Keele & Beechborough

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 1, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 4,907 southbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,490. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,801 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,514). Trucks and buses were 11.4% 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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: 1,514 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,801 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

2019 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 21, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Aug 13, 2023.

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 Keele St between Irving Rd and Clearview Hts (92 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 23,600 vehicles a day. Beechborough Ave between Glenhaven St and Claybrooke St measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Aug 2023). 4 speed humps slow traffic on Beechborough Avenue between Keele St and Castlefield Ave.

Traffic calming

Beechborough Avenue (Keele St – Castlefield Ave): 4 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.

The crossing

Signal 0591, activated 1962 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food9/30

  4 grocery stores within 1 km · 38 within 1 km

• Transit20/28

  Keelesdale Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go2/14

  library 1.1 km away

• Parks and recreation9/10

  2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care6/8

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

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · 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.

57 registered apartment buildings with 2,654 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1960 Keele St (255 m, 28 units, 3 storeys, built 1957), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

57 registered buildings · 2,654 units · 5 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 two thefts from vehicles 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 Beechborough-Greenbrook.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 1, 2022.
• 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 5 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: 43.69436, -79.47482 · centreline node 13459367.