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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 24, 2025
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 10,685 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 4,078 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 3,069 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,598 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,598 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,069 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 2016, with 15 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 13 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 25, 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 8, 2014.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 85 | #1308 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 13 | #1380 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 61 | |
| Fail to remain | 11 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 11 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 4 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Feb 8, 2014 |
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 Rathburn Rd between Lloyd Manor Rd and Shadowbrook Dr, 323 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 57 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,100 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Kipling Ave (82 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.9% of the 44,445 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling Ave · Great Oak Dr – Rathburn Rd · 42 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 12,807 | — | — | — |
| Rathburn Rd · Lloyd Manor Rd – Shadowbrook Dr · 323 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 14,113 | 44 km/h | 53 km/h | 57 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Kipling Ave (northbound), 82 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 43 km/h, 85th percentile 51 km/h; 1.9% at 60 km/h or more. 44,445 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 0727, activated 1963 · 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
- 45 145 46 48 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 945
- Blue Night
- 345
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Kipling Ave at Rathburn Rd; Rathburn Rd at Kipling Ave
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Rathburn Rd installed 2010
- 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
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 58 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
- Child care
- St. Gregory's Before & After School Club · 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day228 m
- Rosethorn Before and After School Program · 129 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day354 m · 4 min
- Eco Kids-Child Care Centre Inc. · 78 spaces, toddler, preschool752 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 (8)
- Rosethorn Park675 m · 8 min
- Princess Margaret Park881 m · 10 min
- Ravenscrest Park898 m · 11 min
- Chimney Swift Park910 m · 11 min
- Echo Valley Park1 km · 12 min
- Schools
- St Gregory Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 228 m
- Rosethorn Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 354 m · 4 min
- Mindwerx4kids Day SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Olivet New Church Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.5 km · 18 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 restaurant or café, a grocery store, a pharmacy, a community centre, a library 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kipling & Rathburn a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 85 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 Kipling & Rathburn?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #380 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.80× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Kipling & Rathburn a walkable intersection?
Kipling & Rathburn scores 29 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 · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.7 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Kipling & Rathburn?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rathburn Rd between Lloyd Manor Rd and Shadowbrook Dr (April 2026), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 82 m away (50 km/h), 1.9% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kipling & Rathburn?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 58 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 2,930 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kipling & Rathburn by transit?
Bus routes 45, 145, 46, 48, 945 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kipling Ave at Rathburn Rd, 17 m).
Is there a public washroom near Kipling & Rathburn?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 598 m away at Rosethorn Park.
Is there child care near Kipling & Rathburn?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 306 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Gregory's Before & After School Club (228 m, 99 spaces), Rosethorn Before and After School Program (354 m, 129 spaces) and Eco Kids-Child Care Centre Inc. (752 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is Kipling & Rathburn in?
Kipling & Rathburn is in Islington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 158). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.
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 24, 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: Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 2 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: 43.65986, -79.54323 · centreline node 13465491.