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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 · Jan 19, 2015
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 5,051 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 424 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,664 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 1,353 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 12.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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: 1,353 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,664 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
The worst year was 2024, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 5 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 9, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 29 | |
| With an injury | 5 | |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 9 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2017
On Parklea Dr between Sutherland Dr and Laird Dr, 101 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2017 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Laird Dr between Divadale Dr and Broadway Ave measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2009).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parklea Dr · Sutherland Dr – Laird Dr · 101 m | Apr 2017 · 24 h | 1,378 | 40 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Laird Dr · Divadale Dr – Broadway Ave · 357 m | Mar 2009 · 24 h | 3,775 | 34 km/h | 39 km/h | 43 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Laird Station (Line 5)68 m
- TTC bus
- 51 88 156 34 nearest 13 m
- Blue Night
- 334 354
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Laird Dr at Parklea Dr South Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Laird Crosstown Station 205 m · 11 docks · 6 stations, 83 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
- 3 car parks · about 77 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 8 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 32 mapped lots within 500 m, 270 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1670 Bayview Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 33 * | — |
| 709 Millwood Rd · Garage | 1.5 km | 20 | 78% (Q1 2026) |
| 1503 Bayview Avw · Surface | 1.6 km | 24 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Farm Boy, 411 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 68. The nearest is Pho Lady Vietnamese Cuisine, 37 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Leaside Community Pharmacy, 247 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Lyndhurst Centre, 914 m away, then Holland Bloorview at 1.2 km. For seniors' housing: Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home, a long-term care home 239 m away. Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti runs a seniors' active living programme 247 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pho Lady Vietnamese Cuisine · 220 Laird Dr37 m
- Tim Hortons · 878 Eglinton Ave E Unit-7131 m
- Sushi By K · 874 Eglinton Ave E135 m
- Kintako Sushi Japanese Restaurant · 214 Laird Dr138 m
- Vozara Food Factory · 856 Eglinton Ave E158 m
- Grocery
- Farm Boy 411 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bonito Bakery 447 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Leaside Community Pharmacy 247 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Leaside Day Care Centre · 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day185 m
- Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 107 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day468 m · 6 min
- Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 71 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day701 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible947 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site914 m · 11 min
- Holland Bloorview · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
- Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home · long-term care home239 m
- Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti · seniors' active living centre247 m
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 (7)
- Radar Park633 m · 8 min
- Bessborough Parkette876 m · 10 min
- Leonard Linton Park1 km · 11 min
- Trace Manes Park1 km · 11 min
- Howard Talbot Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Trace Manes Park Community Centre947 m · 11 min
- Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Arena1.3 km · 15 min
- Leaside Gardens Swimming Pool1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (7)
- Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 684 m · 8 min
- Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 700 m · 8 min
- Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 726 m · 9 min
- Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 765 m · 9 min
- Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Leaside branch854 m · 10 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,018 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
Within a kilometre there are 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 728 rental units. The nearest is 888 Eglinton Ave E (153 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 888 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation | 18 | 3 | 1954 | 88 · Sep 2025 | 153 m |
| 892 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation | 37 | 4 | 1961 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 204 m |
| 894 Eglinton Ave E · Royal Lepage Signature Realty | 44 | 4 | 1954 | 91 · Sep 2025 | 257 m · 3 min |
| 795 Eglinton Ave E | 88 | 5 | 1986 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 257 m · 3 min |
| 896 Eglinton Ave E · Goldie Imports of Canada Limited | 43 | 4 | 1950 | 89 · Aug 2026 | 295 m · 4 min |
| 898 Eglinton Ave E · Wj Properties | 21 | 3 | 1954 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 328 m · 4 min |
16 registered buildings · 728 units · tallest 18 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
No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 12, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 0 | commercial premises (1) |
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 Thorncliffe Park.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Laird & Parklea a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 Laird & Parklea?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2015. Its latest count is from Jan 19, 2015, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Laird & Parklea a walkable intersection?
Laird & Parklea scores 56 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,018 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: Laird Station · 6 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.7 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m.
How fast do cars go at Laird & Parklea?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Parklea Dr between Sutherland Dr and Laird Dr (April 2017), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Laird & Parklea?
The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (1.4 km away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 270 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,990 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Laird & Parklea by transit?
Laird Station (Line 5) is 68 m away; bus routes 51, 88, 156, 34 within 1 km (nearest stop: Laird Dr at Parklea Dr South Side, 13 m).
What restaurants are near Laird & Parklea?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 68 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pho Lady Vietnamese Cuisine (37 m), Tim Hortons (131 m), Sushi By K (135 m), Kintako Sushi Japanese Restaurant (138 m) and Vozara Food Factory (158 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Laird & Parklea?
The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 947 m away, with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Laird & Parklea?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 560 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leaside Day Care Centre (185 m, 99 spaces), Brightpath Academy - Leaside (468 m, 107 spaces) and Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (701 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Laird & Parklea?
16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 728 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 888 Eglinton Ave E (153 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 892 Eglinton Ave E (204 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 894 Eglinton Ave E (257 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 795 Eglinton Ave E (257 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Laird & Parklea?
Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Thorncliffe Park page.
What neighbourhood is Laird & Parklea in?
Laird & Parklea is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.
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 Jan 19, 2015.
- 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; 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 15 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: 43.71268, -79.36445 · centreline node 13456055.