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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 volume8-hour count · Feb 28, 2023
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,206 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 79 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,920 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,629 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% 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: 1,629 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,920 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 9 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 28, 2026.
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 | 37 | #2504 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1919 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 26 | |
| Fail to remain | 7 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 5 | |
| 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.
How fast traffic moves here
On McCowan Rd between Bridley Dr and Finch Corridor Trl, 159 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2025 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,500 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on White Heather Blvd (343 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 23,744 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCowan Rd · Bridley Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 159 m | Apr 2025 · 24 h | 24,543 | 54 km/h | 60 km/h | 65 km/h |
- Speed sign
- White Heather Blvd (southbound), 343 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 23,744 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 2720, activated 2026 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 129 42 39 130 830 nearest 34 m
- Express
- 939
- Blue Night
- 316 339
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Big Red Ave; McCowan Rd at Bridley Dr
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Brimwood Blvd / North Scarborough Green Loop 866 m · 10 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 130 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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Food Basics, 652 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 35 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Marry Me Mochi, 652 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Food Basics Pharmacy, 583 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Marry Me Mochi · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl, Unit-103a652 m · 8 min
- Pinoy Halo Halo · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl652 m · 8 min
- Fruyo Mix · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl 117652 m · 8 min
- Beef Noodle Slurp · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl652 m · 8 min
- Baker Duck · 1571 Sandhurst Crcl Unit-428652 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Food Basics 652 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Everbest Bakery 652 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Food Basics Pharmacy 583 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Brimwood School Age YMCA · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day454 m · 5 min
- Percy Williams YMCA · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day501 m · 6 min
- Our Lady of Grace YMCA Child Care Centre (YMCA) · 67 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day568 m · 7 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 (6)
- Richmond Park843 m · 10 min
- Muirlands Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Brimley Woods1.3 km · 16 min
- Iroquois Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Chartwell Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (14)
- Brimwood Boulevard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 454 m · 5 min
- Percy Williams Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 501 m · 6 min
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 568 m · 7 min
- Albert Campbell Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 732 m · 9 min
- Agincourt International AcademyPrivate · 896 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Woodside Square branch783 m · 9 min
- Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch1.4 km · 17 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 671 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1580 Sandhurst Crcl (884 m, 238 units, 20 storeys, built 1979), which scored 93 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1580 Sandhurst Crcl · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 238 | 20 | 1979 | 93 · Sep 2025 | 884 m · 11 min |
| 23 Thunder Grv social housing · Dms Property Management Ltd | 186 | 18 | 2021 | 97 · Sep 2024 | 919 m · 11 min |
| 25 Thunder Grv social housing · Dms Property Management Ltd. | 247 | 19 | 1982 | 97 · Sep 2024 | 925 m · 11 min |
3 registered buildings · 671 units · 2 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Agincourt North.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Big Red a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 37 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 McCowan & Big Red?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Feb 28, 2023, 1.31× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Big Red a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Big Red scores 42 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; library 783 m away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at McCowan & Big Red?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Bridley Dr and Finch Corridor Trl (April 2025), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 343 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near McCowan & Big Red?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 130 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,170 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Big Red by transit?
Bus routes 129, 42, 39, 130, 830, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Big Red Ave, 34 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Big Red?
None within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Marry Me Mochi (652 m), Pinoy Halo Halo (652 m), Fruyo Mix (652 m), Beef Noodle Slurp (652 m) and Baker Duck (652 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near McCowan & Big Red?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 276 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brimwood School Age YMCA (454 m, 43 spaces), Percy Williams YMCA (501 m, 43 spaces) and Our Lady of Grace YMCA Child Care Centre (YMCA) (568 m, 67 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Big Red?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 671 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1580 Sandhurst Crcl (884 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 23 Thunder Grv (919 m, 186 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 25 Thunder Grv (925 m, 247 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 96 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan & Big Red?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Agincourt North page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan & Big Red in?
McCowan & Big Red is in Agincourt North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 129). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.
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 Feb 28, 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; 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 23 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: 43.81421, -79.27033 · centreline node 13442207.