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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 · Aug 25, 2026
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 15,418 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 32% of the total, against 9,081 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 4,461 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 3,252 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 3,252 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,461 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 2023, with 113 collisions; 2025 recorded 98. 160 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 107 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 24 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 95 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Oct 16, 2008.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 858 | #23 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 160 | #9 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 606 | |
| Fail to remain | 107 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 16 | #76 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 8 | #206 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 92 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 95 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Oct 16, 2008 |
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 Midland Ave between Midwest Rd and Brockley Dr, 343 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 57 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 65 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 72 km/h or more. That segment carries about 26,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Brockley Dr (356 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 8,985 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Midland Ave – Brockley Dr · 108 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 39,174 | — | — | — |
| Midland Ave · Midwest Rd – Brockley Dr · 343 m | Apr 2019 · 2 days | 26,775 | 57 km/h | 65 km/h | 72 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Brockley Dr (northbound), 356 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 11 km/h, 85th percentile 29 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 8,985 vehicles logged in July 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; 57 tickets in 2025, 27 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 0413, activated 1961 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 57 54 154 38 129 131 133 21 43 nearest 29 m
- Express
- 954 903 904 938 939
- Blue Night
- 354 343
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Midland Ave at Lawrence Ave East; Lawrence Ave East at Midland Ave West Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Brockley Dr / Lawrence Ave E 238 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 56 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
- 1 car park · about 90 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 29 mapped lots within 500 m, 179 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface | 435 m | 90 * | — |
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
Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Freshco, 155 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 16 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 34. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 64 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Maple Drug Mart, 166 m away. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 1.4 km away. For seniors' housing: Hellenic Home - Scarborough, a long-term care home 819 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 2611 Lawrence Ave E64 m
- Burger King · 2571 Lawrence Ave E68 m
- Crepe Delicious · 2641 Lawrence Ave E M1p 22113 m
- Paan City · 2623 Lawrence Ave E117 m
- Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken · 2633 Lawrence Ave E117 m
- Grocery
- Freshco 155 m · 2 within 300 m
- Food shops
- Montmartre Bakery 560 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Maple Drug Mart 166 m · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Cedarbrae Day Nursery · 97 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day191 m
- Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) · 71 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day268 m · 3 min
- Hunter's Glen School Age YMCA · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day910 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
- Hellenic Home - Scarborough · long-term care home819 m · 10 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 (7)
- Arsandco Park545 m · 6 min
- Donwood Park806 m · 10 min
- Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette913 m · 11 min
- Hunters Glen Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Thomson Memorial Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- McGregor Park Community Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools (10)
- David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 625 m · 7 min
- Charles Gordon Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 839 m · 10 min
- Hunter's Glen Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 910 m · 11 min
- St Albert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 11 min
- Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.4 km · 16 min
- Places of interest
- Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km · 16 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 public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,294 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,028 rental units. The nearest is 1385 Midland Ave (191 m, 144 units, 13 storeys, built 1950), which scored 78 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1385 Midland Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc | 144 | 13 | 1950 | 78 · Jul 2026 | 191 m |
| 1375 Midland Ave | 144 | 13 | 1972 | 74 · Sep 2024 | 268 m · 3 min |
| 2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 82 | 7 | 1956 | 94 · Nov 2025 | 333 m · 4 min |
| 2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc | 111 | 7 | 1957 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 349 m · 4 min |
| 5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited | 254 | 21 | 1969 | 99 · Aug 2025 | 400 m · 5 min |
| 2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc | 96 | 7 | 1957 | 91 · Sep 2025 | 423 m · 5 min |
8 registered buildings · 1,028 units · tallest 21 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
24 thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.7 a year. 58% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 24 | 6 | 0 | street/outdoor (14), apartment parking (7) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 2 | 0 | apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1) |
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 South.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Midland & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
By collision count, yes: it ranks #23 of 5,519 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, though none involved a death or serious injury. 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 Midland & Lawrence?
A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #41 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.0× the median for a counted intersection, and #347 for pedestrians.
Is Midland & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Midland & Lawrence scores 64 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,294 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 grocery stores within 300 m · 16 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.6 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Is there a red-light camera at Midland & Lawrence?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Midland & Lawrence since 2021, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 57 tickets in 2025 (89 in 2024) and 27 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 339 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Midland & Lawrence?
57 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 89 in 2024, and 27 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 339 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 Midland & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Midland Ave between Midwest Rd and Brockley Dr (April 2019), found an average of 57 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 65 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 356 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Midland & Lawrence?
The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (435 m away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 179 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,680 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Midland & Lawrence by transit?
Bus routes 57, 54, 154, 38, 129, 131, 133, 21 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Midland Ave at Lawrence Ave East, 29 m).
What restaurants are near Midland & Lawrence?
16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (64 m), Burger King (68 m), Crepe Delicious (113 m), Paan City (117 m) and Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken (117 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Midland & Lawrence?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 239 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cedarbrae Day Nursery (191 m, 97 spaces), Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) (268 m, 71 spaces) and Hunter's Glen School Age YMCA (910 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Midland & Lawrence?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,028 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1385 Midland Ave (191 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 1375 Midland Ave (268 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 2 Treewood St (333 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2700 Lawrence Ave E (349 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 87 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Midland & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place 24 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bendale South page.
What neighbourhood is Midland & Lawrence in?
Midland & Lawrence is in Bendale South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 157). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
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 Aug 25, 2026.
- 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 21 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: 43.75152, -79.26505 · centreline node 13449830.