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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 · Oct 29, 2024
The north leg carries the load — 9,484 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,552. Most cyclists arrived from the north (37 of 73). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,055 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,959 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% 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: 2,055 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,959 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
2024 was the peak year (21 collisions), and 2025 closed with 17. 23% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 17, 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 Nov 19, 2018. 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 | 129 | #829 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 30 | #517 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 85 | |
| Fail to remain | 14 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 8 | #357 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 6 | #350 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 13 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 10 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Nov 19, 2018 |
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
At the school-zone speed sign on Ingleton Blvd (256 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 15,105 vehicles logged in April 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
- Speed sign
- Ingleton Blvd (northbound), 256 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 32 km/h, 85th percentile 39 km/h; 0.5% at 50 km/h or more. 15,105 vehicles logged in April 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 (alton towers crcl (north)); 945 tickets in 2025, 409 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 1572, activated 1989 · 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 53 21 nearest 18 m
- Express
- 953
- Blue Night
- 316 353
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — McCowan Rd at Alton Towers Cir (South)
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- 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
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 107 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, 511 m away. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 12 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Garderie Chez Tante Laure, 283 m away. The nearest pharmacy is A & W Pharmacy, 638 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 339 Alton Towers Crcl283 m · 3 min
- Annalakshmi · 250 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-C8511 m · 6 min
- New May Hong Yuen BBQ Rest · 250 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-1b511 m · 6 min
- Pho Vuon Lai Jasmine Garden · 250 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-C6511 m · 6 min
- Tiger BBQ · 250 Alton Towers Crcl Unit-C5511 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Al Premium Food Mart 511 m · 6 min
- Food shops
- Kwok Hing Herbs & Dried Seafood Products Inc. 510 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- A & W Pharmacy 638 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 77 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day303 m · 4 min
- The Divine Infant Child Care Centre · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day382 m · 5 min
- Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day639 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed907 m · 11 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
- Muirlands Park526 m · 6 min
- Goldhawk Park533 m · 6 min
- Milliken Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre907 m · 11 min
- Schools (10)
- Ecole Elementaire Laure RieseFrench Public · 303 m · 4 min
- The Divine Infant Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Frasier NortheastEnglish Separate · 382 m · 5 min
- Macklin Public SchoolEnglish Public · 597 m · 7 min
- Prince of Peace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 639 m · 8 min
- Agnes Macphail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 690 m · 8 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch446 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. 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 21 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 33% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 29, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 21 | 3 | 1 | apartment parking (7), street/outdoor (6) |
| 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 (South) a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 129 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 (South)?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #770 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.34× the median for a counted intersection.
Is McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South) a walkable intersection?
McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South) scores 46 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; library 446 m away; 4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Is there a red-light camera at McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South) since 2021 (alton towers crcl (north)), according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 945 tickets in 2025 (1,028 in 2024) and 409 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 4,399 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
945 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 1,028 in 2024, and 409 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 4,399 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.
Where can I park near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 107 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,860 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South) by transit?
Bus routes 129, 42, 53, 21, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: McCowan Rd at Alton Towers Cir (South), 18 m).
What restaurants are near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Garderie Chez Tante Laure (283 m), Annalakshmi (511 m), New May Hong Yuen BBQ Rest (511 m), Pho Vuon Lai Jasmine Garden (511 m) and Tiger BBQ (511 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
The nearest is Milliken Park Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4325 Mccowan Rd, 907 m away.
Is there child care near McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
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 Garderie Chez Tante Laure (303 m, 77 spaces), The Divine Infant Child Care Centre (382 m, 69 spaces) and Banting and Best Schoolage Satellite(255 Alton Towers) (639 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South)?
Toronto Police place 21 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Milliken page.
What neighbourhood is McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South) in?
McCowan Rd & Alton Towers Crcl (South) 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- Speeds and calming: 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: 43.82250, -79.27399 · centreline node 13441833.