Maxome & Steeles

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jan 31, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,734 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 636 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,622 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,640 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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: 2,622 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,640 from 4:45 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 2017, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (33%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (33%). The most recent report on file is from Jul 8, 2025.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 26, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

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 Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave, 362 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2026 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 61 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 28,500 vehicles a day. Maxome Ave between Arran Cres and Regis Dr measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Steeles Ave E (231 m away, 50 km/h limit), 25% of the 187,994 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Speed sign

Steeles Ave E (eastbound), 231 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 54 km/h, 85th percentile 63 km/h; 25% at 60 km/h or more. 187,994 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 0966, activated 1972 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.

Not within a walk: a restaurant or café, a grocery store, a pharmacy, a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food0/30

  no food premises on file

• Transit12/28

  4 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go0/14

  none within a walk

• Parks and recreation2/10

  nearest park 0.6 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

• 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.

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner 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.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jan 31, 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: 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 18 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: 43.80107, -79.40625 · centreline node 13443490.