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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 · Sep 6, 2017
The south leg carries the load — 8,856 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 237. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,549 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,415 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 15.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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: 2,549 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,415 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
2023 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 31, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 38 | #2459 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 8 | #2065 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 26 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 4 | |
| 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
The City's counter on Islington Ave between Inverness Ave and Bradbrook Rd (165 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 28,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Athol Ave between Rothsay Ave and Parker Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Sep 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athol Ave · Rothsay Ave – Parker Ave · 125 m | Sep 2026 · 3 days | 1,603 | 35 km/h | 43 km/h | 48 km/h |
| Islington Ave · Inverness Ave – Bradbrook Rd · 165 m | Apr 2009 · 24 h | 28,353 | 53 km/h | 62 km/h | 67 km/h |
| Nordin Ave · Conover Ave – Ramsbury Rd · 242 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 1,523 | 38 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
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
- Signal 2470, activated 2020 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 110 80 nearest 13 m
- Blue Night
- 337
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Nordin Ave; Islington Ave at Athol Ave
- 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
- 3 car parks · about 55 spaces
- EV charging
- 625 The Queensway · 1.9 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 372 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY · Surface | 631 m | 11 * | — |
| 5 Dayton Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 16 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 575 Royal York Rd · Surface | 1.3 km | 28 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
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 Jim's No Frills, 624 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 49 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Roccos Pizza & Pasta, 434 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Roccos Pizza & Pasta · 972 the Queensway Bldg--434 m · 5 min
- Allwyn's · 976 the Queensway440 m · 5 min
- McDonald's · 1000 Islington Ave449 m · 5 min
- Mike & Matt's Wingporium Sportsbar · 1000 Islington Ave Unit-2449 m · 5 min
- Bpc · 942 the Queensway Bldg--562 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Jim's No Frills 624 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- PLASP Holy Angels Catholic School · 138 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day273 m · 3 min
- Islington Village Childcare Centre · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day375 m · 4 min
- Castlebar YMCA · 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day645 m · 8 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)
- Queensland Park528 m · 6 min
- Market Garden Mews578 m · 7 min
- Queensway Park870 m · 10 min
- Norseman Heights Park1 km · 12 min
- Zorra Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Holy Angels Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 273 m · 3 min
- Castlebar Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 645 m · 8 min
- Norseman Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Etobicoke School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 1.2 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 pharmacy, a community centre, 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.
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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| 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 Stonegate-Queensway.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Islington & Athol a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 38 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 Islington & Athol?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Sep 6, 2017, 1.94× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Islington & Athol a walkable intersection?
Islington & Athol scores 36 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; 4 stops within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 49 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Islington & Athol?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Inverness Ave and Bradbrook Rd (April 2009), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Islington & Athol?
The nearest Green P car park is WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY (631 m away, 11 spaces). The City's mapping shows 372 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 54,870 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 625 The Queensway (1.9 km).
How do I get to Islington & Athol by transit?
Bus routes 110, 80 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Nordin Ave, 13 m).
What restaurants are near Islington & Athol?
None within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Roccos Pizza & Pasta (434 m), Allwyn's (440 m), McDonald's (449 m), Mike & Matt's Wingporium Sportsbar (449 m) and Bpc (562 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Islington & Athol?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 349 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are PLASP Holy Angels Catholic School (273 m, 138 spaces), Islington Village Childcare Centre (375 m, 90 spaces) and Castlebar YMCA (645 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Islington & Athol?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Stonegate-Queensway page.
What neighbourhood is Islington & Athol in?
Islington & Athol is in Stonegate-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 016). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.
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 Sep 6, 2017.
- 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- 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 3 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: 43.62678, -79.51611 · centreline node 13469497.