Lonsmount & Tichester

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 11, 2003

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,673 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 225 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 568 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 562 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, not today's volume. 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: 568 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 562 from 5:00 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 23, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

On Tichester Rd between Cedarvale Ravine Trl and Lonsmount Dr, 33 m from the corner, a 4-day count in November 2003 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 23 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Lonsmount Dr between Tichester Rd and Don Francks Lane measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 36 km/h (May 2012) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Tweedsmuir Ave (269 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 38,483 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 1 speed hump slow traffic on Lonsmount Drive between Montclair Ave and Tichester Rd.

Speed sign

Tweedsmuir Ave (southbound), 269 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 19 km/h, 85th percentile 25 km/h; 0.0% at 40 km/h or more. 38,483 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

Lonsmount Drive (Montclair Ave – Tichester Rd): 1 speed hump

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.

• Groceries and food9/30

  3 grocery stores within 1 km · 55 within 1 km

• Transit23/28

  St Clair West Station · 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 557 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

• Schools and child care5/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 7 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot2/10

  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.

Within a kilometre there are 110 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,113 rental units, 7.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 14 Tichester Rd (40 m, 32 units, 4 storeys, built 1938), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

110 registered buildings · 6,113 units · 9 social housing · tallest 30 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.

Ten thefts from vehicles and eight bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 90% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property.

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 Forest Hill South.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 11, 2003.
• 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 12 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: 43.68578, -79.41741 · centreline node 13460794.