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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 volume14-hour count · Jun 17, 2025
The east leg carries the load — 17,353 westbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 92. Most cyclists arrived from the east (41 of 74). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,054 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,193 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 3,054 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,193 from 4:00 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
2024 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 11. 23% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 18, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 88 | #1268 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 20 | #863 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 55 | |
| Fail to remain | 19 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1286 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 13 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 11 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Mar 18, 2020 |
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 Beechgrove Dr between Minnacote Ave and Flerimac Rd (222 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 2,400 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Rd · Beechgrove Dr – Hwy 2a E · 17 m | Oct 2013 · 24 h | 19,830 | — | — | — |
| Beechgrove Dr · Minnacote Ave – Flerimac Rd · 222 m | Jul 2024 · 3 days | 2,447 | 41 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 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 1189, activated 1978 · 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
- 86 54 nearest 32 m
- Express
- 986 954
- Blue Night
- 386 354
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Beechgrove 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 15 mapped lots within 500 m, 122 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
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. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Lounah Bakery, 116 m away. There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 10 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Chef's Kitchen, 182 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Medione West Hill Pharmacy, 401 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Ehatare Nursing Home, a long-term care home 867 m away; Ehatare Retirement Home, a retirement home 859 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Chef's Kitchen · 4679 Kingston Rd 3 A182 m
- Fortogo (Inside Chef's Kitchen) · 4679 Kingston Rd182 m
- Nepali Sweets ( Inside Chef's Kitchen) · 4679 Kingston Rd 3a182 m
- Domino's Pizza · 4679 Kingston Rd182 m
- Snapback Coffee · 4679 Kingston Rd Unit-10182 m
- Food shops
- Lounah Bakery 116 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Medione West Hill Pharmacy 401 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care · 121 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day182 m
- Friendly Little Campus Daycare 2 · 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day677 m · 8 min
- Absorbent Minds (Op-1756925 Ontario Inc.) · 51 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten928 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Ehatare Nursing Home · long-term care home867 m · 10 min
- Ehatare Retirement Home · retirement home859 m · 10 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
- Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette288 m · 3 min
- Megan Park459 m · 5 min
- Colonel Danforth Park503 m · 6 min
- Heron Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Heron Park Community Recreation Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- St Malachy Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
- West Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
- William G Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Morningside branch1.1 km · 13 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 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 ten thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 10 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (7), other (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 West Hill.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kingston & Beechgrove a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 88 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Kingston & Beechgrove?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #250 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & Beechgrove a walkable intersection?
Kingston & Beechgrove scores 40 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: 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km; nearest school 1.1 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & Beechgrove?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Beechgrove Dr between Minnacote Ave and Flerimac Rd (July 2024), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Kingston & Beechgrove?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 122 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,870 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & Beechgrove by transit?
Bus routes 86, 54, 986, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Beechgrove Dr, 32 m).
What restaurants are near Kingston & Beechgrove?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Chef's Kitchen (182 m), Fortogo (Inside Chef's Kitchen) (182 m), Nepali Sweets ( Inside Chef's Kitchen) (182 m), Domino's Pizza (182 m) and Snapback Coffee (182 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Kingston & Beechgrove?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 294 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care (182 m, 121 spaces), Friendly Little Campus Daycare 2 (677 m, 98 spaces) and Absorbent Minds (Op-1756925 Ontario Inc.) (928 m, 51 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & Beechgrove?
Toronto Police place ten 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 West Hill page.
What neighbourhood is Kingston & Beechgrove in?
Kingston & Beechgrove is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Jun 17, 2025.
- 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; 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.
- 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 25 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: 43.77650, -79.17356 · centreline node 13446091.