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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 volume14-hour count · Oct 29, 2024
The north leg carries the load — 11,164 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,944. Most cyclists arrived from the north (53 of 125). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,029 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,080 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,029 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,080 from 5:30 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
2018 was the peak year (25 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 35% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 7, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 15, 2019.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 116 | #947 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 41 | #330 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 69 | |
| Fail to remain | 7 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 7 | #460 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #849 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 6 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Mar 15, 2019 |
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 McCowan Rd between Alton Towers Crcl and Milliken Park Trl (153 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 24,500 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Alton Towers Circle (237 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 40,626 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 · Alton Towers Crcl – Milliken Park Trl · 153 m | Apr 2025 · 24 h | 24,472 | 52 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Alton Towers Circle (northbound), 237 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 32 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 40,626 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 1539, activated 1987 · 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 53 nearest 19 m
- Express
- 953
- Blue Night
- 316 353
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Alton Towers Cir (North)
- Cycling
- Multi-Use Trail - Existing Connector on Milliken Park Trl installed 2001
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 14 mapped lots within 500 m, 79 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
The nearest grocery store is Al Premium Food Mart, 398 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Romantic Bakery, 178 m away. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 12 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Dangol, 178 m away. The nearest pharmacy is A & W Pharmacy, 249 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Dangol · 240 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-A10178 m
- Ginger and Onion Cuisine · 240 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-A7178 m
- Tasty House · 240 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-5178 m
- Tim Hortons · 240 Alton Towers Crcl178 m
- Now You're Cooking · 150 Alton Towers Crcl 1404312 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Al Premium Food Mart 398 m · 5 min
- Food shops
- Romantic Bakery 178 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- A & W Pharmacy 249 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day338 m · 4 min
- Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) · 118 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day415 m · 5 min
- Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 77 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day668 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed394 m · 5 min
- Milliken Park Washroom Building · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible586 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
- Milliken Park691 m · 8 min
- Goldhawk Park730 m · 9 min
- Muirlands Park915 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre394 m · 5 min
- Schools (6)
- Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 338 m · 4 min
- Banting and Best Public SchoolEnglish Public · 415 m · 5 min
- Ecole Elementaire Laure RieseFrench Public · 668 m · 8 min
- The Divine Infant Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Frasier NortheastEnglish Separate · 882 m · 11 min
- Macklin Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch449 m · 5 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,918 of 5,672. 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (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 Milliken.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North) a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 116 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 Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #707 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.41× the median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North) a walkable intersection?
McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North) scores 57 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,918 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.7 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 4 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McCowan Rd between Alton Towers Crcl and Milliken Park Trl (April 2025), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 237 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 79 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,190 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North) by transit?
Bus routes 129, 53, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Alton Towers Cir (North), 19 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dangol (178 m), Ginger and Onion Cuisine (178 m), Tasty House (178 m), Tim Hortons (178 m) and Now You're Cooking (312 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
The nearest is Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4325 Mccowan Rd, 394 m away. Next nearest: Milliken Park Washroom Building (586 m).
Is there child care near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 307 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) (338 m, 43 spaces), Banting and Best Child Care Centre (380 Goldhawk) (415 m, 118 spaces) and Garderie Chez Tante Laure (668 m, 77 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North)?
Toronto Police place four 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 Milliken page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North) in?
McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (North) is in Milliken (City of Toronto neighbourhood 130). 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 Oct 29, 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.
- 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 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: 43.82690, -79.27591 · centreline node 13441709.