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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 · Sep 25, 2025
The east leg carries the load — 17,945 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 2,091. Most cyclists arrived from the west (286 of 320). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,459 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,414 from 3:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% 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: 3,459 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,414 from 3:30 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 (38 collisions), and 2025 closed with 29. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 38 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 32 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 15, 2019. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 240 | #404 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 44 | #292 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 166 | |
| Fail to remain | 38 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 15 | #93 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1207 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 30 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 32 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 3 | latest Oct 15, 2019 |
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 McCowan Rd between Halbert Pl and Horfield Ave (324 m away) recorded an average of 58 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 67 km/h. That segment carries about 4,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Cathedral Bluffs Dr between Purley Cres and Earl Rd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (May 2024) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on McCowan Rd (188 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 29,142 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Rd · Neilson Ave – Dorset Rd · 169 m | May 2022 · 3 days | 24,450 | 52 km/h | 62 km/h | 68 km/h |
| Cathedral Bluffs Dr · Purley Cres – Earl Rd · 280 m | May 2024 · 3 days | 1,996 | 35 km/h | 43 km/h | 47 km/h |
| McCowan Rd · Halbert Pl – Horfield Ave · 324 m | May 2019 · 3 days | 4,251 | 58 km/h | 67 km/h | 73 km/h |
- Speed sign
- McCowan Rd (northbound), 188 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 44 km/h, 85th percentile 50 km/h; 0.4% at 60 km/h or more. 29,142 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 0149, activated 1964 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 9 12 86 102 69 201 nearest 20 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 316
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Kingston Rd; Kingston Rd at Cathedral Bluffs Dr
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Fenwood Ht / Kingston Rd 434 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 docks 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
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 132 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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Michael's No Frills is 172 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Cliffside Hearth Bread Company, 234 m away. There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 33 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 176 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 211 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 3090 Kingston Rd176 m
- Osmow's Shawarma · 3025 Kingston Rd210 m
- Sushi & Tea · 3027 Kingston Rd217 m
- Subway · 3009 Kingston Rd229 m
- The Korner Pub · 3045 Kingston Rd236 m
- Grocery
- Michael's No Frills 172 m
- Food shops
- Cliffside Hearth Bread Company 234 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 211 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day346 m · 4 min
- Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day368 m · 4 min
- Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool471 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed736 m · 9 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 (9)
- Balcarra Park657 m · 8 min
- Halbert Park755 m · 9 min
- Anson Park882 m · 11 min
- Barkdene Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Cathedral Bluffs Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Schools (9)
- St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 346 m · 4 min
- H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 368 m · 4 min
- R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 593 m · 7 min
- Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 647 m · 8 min
- Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 928 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch227 m
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 community centre or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,140 of 5,672. 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Four registered apartment buildings with 456 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 3171 Kingston Rd (535 m, 18 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3171 Kingston Rd | 18 | 4 | 1960 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 535 m · 6 min |
| 3207 Kingston Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation | 53 | 5 | 1968 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 689 m · 8 min |
| 17 Brimley Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 330 | 11 | 1979 | 96 · Jul 2025 | 825 m · 10 min |
| 3750 St Clair Ave E · Amaz Property Management | 55 | 7 | 1965 | 91 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
4 registered buildings · 456 units · 1 social housing · tallest 11 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place 11 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 been steady at around 1.1 a year. 91% 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 | 11 | 3 | 0 | street/outdoor (10), commercial premises (1) |
| 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 Cliffcrest.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kingston & McCowan a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 240 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 & McCowan?
A major arterial intersection. It ranks #126 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.4× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & McCowan a walkable intersection?
Kingston & McCowan scores 66 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,140 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 10 places to eat within 300 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & McCowan?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Halbert Pl and Horfield Ave (May 2019), found an average of 58 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 188 m away (50 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kingston & McCowan?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 132 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,820 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & McCowan by transit?
Bus routes 9, 12, 86, 102, 69, 201, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Kingston Rd, 20 m).
What restaurants are near Kingston & McCowan?
10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 33 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (176 m), Osmow's Shawarma (210 m), Sushi & Tea (217 m), Subway (229 m) and The Korner Pub (236 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kingston & McCowan?
The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 736 m away.
Is there child care near Kingston & McCowan?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 293 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (346 m, 86 spaces), Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (368 m, 71 spaces) and Bluffer's Park Montessori School (471 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kingston & McCowan?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 456 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3171 Kingston Rd (535 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 3207 Kingston Rd (689 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 17 Brimley Rd (825 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 3750 St Clair Ave E (1.0 km, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & McCowan?
Toronto Police place 11 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 Cliffcrest page.
What neighbourhood is Kingston & McCowan in?
Kingston & McCowan is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
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 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; 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 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: 43.72514, -79.23243 · centreline node 13453920.