Overlea & Thorncliffe Park (East)

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 11,058 westbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 4,088. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,490 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 25% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,987). Trucks and buses were 6.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,987 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,490 from 5:00 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 63 collisions. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 110 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 40 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 27, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 16, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2019

The City's counter on Thorncliffe Park Dr between R. V. Burgess Park Trl and Overlea Blvd (113 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 7,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

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 2008 (east intersection); 151 tickets in 2025, 98 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in North York.

The crossing

Signal 0679, activated 1963 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

• Groceries and food21/30

  3 grocery stores within 1 km · 15 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit15/28

  8 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go5/14

  library 628 m away

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care7/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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.

32 registered apartment buildings with 5,734 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 85-95 Thorncliffe Park Dr (267 m, 500 units, 43 storeys, built 1971), which scored 90 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

32 registered buildings · 5,734 units · 3 social housing · tallest 43 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.

Toronto Police place 28 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 11 in 2023–2025, about 3.7 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 68% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 13, 2026.

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 Thorncliffe Park.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 25, 2025.
• 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.
• 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 15 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: 43.70747, -79.34363 · centreline node 13456854.