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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 · Oct 29, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 15,393 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 182 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,934 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 8% above the afternoon peak from 3:15 p.m. (2,707). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 2,934 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,707 from 3:15 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 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 3 collisions (27%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 31, 2023.
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 | 11 | 0.4 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 7 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| 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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Leslie St between Lawrence Ave E and Mike Bela Park Trl (375 m away, Oct 2014) recorded volume only — about 19,375 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie St · Lawrence Ave E – Mike Bela Park Trl · 375 m | Oct 2014 · 7 days | 19,375 | — | — | — |
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
- 51 162 nearest 13 m
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Leslie St at Talwood Dr (South) South Side; Leslie St at Talwood Dr (South)
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Trail 531 m · 6 min · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 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
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 131 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
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 2 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 387 m away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Greenview Lodge, a retirement home 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 800 Lawrence Ave E387 m · 5 min
- Dandilion Cafe · 755 Lawrence Ave E663 m · 8 min
- Child care
- Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day632 m · 8 min
- Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program · 186 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day662 m · 8 min
- Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 106 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day873 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Edwards Gardens Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.673 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Greenview Lodge · retirement home1 km · 12 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)
- Mike Bela Park359 m · 4 min
- Talwood Park388 m · 5 min
- Duncairn Park450 m · 5 min
- Rippleton Park708 m · 8 min
- Edwards Gardens841 m · 10 min
- Schools (9)
- St Bonaventure Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 632 m · 8 min
- Rippleton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 662 m · 8 min
- Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 874 m · 10 min
- Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch1.1 km · 13 min
- Places of interest
- Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 635 m · 8 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 grocery store, a pharmacy or a community centre.
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
Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 43 rental units. The nearest is 868 Lawrence Ave E (887 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1954), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 868 Lawrence Ave E · Jelcoro Investments | 31 | 4 | 1954 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 887 m · 11 min |
| 874 Lawrence Ave E | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Oct 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
2 registered buildings · 43 units · tallest 4 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Leslie & Talwood a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Leslie & Talwood?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #389 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.78× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Leslie & Talwood a walkable intersection?
Leslie & Talwood scores 20 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: 3 parks within 500 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 2 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km.
Where can I park near Leslie & Talwood?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 131 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,390 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Leslie & Talwood by transit?
Bus routes 51, 162 within 1 km (nearest stop: Leslie St at Talwood Dr (South) South Side, 13 m).
What restaurants are near Leslie & Talwood?
None within 300 m, and 2 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (387 m) and Dandilion Cafe (663 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Leslie & Talwood?
The nearest is Edwards Gardens Washroom, 755 Lawrence Ave E, 673 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).
Is there child care near Leslie & Talwood?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 464 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (632 m, 142 spaces), Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program (662 m, 186 spaces) and Blue Wave Child Care Centre (873 m, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Talwood?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 43 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 868 Lawrence Ave E (887 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 874 Lawrence Ave E (1.0 km, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 87 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Leslie & Talwood in?
Leslie & Talwood 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 Oct 29, 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.
- 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).
- 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: 43.73831, -79.35685 · centreline node 13452118.