Roncesvalles & Dundas

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 30, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,979 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 2,740 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the north (708 of 1,526). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,352 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,352 from 4:30 p.m. 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 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 1,352 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,352 from 4:30 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 19 collisions. 21 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 25 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 11 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 22, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 6, 2024. 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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's most recent midblock count on Dundas St W between Bloor St W and Edna Ave (330 m away, Oct 2014) recorded volume only — about 10,460 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Dundas St W (117 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 5,997 vehicles logged in April 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign

Dundas St W (northbound), 117 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 6 km/h, 85th percentile 19 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 5,997 vehicles logged in April 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.

The crossing

Signal 1305, activated 1975 · transit priority

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food30/30

  2 grocery stores within 300 m · 22 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit23/28

  Dundas West Station 0.4 km · 10 stops within 300 m · 19 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go3/14

  library 1 km away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation5/10

  1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot4/10

  traffic signal

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 — 2,596 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 469 Roncesvalles Ave (116 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 83 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

22 registered buildings · 2,596 units · 7 social housing · tallest 29 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.

Eight thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 100% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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 High Park-Swansea.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 30, 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.
• 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 4 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: 43.65388, -79.45185 · centreline node 13466258.