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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 · Feb 4, 2002
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,129 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 62 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,505 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,806 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2002, 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: 1,806 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,505 from 4:15 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 9 collisions. 8 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 29, 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 | 52 | #2010 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 8 | #2101 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 41 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1283 of 2,576 |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 4 | |
| 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 Milton Rd and Lankin Blvd, 387 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2025 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 51 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 57 km/h or more. That segment carries about 36,700 vehicles a day. Linsmore Cres between Plains Rd and O'connor Dr measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Aug 2007). At the school-zone speed sign on Plains Rd (312 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.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linsmore Cres · Plains Rd – O'connor Dr · 105 m | Aug 2007 · 2 days | 582 | 38 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| O'Connor Dr · Milton Rd – Lankin Blvd · 387 m | Dec 2025 · 3 days | 36,661 | 43 km/h | 51 km/h | 57 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Plains Rd (eastbound), 312 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.
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 70 51 62 nearest 86 m
- Blue Night
- 322
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — O'connor Dr at Derwyn Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Memorial Park Ave / Kimbourne Ave 735 m · 9 min · 11 docks · 3 stations, 45 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
- 2 car parks · about 36 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 200 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 | 1.3 km | 18 | 62% (Q1 2026) |
| 1439 Danforth Ave · Surface | 2 km | 18 | 95% (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, 624 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 31 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill, 407 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hurst Pharmacy, 648 m away. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 1.5 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave407 m · 5 min
- Boca Brunch · 488 Cosburn Ave510 m · 6 min
- Mr. Sub · 1068 Coxwell Ave566 m · 7 min
- King's Belly Pub · 429a Donlands Ave583 m · 7 min
- Eggsmart · 312 O'connor Dr585 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Wayne's Supermarket 624 m · 7 min
- Food shops
- Karlovo European Meats and Deli 464 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Hurst Pharmacy 648 m · 8 min
- Child care
- East York Montessori School · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool510 m · 6 min
- Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day517 m · 6 min
- Lily's House Inc. · 15 spaces, toddler · $10-a-day672 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season566 m · 7 min
- Dieppe Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible841 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site1.5 km · 18 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 Park179 m
- Coxwell Ravine Park414 m · 5 min
- Cosburn Park827 m · 10 min
- Dieppe Park888 m · 11 min
- True Davidson Park892 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- East York Community Recreation Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (9)
- Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 517 m · 6 min
- The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 662 m · 8 min
- Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 751 m · 9 min
- East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 923 m · 11 min
- Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch919 m · 11 min
- Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.4 km · 17 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 — 145 rental units. The nearest is 9 Elmsdale Rd (679 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 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 38 | 4 | 1945 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 679 m · 8 min |
| 338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 36 | 3 | 1949 | 97 · Aug 2024 | 829 m · 10 min |
| 470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc | 42 | 4 | 1957 | 90 · Jun 2024 | 884 m · 11 min |
| 257 Torrens Ave | 17 | 3 | 1950 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes | 12 | 3 | 1965 | 74 · Jun 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
5 registered buildings · 145 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 11, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 1 | street/outdoor (1) |
| 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 Old East York.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is O'Connor & Linsmore a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 & Linsmore?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2002. Its latest count is from Feb 4, 2002, 1.65× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is O'Connor & Linsmore a walkable intersection?
O'Connor & Linsmore scores 33 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 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km; 4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; library 919 m away.
How fast do cars go at O'Connor & Linsmore?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on O'Connor Dr between Milton Rd and Lankin Blvd (December 2025), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 312 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 & Linsmore?
The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.3 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 200 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,140 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to O'Connor & Linsmore by transit?
Bus routes 8, 87, 70, 51, 62 within 1 km (nearest stop: O'connor Dr at Derwyn Rd, 86 m).
What restaurants are near O'Connor & Linsmore?
None within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (407 m), Boca Brunch (510 m), Mr. Sub (566 m), King's Belly Pub (583 m) and Eggsmart (585 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near O'Connor & Linsmore?
The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 566 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (841 m).
Is there child care near O'Connor & Linsmore?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 102 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (510 m, 31 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (517 m, 56 spaces) and Lily's House Inc. (672 m, 15 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Linsmore?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 145 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 9 Elmsdale Rd (679 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 338-342 Donlands Ave (829 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 470 Mortimer Ave (884 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 257 Torrens Ave (1.0 km, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at O'Connor & Linsmore?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Old East York page.
What neighbourhood is O'Connor & Linsmore in?
O'Connor & Linsmore 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 Feb 4, 2002.
- 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.
- 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 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: 43.69636, -79.33598 · centreline node 13458607.