Martin Grove & Milkwood

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 29, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 5,567 northbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 881. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,728 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,449). Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,449 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,728 from 4:15 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

2023 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 16% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 14, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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 Martin Grove Rd between Milkwood Ave and John Garland Blvd (112 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 2-day count in February 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 19,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Milkwood Ave between Stonecrop Lane and Turnvale Rd measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Oct 2024) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Martin Grove Rd (74 m away, 50 km/h limit), 29% of the 181,471 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Speed sign

Martin Grove Rd (northbound), 74 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 55 km/h, 85th percentile 64 km/h; 29% at 60 km/h or more. 181,471 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 1959, activated 2003 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a library.

• Groceries and food6/30

  1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 within 1 km

• Transit19/28

  Martin Grove Station 0.8 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go0/14

  none within a walk

• Parks and recreation6/10

  nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care6/8

  1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot6/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking

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.

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 29, 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).
• 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.
• 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 1 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: 43.73012, -79.58856 · centreline node 13453918.