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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 15, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,428 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 581 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,919 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (1,761). Trucks and buses were 6.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. 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: 1,919 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,761 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 2023, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 4 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 16, 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 Nov 22, 2019.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 43 | #2265 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 34 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1112 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #575 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #274 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Nov 22, 2019 |
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 Rosewell Ave between Cheritan Ave and Lawrence Ave W, 165 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2023 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Avenue Rd (228 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.2% of the 7,662 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave W · Rosewell Ave – Avenue Rd · 59 m | Sep 2013 · 7 days | 15,354 | — | — | — |
| Rosewell Ave · Cheritan Ave – Lawrence Ave W · 165 m | Oct 2023 · 24 h | 2,138 | 34 km/h | 42 km/h | 47 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Avenue Rd (southbound), 228 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 43 km/h; 2.2% at 50 km/h or more. 7,662 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
- 52 61 nearest 90 m
- Express
- 952
- Blue Night
- 352
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Rosewell Ave East Side; Lawrence Ave West at Avenue Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Rosewell Ave / Cheritan Ave 371 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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
- 4 car parks · about 194 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 6 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 299 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 1.1 km | 42 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 1.3 km | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Glenforest Road · Surface | 1.6 km | 26 * | — |
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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Mike's Fish Market, 229 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 25. The nearest is Fancy Franks, 117 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 168 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A117 m
- Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd117 m
- Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd229 m
- Pusateri's · 1539 Avenue Rd229 m
- Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd233 m
- Food shops
- Mike's Fish Market 229 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 168 m
- Child care
- Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 93 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day163 m
- John Ross Robertson Child Centre · 212 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day700 m · 8 min
- Toronto Cheder · 16 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day821 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season694 m · 8 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 (19)
- Glengarry Park370 m · 4 min
- Douglas Greenbelt450 m · 5 min
- Heart Park575 m · 7 min
- Brookdale Park722 m · 9 min
- Bedford Parkette766 m · 9 min
- Schools (13)
- Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 257 m · 3 min
- Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 338 m · 4 min
- Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 395 m · 5 min
- Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 514 m · 6 min
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 581 m · 7 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Locke branch1 km · 12 min
- Places of interest
- Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1.2 km · 14 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 grocery store, a community centre or 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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 115 rental units. The nearest is 284 Lawrence Ave W (51 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 77 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 77 · Sep 2025 | 51 m |
| 515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak | 89 | 7 | 2005 | 98 · Sep 2025 | 105 m |
| 312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited | 11 | 3 | 1951 | 75 · Jun 2024 | 333 m · 4 min |
3 registered buildings · 115 units · tallest 7 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
Two thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), school/campus (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (5) |
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 Lawrence Park South.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Rosewell & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#575 of 1,505), out of 43 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Rosewell & Lawrence?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 15, 2021, 1.43× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Rosewell & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Rosewell & Lawrence scores 41 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 parks within 500 m; 7 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Rosewell & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rosewell Ave between Cheritan Ave and Lawrence Ave W (October 2023), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 228 m away (40 km/h), 2.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Rosewell & Lawrence?
The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (1.1 km away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 299 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,770 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Rosewell & Lawrence by transit?
Bus routes 52, 61, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Rosewell Ave East Side, 90 m).
What restaurants are near Rosewell & Lawrence?
10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Fancy Franks (117 m), Starbucks (117 m), Bento Sushi (229 m), Pusateri's (229 m) and Rosie's Burgers (233 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Rosewell & Lawrence?
The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 694 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season.
Is there child care near Rosewell & Lawrence?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 461 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (163 m, 93 spaces), John Ross Robertson Child Centre (700 m, 212 spaces) and Toronto Cheder (821 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Rosewell & Lawrence?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 284 Lawrence Ave W (51 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 515 Rosewell Ave (105 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 312 Douglas Ave (333 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 83 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Rosewell & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park South page.
What neighbourhood is Rosewell & Lawrence in?
Rosewell & Lawrence is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
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 15, 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).
- 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 8 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: 43.72257, -79.41420 · centreline node 13454610.