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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, and the red-light camera
Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 11, 2024
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 11,149 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 2,503 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,264 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,406 from 4:30 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 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,264 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,406 from 4:30 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 2024, with 27 collisions; 2025 recorded 13. 40 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 25, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 5, 2022. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 150 | #718 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 40 | #340 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 97 | |
| Fail to remain | 12 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 5 | #762 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1256 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 12 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 13 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Mar 5, 2022 |
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 Huronia Gt and Hurley Cres, 398 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 67 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 76 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 96 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Brimorton Dr between Camlac Pl and Amberdale Dr measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Apr 2026) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Brimorton Dr (380 m away, 40 km/h limit), 8.5% of the 84,169 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimorton Dr · Camlac Pl – Amberdale Dr · 263 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 5,303 | 42 km/h | 48 km/h | 52 km/h |
| McCowan Rd · Huronia Gt – Hurley Cres · 398 m | Sep 2019 · 2 days | 27,034 | 67 km/h | 76 km/h | 96 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Brimorton Dr (westbound), 380 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 41 km/h, 85th percentile 48 km/h; 8.5% at 50 km/h or more. 84,169 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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2021; 789 tickets in 2025, 135 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 0951, activated 1971 · 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
- 16 406 95 38 133 9 21 nearest 22 m
- Express
- 995
- Blue Night
- 316 395
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Brimorton Dr; Brimorton Dr at McCowan Rd
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Brimorton Dr installed 2007
- Bike Share
- McCowan Rd / Brimorton Dr 41 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 33 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
- 3 car parks · about 486 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 0 mapped lots within 500 m, 160 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 1.1 km | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 1.2 km | 16 * | — |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 9 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Burger King, 782 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 842 m away. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 1.3 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd782 m · 9 min
- Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd783 m · 9 min
- St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rd838 m · 10 min
- Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd842 m · 10 min
- Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd845 m · 10 min
- Food shops
- Country Bakery & Market 819 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 842 m · 10 min
- Child care
- Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day564 m · 7 min
- The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day685 m · 8 min
- Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day767 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site1.3 km · 16 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 (10)
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough653 m · 8 min
- North Bendale Park845 m · 10 min
- Amberdale Ravine Park847 m · 10 min
- Bendale Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (7)
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 563 m · 7 min
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 685 m · 8 min
- Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 766 m · 9 min
- St Richard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch1.3 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km · 15 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 grocery store, 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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 145 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (945 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 Ellesmere Rd social housing · Aykler Management | 145 | 8 | 1994 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 945 m · 11 min |
1 registered building · 145 units · 1 social housing · tallest 8 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
Five thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (2) |
| 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan & Brimorton a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 150 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Brimorton?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #465 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.67× the median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan & Brimorton a walkable intersection?
McCowan & Brimorton scores 29 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: 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; library 1.3 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Is there a red-light camera at McCowan & Brimorton?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at McCowan & Brimorton since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 789 tickets in 2025 (938 in 2024) and 135 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 4,925 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at McCowan & Brimorton?
789 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 938 in 2024, and 135 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 4,925 tickets since 2021. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at McCowan & Brimorton?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Huronia Gt and Hurley Cres (September 2019), found an average of 67 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 76 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 380 m away (40 km/h), 8.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near McCowan & Brimorton?
The nearest Green P car park is 40 Bushby Dr (1.1 km away, 215 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 160 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,140 spaces — none within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan & Brimorton by transit?
Bus routes 16, 406, 95, 38, 133, 9, 21, 995 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Brimorton Dr, 22 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan & Brimorton?
None within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Burger King (782 m), Tim Hortons (783 m), St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant (838 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (842 m) and Subway (845 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near McCowan & Brimorton?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 155 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (564 m, 56 spaces), The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (685 m, 56 spaces) and Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program (767 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near McCowan & Brimorton?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (945 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan & Brimorton?
Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bendale-Glen Andrew page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan & Brimorton in?
McCowan & Brimorton is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.
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 Jun 11, 2024.
- 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- 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 24 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: 43.76542, -79.24896 · centreline node 13447827.