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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 · Dec 19, 2019
The north leg carries the load — 8,033 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 193. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,683 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,557 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.8% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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: 2,683 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,557 from 4:45 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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 35% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 25, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 23 | |
| With an injury | 8 | #2066 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 15 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2018
The City's counter on Islington Ave between Fairway Rd and Orrell Ave (392 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 68 km/h. That segment carries about 25,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Bywood Dr between Birchcroft Rd and Cedarland Dr measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Apr 2014). 8 speed humps slow traffic on Bywood Drive between Kipling Ave and Islington Ave.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bywood Dr · Birchcroft Rd – Cedarland Dr · 234 m | Apr 2014 · 2 days | 1,237 | 39 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Islington Ave · Fairway Rd – Orrell Ave · 392 m | Nov 2018 · 24 h | 25,269 | 61 km/h | 68 km/h | 73 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Bywood Drive (Kipling Ave – Islington Ave): 8 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 37 48 40 nearest 10 m
- Express
- 937
- Blue Night
- 337
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Hilldowntree Rd; Islington Ave at Bywood 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
- 5 car parks · about 969 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 150 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Royalavon Cres · Surface | 1.8 km | 59 | 38% (Q1 2026) |
| 7 Monkton Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 25 | 61% (Q1 2026) |
| Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive · Surface | 1.9 km | 283 * | — |
| Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface | 1.9 km | 534 * | — |
| 3220 Bloor St W · Surface | 2 km | 68 | 29% (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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Food Land, 450 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 475 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Food Land · 1500 Islington Ave450 m · 5 min
- Java Joe's · 1500 Islington Ave450 m · 5 min
- Pizzaiolo · 1500 Islington Ave Unit-1450 m · 5 min
- Papa Johns · 4746 Dundas St W914 m · 11 min
- Big Slice Kitchen · 4748 Dundas St W916 m · 11 min
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 475 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Hillside Montessori School · 24 spaces, preschool858 m · 10 min
- Rosethorn Before and After School Program · 129 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Humber Valley Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season1 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 (12)
- Drumoak Road Parkette255 m · 3 min
- Islington Heights Park306 m · 4 min
- Hilldowntree Parkette324 m · 4 min
- Chestnut Hills Park500 m · 6 min
- Wimbleton Road South Parkette604 m · 7 min
- Community centres
- Montgomery's Inn1 km · 12 min
- Islington Seniors' Centre1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools (7)
- Mindwerx4kids Day SchoolPrivate · 858 m · 10 min
- Rosethorn Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
- Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Humber Valley Village Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- German International School TorontoPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Places of interest
- Montgomery's InnMuseum · 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 grocery store, a library or a care or retirement home.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Nine registered apartment buildings with 120 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 7 Bexhill Crt (871 m, 13 units, 4 storeys, built 1952), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Bexhill Crt · Realstar | 13 | 4 | 1952 | 96 · Jul 2026 | 871 m · 10 min |
| 6 Bexhill Crt · Realstar | 13 | 4 | 1952 | 96 · Aug 2025 | 903 m · 11 min |
| 5 Bexhill Crt · Realstar | 13 | 4 | 1952 | 95 · Aug 2025 | 909 m · 11 min |
| 4 Bexhill Crt · Realstar | 13 | 4 | 1952 | 99 · Jul 2026 | 911 m · 11 min |
| 8 Bexhill Crt · Realstar | 13 | 4 | 1952 | 99 · Jul 2026 | 912 m · 11 min |
| 4754 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd | 14 | 4 | 1950 | 97 · Oct 2025 | 923 m · 11 min |
9 registered buildings · 120 units · tallest 4 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 two thefts from vehicles 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2) |
| 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 Edenbridge-Humber Valley.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Islington & Bywood a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 & Bywood?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Dec 19, 2019, 1.77× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Islington & Bywood a walkable intersection?
Islington & Bywood scores 26 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: 4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km; 5 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.9 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Islington & Bywood?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Fairway Rd and Orrell Ave (November 2018), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 68 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Islington & Bywood?
The nearest Green P car park is 16 Royalavon Cres (1.8 km away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,780 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Islington & Bywood by transit?
Bus routes 37, 48, 40, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Hilldowntree Rd, 10 m).
What restaurants are near Islington & Bywood?
None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Food Land (450 m), Java Joe's (450 m), Pizzaiolo (450 m), Papa Johns (914 m) and Big Slice Kitchen (916 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Islington & Bywood?
The nearest is Humber Valley Outdoor Rink Washroom, 50 Anglesey Blvd, 1.0 km away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season.
Is there child care near Islington & Bywood?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 153 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hillside Montessori School (858 m, 24 spaces) and Rosethorn Before and After School Program (1.0 km, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Islington & Bywood?
Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 120 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Bexhill Crt (871 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 6 Bexhill Crt (903 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 5 Bexhill Crt (909 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 4 Bexhill Crt (911 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 97 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Islington & Bywood?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Edenbridge-Humber Valley page.
What neighbourhood is Islington & Bywood in?
Islington & Bywood is in Edenbridge-Humber Valley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 009). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.
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 Dec 19, 2019.
- 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; 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 2 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: 43.65921, -79.52979 · centreline node 13465562.