King & Spencer

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 7, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 4,504 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 617. Most cyclists arrived from the west (470 of 858). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,307 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,270 from 4:30 p.m. 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 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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: 1,307 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,270 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 (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 19% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 10, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 20, 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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on King St W between Dufferin St and Gwynne Ave (233 m away, Nov 2015) recorded volume only — about 18,771 vehicles a day — with no speed data. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Spencer Avenue between Springhurst Ave and King St W.

Traffic calming

Spencer Avenue (Springhurst Ave – King St W): 6 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 1984, activated 2003 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 19 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit14/28

  5 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go10/14

  library 479 m away · 3 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation10/10

  6 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 4 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.

110 registered apartment buildings with 8,381 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 7.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1 Elm Grove Ave (85 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1931), which scored 84 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 110 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

110 registered buildings · 8,381 units · 20 social housing · tallest 35 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 16 thefts from vehicles and 14 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 3.4 a year before that. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 36% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on May 26, 2026.

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 South Parkdale.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 7, 2015.
• 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 4 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: 43.63823, -79.43088 · centreline node 13468465.