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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 · Dec 14, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 10,548 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 65 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,858 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 2,266 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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: 2,266 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,858 from 4:00 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 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 3 collisions (21%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 19, 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 | 14 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 11 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| 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 O'Connor Dr between Athlone Rd and Airley Cres, 24 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2018 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 37,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Athlone Rd between Plains Rd and O'connor Dr measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Oct 2018). At the school-zone speed sign on Plains Rd (389 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 38,550 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Athlone Road between O'Connor Dr and Cosburn Ave.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connor Dr · Athlone Rd – Airley Cres · 24 m | May 2018 · 3 days | 37,530 | 47 km/h | 57 km/h | 62 km/h |
| Athlone Rd · Plains Rd – O'connor Dr · 105 m | Oct 2018 · 3 days | 605 | 35 km/h | 44 km/h | 48 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Plains Rd (eastbound), 389 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 21 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 0.6% at 40 km/h or more. 38,550 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
- Traffic calming
- Athlone Road (O'Connor Dr – Cosburn Ave): 6 speed humps
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 8 87 51 70 nearest 22 m
- Blue Night
- 322
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — O'connor Dr at Athlone Rd West Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Memorial Park Ave / Kimbourne Ave 830 m · 10 min · 11 docks · 4 stations, 64 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 18 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 3 mapped lots within 500 m, 214 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 850 Coxwell Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 18 | 62% (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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Wayne's Supermarket, 720 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 31 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is King's Belly Pub, 487 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hurst Pharmacy, 552 m away. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 1.6 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- King's Belly Pub · 429a Donlands Ave487 m · 6 min
- Eggsmart · 312 O'connor Dr489 m · 6 min
- Tim Hortons · 310 O'connor Dr495 m · 6 min
- Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave503 m · 6 min
- Link Haus · 423 Donlands Ave524 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- Wayne's Supermarket 720 m · 9 min
- Food shops
- Karlovo European Meats and Deli 559 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Hurst Pharmacy 552 m · 7 min
- Child care
- East York Montessori School · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool605 m · 7 min
- Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day613 m · 7 min
- Lily's House Inc. · 15 spaces, toddler · $10-a-day768 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season470 m · 6 min
- Dieppe Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible936 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site1.6 km · 19 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)
- Four Oaks Gate Park99 m
- Coxwell Ravine Park510 m · 6 min
- Cosburn Park923 m · 11 min
- Dieppe Park1 km · 12 min
- True Davidson Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- East York Community Recreation Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (9)
- The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 566 m · 7 min
- Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m · 7 min
- Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 847 m · 10 min
- East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch1 km · 12 min
- Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.3 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 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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 157 rental units. The nearest is 9 Elmsdale Rd (583 m, 38 units, 4 storeys, built 1945), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 38 | 4 | 1945 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 583 m · 7 min |
| 338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 36 | 3 | 1949 | 97 · Aug 2024 | 733 m · 9 min |
| 257 Torrens Ave | 17 | 3 | 1950 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 867 m · 10 min |
| 260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 24 | 3 | 1950 | 98 · Jul 2025 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc | 42 | 4 | 1957 | 90 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
5 registered buildings · 157 units · tallest 4 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is O'Connor & Athlone a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 O'Connor & Athlone?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 2.2× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is O'Connor & Athlone a walkable intersection?
O'Connor & Athlone scores 32 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 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; 6 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 31 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at O'Connor & Athlone?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on O'Connor Dr between Athlone Rd and Airley Cres (May 2018), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 389 m away (30 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near O'Connor & Athlone?
The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.4 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 214 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,080 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to O'Connor & Athlone by transit?
Bus routes 8, 87, 51, 70 within 1 km (nearest stop: O'connor Dr at Athlone Rd West Side, 22 m).
What restaurants are near O'Connor & Athlone?
None within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are King's Belly Pub (487 m), Eggsmart (489 m), Tim Hortons (495 m), Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (503 m) and Link Haus (524 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near O'Connor & Athlone?
The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 470 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (936 m).
Is there child care near O'Connor & Athlone?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 161 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (605 m, 31 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (613 m, 56 spaces) and Lily's House Inc. (768 m, 15 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Athlone?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 157 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 9 Elmsdale Rd (583 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 338-342 Donlands Ave (733 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 257 Torrens Ave (867 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 260 Gamble Ave (1.0 km, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 93 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is O'Connor & Athlone in?
O'Connor & Athlone is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.
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 Dec 14, 2021.
- 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); Traffic Calming Database.
- 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.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 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: 43.69611, -79.33713 · centreline node 13458653.