Pretoria & Cambridge

Traffic volume8-hour count · Aug 13, 2002

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 962 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 67% of the total, against 221 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the north (139 of 319). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 262 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 31% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (200). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 24 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: 262 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 200 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 worst year was 2020, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 42% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 25, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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 2009

On Cambridge Ave between Eastmount Ave and Thorncliffe Ave, 178 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2009 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Pretoria Ave between Cambridge Ave and Broadview Ave measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Apr 2008). 3 speed humps slow traffic on Cambridge Avenue between Pretoria Ave and Chester Hill Rd, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Traffic calming

Cambridge Avenue (Pretoria Ave – Chester Hill Rd): 3 speed humps; Cambridge Avenue (Danforth Ave – Pretoria Ave): 4 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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food16/30

  6 grocery stores within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Broadview Station 0.3 km · 11 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go7/14

  library 1.4 km away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation6/10

  2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

• Schools and child care7/8

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

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

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.

Within a kilometre there are 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,104 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 818 Broadview Ave (116 m, 31 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 22 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

22 registered buildings · 2,104 units · 2 social housing · tallest 24 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.

22 thefts from vehicles and 26 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 8.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 6.3 a year before that. 32% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 46% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on May 22, 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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Aug 13, 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; 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).
• 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: 43.67857, -79.35965 · centreline node 13461946.