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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 11, 2018
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 7,445 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 705. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,297 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (2,114). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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: 2,114 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,297 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
2019 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2025.
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 Dec 10, 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 20 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Dec 10, 2006 |
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 Elm Rd between Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd and Woburn Ave (337 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 3,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Chatsworth Dr (228 m away, 30 km/h limit), 15% of the 7,959 vehicles logged in August 2025 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave W · Rosewell Ave – Avenue Rd · 235 m | Sep 2013 · 7 days | 15,354 | — | — | — |
| Elm Rd · Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd – Woburn Ave · 337 m | Sep 2010 · 24 h | 3,568 | 30 km/h | 37 km/h | 40 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Chatsworth Dr (northbound), 228 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 28 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 15% at 40 km/h or more. 7,959 vehicles logged in August 2025; 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
- Subway
- Lawrence Station (Line 1)856 m · 10 min
- TTC bus
- 52 61 162 97 124 nearest 24 m
- Express
- 952
- Blue Night
- 352 320
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Elm Rd West Side; Lawrence Ave West at Chatsworth Dr
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Rosewell Ave / Cheritan Ave 549 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 4 stations, 70 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
- 6 car parks · about 403 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 16 mapped lots within 500 m, 275 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 930 m | 42 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Glenforest Road · Surface | 1.4 km | 26 * | — |
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 1.4 km | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface | 1.9 km | 46 * | — |
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
The nearest grocery store is Davidson's Loblaws City Market, 851 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 17 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Fancy Franks, 295 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 346 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A295 m · 4 min
- Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd295 m · 4 min
- Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd407 m · 5 min
- Pusateri's · 1539 Avenue Rd407 m · 5 min
- Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd411 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Davidson's Loblaws City Market 851 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Mike's Fish Market 407 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 346 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 93 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day341 m · 4 min
- John Wanless Child Care · 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day861 m · 10 min
- John Ross Robertson Child Centre · 212 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day878 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season516 m · 6 min
- Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible1 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 (19)
- Glengarry Park192 m
- Douglas Greenbelt370 m · 4 min
- Heart Park753 m · 9 min
- Duplex Parkette840 m · 10 min
- Glenview Parkette859 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Bedford Park Community Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (13)
- Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 217 m
- Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 435 m · 5 min
- Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 516 m · 6 min
- Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 692 m · 8 min
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 754 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Locke branch871 m · 10 min
- Places of interest
- Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,331 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
15 registered apartment buildings with 821 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 515 Rosewell Ave (185 m, 89 units, 7 storeys, built 2005), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak | 89 | 7 | 2005 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 185 m |
| 284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 77 · Sep 2025 | 229 m |
| 312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited | 11 | 3 | 1951 | 75 · Jun 2024 | 511 m · 6 min |
| 14 Chatsworth Dr · O'shanter Development Company Ltd. | 41 | 4 | 1936 | 91 · Sep 2024 | 873 m · 10 min |
| 41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management | 26 | 3 | 1957 | 86 · Aug 2025 | 880 m · 10 min |
| 45 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management | 25 | 3 | 1957 | 90 · Aug 2024 | 892 m · 11 min |
15 registered buildings · 821 units · tallest 12 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 one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (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 Lawrence Park South.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Elm & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Elm & Lawrence?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Apr 11, 2018, 1.65× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Elm & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Elm & Lawrence scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,331 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; Lawrence Station 0.9 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km.
How fast do cars go at Elm & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elm Rd between Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd and Woburn Ave (September 2010), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 228 m away (30 km/h), 15% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2025.
Where can I park near Elm & Lawrence?
The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (930 m away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 275 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,010 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Elm & Lawrence by transit?
Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 856 m away; bus routes 52, 61, 162, 97, 124, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Elm Rd West Side, 24 m).
What restaurants are near Elm & Lawrence?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Fancy Franks (295 m), Starbucks (295 m), Bento Sushi (407 m), Pusateri's (407 m) and Rosie's Burgers (411 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Elm & Lawrence?
The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 516 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom (1.0 km).
Is there child care near Elm & Lawrence?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 575 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (341 m, 93 spaces), John Wanless Child Care (861 m, 254 spaces) and John Ross Robertson Child Centre (878 m, 212 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Elm & Lawrence?
15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 821 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 515 Rosewell Ave (185 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 284 Lawrence Ave W (229 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 312 Douglas Ave (511 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 14 Chatsworth Dr (873 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Elm & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park South page.
What neighbourhood is Elm & Lawrence in?
Elm & Lawrence is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
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 11, 2018.
- 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; 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 8 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: 43.72303, -79.41211 · centreline node 13454543.