Grv · 51 m | Jun 2007 · 3 days | 2,990 | — | — | — |
| East Ave · Blue Anchor Trl – Island Rd · 308 m | Nov 2019 · 3 days | 5,190 | 40 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Friendship Ave (northbound), 229 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 10,162 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 85 38 200 nearest 15 m
- Blue Night
- 385 395
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — East Ave at Kirkdene Dr
- 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 8 mapped lots within 500 m, 49 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 Dave & Charlotte's No Frills, 654 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Black Dog Pub, 363 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Drugstore Pharmacy, 592 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Glen Rouge Community, a long-term care home 540 m away; Birdsilver Gardens Senior Support Centre, a retirement home 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Black Dog Pub · 87 Island Rd363 m · 4 min
- Pasta Tutti Giorni · 98 Island Rd420 m · 5 min
- Saints Smash Kitchen · 515 East Ave445 m · 5 min
- Rouge Kitchen · 297 Port Union Rd Unit-13774 m · 9 min
- Pizzaiolo · 305 Port Union Rd Unit-1790 m · 9 min
- Grocery
- Dave & Charlotte's No Frills 654 m · 8 min
- Food shops
- Port Union Bakery 799 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Drugstore Pharmacy 592 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 26 spaces, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day379 m · 5 min
- Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre · 119 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day404 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Glen Rouge Community · long-term care home540 m · 6 min
- Birdsilver Gardens Senior Support Centre · retirement home1 km · 12 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
- Kirkdene Park70 m
- Fanfare Park683 m · 8 min
- Adams Park1 km · 12 min
- West Rouge Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- West Rouge Community Centre1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools
- West Rouge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 379 m · 5 min
- William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 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 library or a public washroom.
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is East & Kirkdene a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 East & Kirkdene?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Apr 19, 2022, 31% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is East & Kirkdene a walkable intersection?
East & Kirkdene scores 29 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 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.5 km; 2 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at East & Kirkdene?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on East Ave between Blue Anchor Trl and Island Rd (November 2019), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 229 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near East & Kirkdene?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 49 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,340 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to East & Kirkdene by transit?
Bus routes 85, 38, 200 within 1 km (nearest stop: East Ave at Kirkdene Dr, 15 m).
What restaurants are near East & Kirkdene?
None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Black Dog Pub (363 m), Pasta Tutti Giorni (420 m), Saints Smash Kitchen (445 m), Rouge Kitchen (774 m) and Pizzaiolo (790 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near East & Kirkdene?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 145 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program (379 m, 26 spaces) and Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (404 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is East & Kirkdene in?
East & Kirkdene is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 19, 2022.
- 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).
- 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 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: 43.79501, -79.13759 · centreline node 13443728.