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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 volume8-hour count · May 11, 2006
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,192 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 40 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 3,001 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,747 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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: 2,747 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 3,001 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
The worst year was 2022, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (4%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 3, 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 Dec 14, 2010.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 45 | #2219 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 33 | |
| Fail to remain | 13 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 10 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Dec 14, 2010 |
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 Kingston Rd between Chine Dr and Brimley Rd S, 369 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2026 put the average speed at 57 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 70 km/h or more. That segment carries about 34,500 vehicles a day. Thatcher Ave between Barkdene Hills and Kingston Rd measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2010). At the school-zone speed sign on Brimley Rd S (318 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.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Ave · Barkdene Hills – Kingston Rd · 193 m | Nov 2010 · 24 h | 224 | 34 km/h | 48 km/h | 57 km/h |
| Kingston Rd · Chine Dr – Brimley Rd S · 369 m | Jun 2026 · 3 days | 34,547 | 57 km/h | 64 km/h | 70 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Brimley Rd S (southbound), 318 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 12 86 102 69 201 9 nearest 106 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 316
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Brooklawn Ave / Kingston Rd 482 m · 6 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
- 2 car parks · about 360 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 150 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface | 1.6 km | 232 * | — |
| 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface | 1.6 km | 128 * | — |
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. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 15 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Secret Food Fusion, 108 m away. The nearest pharmacy is St Clair & Brimley Ida Pharmac, 457 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Secret Food Fusion · 2761 Kingston Rd108 m
- Double Double Pizza and Chicken · 2829 Kingston Rd368 m · 4 min
- Kaboom Wings · 2819 Kingston Rd368 m · 4 min
- New Super Choy Restaurant · 2825 Kingston Rd368 m · 4 min
- Dr. Roz's Healing Place · 21 Brimley Rd Flr-2nd382 m · 5 min
- Pharmacy
- St Clair & Brimley Ida Pharmac 457 m · 5 min
- Child care
- Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool495 m · 6 min
- Fairmount Sunshine Child Care · 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day939 m · 11 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 (8)
- Barkdene Park812 m · 10 min
- Totts Tot Lot1 km · 11 min
- Jeanette Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Kelsonia Parkette1.2 km · 14 min
- Sunnypoint - Neilson Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools (10)
- St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site)English Separate · 276 m · 3 min
- St Theresa Shrine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 458 m · 5 min
- St John Henry Newman Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 541 m · 6 min
- R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 652 m · 8 min
- Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 939 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch1.2 km · 14 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, a community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,045 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Brimley Rd (242 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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Brimley Rd · 1 Brimley Apts. Inc. | 58 | 6 | 1961 | 91 · Oct 2025 | 242 m |
| 17 Brimley Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 330 | 11 | 1979 | 96 · Jul 2025 | 262 m · 3 min |
| 3750 St Clair Ave E · Amaz Property Management | 55 | 7 | 1965 | 91 · Jun 2024 | 460 m · 5 min |
| 3744 St Clair Ave E · Park Property Management Inc | 88 | 6 | 1964 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 550 m · 7 min |
| 3738 St Clair Ave E social housing · Wigwamen Corporation | 22 | 4 | 1953 | 99 · Aug 2025 | 582 m · 7 min |
| 131 Minerva Ave · Park Property Management Inc | 83 | 6 | 1964 | 92 · Aug 2026 | 721 m · 9 min |
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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Seven thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 43% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 3, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 7 | 0 | 2 | house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
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 & Thatcher a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 45 lesser collisions. 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 & Thatcher?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from May 11, 2006, 1.78× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & Thatcher a walkable intersection?
Kingston & Thatcher scores 30 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 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.8 km.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & Thatcher?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Chine Dr and Brimley Rd S (June 2026), found an average of 57 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 318 m away (50 km/h), 0.8% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kingston & Thatcher?
The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.6 km away, 232 spaces). The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,380 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & Thatcher by transit?
Bus routes 12, 86, 102, 69, 201, 9, 902 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Kingston & Thatcher?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Secret Food Fusion (108 m), Double Double Pizza and Chicken (368 m), Kaboom Wings (368 m), New Super Choy Restaurant (368 m) and Dr. Roz's Healing Place (382 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Kingston & Thatcher?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 136 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bluffer's Park Montessori School (495 m, 26 spaces) and Fairmount Sunshine Child Care (939 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Thatcher?
Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,045 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Brimley Rd (242 m, 58 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 17 Brimley Rd (262 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 3750 St Clair Ave E (460 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 3744 St Clair Ave E (550 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 94 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & Thatcher?
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Cliffcrest page.
What neighbourhood is Kingston & Thatcher in?
Kingston & Thatcher 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 May 11, 2006.
- 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: 43.71873, -79.23979 · centreline node 13454795.