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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 · Jul 15, 2025
The east leg carries the load — 11,287 westbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 464. Most cyclists arrived from the west (38 of 69). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,165 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,939). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,939 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,165 from 3:45 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
2024 was the peak year (51 collisions), and 2025 closed with 44. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 132 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 41% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 35 more collisions have been reported, 1 of them fatal; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 30, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jan 29, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 325 | #253 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 16 | #1077 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 189 | |
| Fail to remain | 132 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 9 | #261 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #961 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 120 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 35 | 1 fatal |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #571 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #271 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Jan 29, 2020 |
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 most recent midblock count on Lawrence Ave E between Karl Fraser Rd and Don Mills Rd (67 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 20,067 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on The Donway E (366 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.5% of the 71,916 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Karl Fraser Rd – Don Mills Rd · 67 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 20,067 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- The Donway E (southbound), 366 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 3.5% at 50 km/h or more. 71,916 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
- 403 25 162 54 191 51 nearest 108 m
- Express
- 925 954
- Blue Night
- 325 354
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Rd 72 m · 14 docks · 2 stations, 33 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
- 26 mapped lots within 500 m, 154 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
The nearest grocery store is Metro, 357 m away. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Danish Pastry House at 110 m. There are 23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 33 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is McEwan, 65 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 120 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Better Living at Thompson House, a long-term care home 584 m away; Greenview Lodge, a retirement home 336 m away (three within a kilometre). Better Living Health and Community Services - Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 583 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- McEwan · 38 Karl Fraser Rd65 m
- Tim Hortons · 1110 Don Mills Rd109 m
- Chick-Fil-A · 1090 Don Mills Rd Unit-M001110 m
- Demetres · 1090 Don Mills Rd110 m
- Eataly Don Mills · 1090 Don Mills Rd110 m
- Grocery
- Metro 357 m · 4 min
- Food shops
- Danish Pastry House 110 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 120 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day725 m · 9 min
- Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 106 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day806 m · 10 min
- Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 30 spaces, school age · fee subsidy806 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Better Living at Thompson House · long-term care home584 m · 7 min
- Greenview Lodge · retirement home · 3 within 1 km336 m · 4 min
- Better Living Health and Community Services - Community Centre · seniors' active living centre583 m · 7 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 (11)
- Macklin Hancock Park215 m
- Paperbirch Walkway556 m · 7 min
- Don Mills Local Park693 m · 8 min
- Mallow Park792 m · 9 min
- Duncairn Park798 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Don Mills Civitan Arena492 m · 6 min
- Schools (8)
- Don Mills Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 572 m · 7 min
- Don Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 653 m · 8 min
- Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 672 m · 8 min
- Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 752 m · 9 min
- Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 807 m · 10 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch215 m
- Places of interest
- Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 1.2 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 public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,277 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
40 registered apartment buildings with 1,630 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 980 Lawrence Ave E (63 m, 64 units, 6 storeys, built 1958), which scored 97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 980 Lawrence Ave E · Niot Investment Holdings Limited | 64 | 6 | 1958 | 97 · Jul 2026 | 63 m |
| 1129 Don Mills Rd · Linwood Management Corporation | 46 | 6 | 1950 | 83 · Jul 2025 | 222 m |
| 1122 Don Mills Rd · Niot Investment Holdings Limited | 66 | 6 | 1958 | 99 · Jul 2025 | 254 m · 3 min |
| 1001 Lawrence Ave E · Three R Property Management Corporation | 69 | 7 | 1962 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 256 m · 3 min |
| 1071 Don Mills Rd · Three R Property Management Corporation | 61 | 4 | 1959 | 95 · Jun 2025 | 263 m · 3 min |
| 1002 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc. | 77 | 4 | 1954 | 93 · Jun 2026 | 269 m · 3 min |
40 registered buildings · 1,630 units · 2 social housing · tallest 7 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 12 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 83% 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 | 12 | 8 | 0 | street/outdoor (10), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 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 Banbury-Don Mills.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Karl Fraser a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#571 of 1,505), out of 325 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 Lawrence & Karl Fraser?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #635 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.48× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Lawrence & Karl Fraser a walkable intersection?
Lawrence & Karl Fraser scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,277 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: 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 23 places to eat within 300 m; library 215 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 154 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,830 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Karl Fraser by transit?
Bus routes 403, 25, 162, 54, 191, 51, 925, 954 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?
23 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 McEwan (65 m), Tim Hortons (109 m), Chick-Fil-A (110 m), Demetres (110 m) and Eataly Don Mills (110 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 360 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd (725 m, 31 spaces), Blue Wave Child Care Centre (806 m, 106 spaces) and Norman Ingram School Age YMCA (806 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?
40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,630 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 980 Lawrence Ave E (63 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1129 Don Mills Rd (222 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1122 Don Mills Rd (254 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 1001 Lawrence Ave E (256 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 40 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Karl Fraser?
Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Banbury-Don Mills page.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Karl Fraser in?
Lawrence & Karl Fraser is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.
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 Jul 15, 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; 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 16 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: 43.73683, -79.34504 · centreline node 20234083.