Humewood & Vaughan

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 25, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,996 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 443 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,151 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,206 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

Peak hours: 1,151 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,206 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 2017, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 5 collisions (31%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (19%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 17, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Feb 14, 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 Vaughan Rd between Humewood Dr and Cherrywood Ave, 49 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2017 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Humewood Dr between Maplewood Ave and Valewood Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Oct 2017). At the school-zone speed sign on Vaughan Rd (78 m away, 30 km/h limit), 43% of the 170,911 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Humewood Drive between Valewood Ave and Vaughan Rd (installed 2006).

Speed sign

Vaughan Rd (eastbound), 78 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 43% at 40 km/h or more. 170,911 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Humewood Drive (Valewood Ave – Vaughan Rd): 3 speed humps (installed 2006)

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

pedestrian crossover

Not within a walk: a grocery store.

• Groceries and food3/30

  37 within 1 km

• Transit14/28

  4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.1 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot5/10

  pedestrian crossover · 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.

Within a kilometre there are 70 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,314 rental units, 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 261 Vaughan Rd (216 m, 33 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 96 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

70 registered buildings · 3,314 units · 6 social housing · tallest 23 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.

Five thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

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 Humewood-Cedarvale.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 25, 2025.
• 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: 43.68880, -79.42832 · centreline node 13460246.