Lindsey & Dufferin (North)

Traffic volume8-hour count · May 2, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 5,454 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 22. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,533 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 18% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,299). Trucks and buses were 5.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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: 1,299 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,533 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

2024 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 10, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 22, 2006.

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 Dufferin St between Dufferin Grove Park Trl and Dufferin Park Ave (400 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 46 km/h. That segment carries about 20,900 vehicles a day. Lindsey Ave between Lane W of Dufferin and S of Lindsey and Sheridan Ave measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Sep 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Brock Ave (362 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 69,926 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Lindsey Avenue between Dufferin St and Havelock St, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Speed sign

Brock Ave (northbound), 362 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 69,926 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Lindsey Avenue (Dufferin St – Havelock St): 3 speed humps; Lindsey Avenue (Brock Street – Dufferin St): 4 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 2612, activated 2022 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

• Groceries and food21/30

  10 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Dufferin Station 0.8 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 776 m away

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care7/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 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.

25 registered apartment buildings with 1,481 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1094 College St (139 m, 19 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 88 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 82, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

25 registered buildings · 1,481 units · 4 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.

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Dufferin Grove.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 2, 2023.
• 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: 43.65361, -79.43294 · centreline node 13466262.