Kenwood & Claxton

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jan 15, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,312 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 438 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 459 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 492 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 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: 459 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 492 from 4:15 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 2022, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (13%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 8, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

On Kenwood Ave between Maplewood Ave and Lauretta Brooks Lane, 205 m from the corner, a 4-day count in June 2004 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Claxton Blvd between Raglan Ave and Kenwood Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Oct 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Vaughan Rd (313 m away, 30 km/h limit), 41% of the 121,339 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Claxton Boulevard between Kenwood Ave and Connaught Crcl.

Speed sign

Vaughan Rd (westbound), 313 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 41% at 40 km/h or more. 121,339 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Claxton Boulevard (Kenwood Ave – Connaught Crcl): 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.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

• Groceries and food11/30

  2 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit16/28

  St Clair West Station 0.8 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 900 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

• Schools and child care2/8

  nearest school 0.6 km · 7 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.

Within a kilometre there are 87 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,292 rental units, 5.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 227 Vaughan Rd (81 m, 24 units, 4 storeys, built 1927), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

87 registered buildings · 4,292 units · 8 social housing · tallest 30 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.

One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Jan 15, 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; 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: 43.68837, -79.42308 · centreline node 13460313.