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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 · Jun 30, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 10,599 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,781. Most cyclists arrived from the west (105 of 207). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,235 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 46% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,528). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 1,528 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,235 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 (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 22 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 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 1, 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 3, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 104 | #1071 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 25 | #650 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 59 | |
| Fail to remain | 22 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1316 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #842 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 20 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 3 | latest Aug 3, 2024 |
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 Highland Creek Trl and Overture Rd (31 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 12,881 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Galloway Rd (360 m away, 30 km/h limit), 28% of the 10,081 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Highland Creek Trl – Overture Rd · 31 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 12,881 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Galloway Rd (southbound), 360 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 31 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 28% at 40 km/h or more. 10,081 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 1714, activated 1996 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 54 12 86 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 954 905 986
- Blue Night
- 354 386
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Overture Rd; Lawrence Ave East at Overture Rd West Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Overture Rd 24 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 69 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
- 13 mapped lots within 500 m, 171 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 Simi African Food Market, 838 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 34 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is East Scarborough Storefront, 73 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Klh Pharmacy, 431 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Extendicare Scarborough, a long-term care home 948 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- East Scarborough Storefront · 4040 Lawrence Ave E73 m
- Scarborough Centre For Healthy Community · 4100 Lawrence Ave E313 m · 4 min
- Tasty Slice Pizza · 3930 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-2523 m · 6 min
- Gas & Grab Mart · 3930 Lawrence Ave E523 m · 6 min
- Golden Spice Patties · 4292 Kingston Rd687 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Simi African Food Market 838 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Organic Bytes Inc 814 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Klh Pharmacy 431 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- West Hill Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day151 m
- Growing Tykes Child Care · 142 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day379 m · 5 min
- Lawrence Orton Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 54 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day426 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Extendicare Scarborough · long-term care home948 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 (6)
- St. Margarets Parkette644 m · 8 min
- West Hill Park881 m · 10 min
- Curran Hall Ravine Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Greenvale Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Eastview Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (7)
- Galloway Road Public SchoolEnglish Public · 425 m · 5 min
- St Margaret's Public SchoolEnglish Public · 520 m · 6 min
- Maplewood High SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Willow Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 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 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
18 registered apartment buildings with 2,350 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4000 Lawrence Ave E (85 m, 141 units, 12 storeys, built 1967), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 Lawrence Ave E · CAPREIT | 141 | 12 | 1967 | 96 · Sep 2025 | 85 m |
| 4010 Lawrence Ave E · CAPREIT | 220 | 14 | 1967 | 92 · Sep 2024 | 151 m |
| 4070 Lawrence Ave E · West Hill Manor | 38 | 4 | 1970 | 86 · Oct 2024 | 297 m · 4 min |
| 3947 Lawrence Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Del Management | 238 | 19 | 1970 | 94 · Jul 2026 | 427 m · 5 min |
| 4100 Lawrence Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Del Management | 185 | 11 | 1972 | 90 · Nov 2025 | 429 m · 5 min |
| 3967 Lawrence Ave E · Signet Group Inc. | 102 | 10 | 1970 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 458 m · 5 min |
18 registered buildings · 2,350 units · 11 social housing · tallest 20 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 46 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 6.1 a year before that. 78% 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 | 46 | 6 | 0 | street/outdoor (36), apartment parking (6) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (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 West Hill.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Overture a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 104 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 & Overture?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #693 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.42× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Lawrence & Overture a walkable intersection?
Lawrence & Overture scores 40 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: 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Overture?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 171 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,080 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Overture by transit?
Bus routes 54, 12, 86, 954, 905, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Overture Rd, 17 m).
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Overture?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are East Scarborough Storefront (73 m), Scarborough Centre For Healthy Community (313 m), Tasty Slice Pizza (523 m), Gas & Grab Mart (523 m) and Golden Spice Patties (687 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Lawrence & Overture?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 559 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are West Hill Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (151 m, 65 spaces), Growing Tykes Child Care (379 m, 142 spaces) and Lawrence Orton Early Learning & Child Care Centre (426 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Overture?
18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,350 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4000 Lawrence Ave E (85 m, 141 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 4010 Lawrence Ave E (151 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 4070 Lawrence Ave E (297 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 3947 Lawrence Ave E (427 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 86 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Overture?
Toronto Police place 46 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the West Hill page.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Overture in?
Lawrence & Overture is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.
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 Jun 30, 2026.
- 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 24 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: 43.76545, -79.19947 · centreline node 13447703.