Kingston & Brimley

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 25, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 13,446 eastbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,835. Most cyclists arrived from the west (191 of 244). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,867 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,974 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 2,867 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,974 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

2022 was the peak year (31 collisions), and 2025 closed with 24. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 27 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 30, 2026.

Of the four serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 cyclist and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. 2 of the 4 happened in darkness — 50%, about the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Oct 26, 2025.

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 Kingston Rd between Chine Dr and Brimley Rd S (297 m away) recorded an average of 57 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 34,500 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Brimley Rd S (270 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.8% of the 51,558 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Brimley Rd S (southbound), 270 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 41 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 0.8% at 60 km/h or more. 51,558 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 0164, activated 1964 · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Not within a walk: a grocery store, a community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food5/30

  1 place to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation2/10

  nearest park 0.8 km

• Schools and child care5/8

  3 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking

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.

Nine registered apartment buildings with 1,045 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Brimley Rd (167 m, 58 units, 6 storeys, built 1961), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

9 registered buildings · 1,045 units · 2 social housing · tallest 17 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 three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median 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 Cliffcrest.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 25, 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
• 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.
• 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 20 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: 43.71823, -79.24036 · centreline node 13454867.