Highbourne & Kilbarry

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 9, 2009

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 1,949 westbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 243. Morning rush is the busier period: 723 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 419 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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: 723 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 419 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

2018 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 1, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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 Kilbarry Rd between Avenue Rd and Forest Hill Rd (180 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in January 2006; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 6,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Highbourne Rd between Kilbarry Rd and Oxton Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Dec 2012) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Oriole Pkwy (127 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.7% of the 7,189 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Highbourne Road between Oxton Ave and Kilbarry Rd.

Speed sign

Oriole Pkwy (southbound), 127 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 45 km/h; 4.7% at 50 km/h or more. 7,189 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Highbourne Road (Oxton Ave – Kilbarry Rd): 2 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.

Not within a walk: a library or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food10/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit21/28

  Davisville Station 0.8 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go0/14

  none within a walk

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.5 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot2/10

  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.

48 registered apartment buildings with 3,377 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 110 Oriole Pkwy (184 m, 33 units, 4 storeys, built 1938), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

48 registered buildings · 3,377 units · 1 social housing · tallest 21 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 Forest Hill South.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 9, 2009.
• 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 12 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: 43.69526, -79.40351 · centreline node 13458997.