Laughton & St Clair

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 18, 2025 · weekend

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 6,757 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 989. Most cyclists arrived from the east (182 of 396). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,055 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,082 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

Peak hours: 1,055 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,082 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

2019 was the peak year (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 13. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 24 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 30, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Aug 6, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

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 St Clair Ave W between Silverthorn Ave and Osler St (219 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 16,900 vehicles a day. Laughton Ave between Wadsworth Park Trl and Rutland St measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Sep 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Osler St (325 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 6,141 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Laughton Avenue between St Clair Ave W and Davenport Rd.

Speed sign

Osler St (southbound), 325 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 6 km/h, 85th percentile 23 km/h; 0.0% at 40 km/h or more. 6,141 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Laughton Avenue (St Clair Ave W – Davenport Rd): 6 speed humps

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 1087, activated 1974 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 24 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  6 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go7/14

  library 247 m away

• Parks and recreation10/10

  4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care6/8

  1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot10/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming

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.

Three registered apartment buildings with 551 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, all of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 1884 Davenport Rd (703 m, 186 units, 9 storeys, built 1978), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

3 registered buildings · 551 units · 3 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 eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Weston-Pelham Park.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 18, 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); Traffic Calming Database.
• 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 9 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: 43.67472, -79.45765 · centreline node 13462870.