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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 16, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 567 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 57. Morning rush is the busier period: 219 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 190 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. 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: 219 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 190 from 4:45 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 1 collision. 50% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 9, 2025.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 2 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| 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
The City's counter on Sanwood Blvd between Shepton Way and Shepton Way Park Trl (338 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanwood Blvd · Shepton Way – Shepton Way Park Trl · 338 m | Apr 2025 · 3 days | 2,049 | 37 km/h | 44 km/h | 49 km/h |
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
- 17 43 53 nearest 286 m · 3 min
- Express
- 953
- Blue Night
- 343 353
- Nearest stops
- 1 surface stop within 300 m
- Regional
- York Region Transit 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate755 m · 9 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 1 mapped lot within 500 m, 100 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
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. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 16 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Banh Mi Nguyen, 539 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Skl Guardian Drugs, 793 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Birchmount Hospital, 2.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Banh Mi Nguyen · 3376 Kennedy Rd Unit-3539 m · 6 min
- Oishiiisweets · 3376 Kennedy Rd Unit-3539 m · 6 min
- Chef 88 · 3261 Kennedy Rd, Unit-3696 m · 8 min
- Tsui Wah Restaurant · 3261 Kennedy Rd Unit-2697 m · 8 min
- Nan Yue Kitchen · 3261 Kennedy Rd 3-5712 m · 8 min
- Food shops
- H & A Bakery 815 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Skl Guardian Drugs 793 m · 9 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Family Day Kennedy Extended Day & School Age Program · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day562 m · 7 min
- Cheer Day Care Centre · 47 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day610 m · 7 min
- Kreative Kids Terry Fox · 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day655 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed848 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Birchmount Hospital · hospital site2 km · 24 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 (6)
- Sanwood Park156 m
- Shepton Way Park519 m · 6 min
- L'amoreaux North Park800 m · 10 min
- Terry Fox Park807 m · 10 min
- Fundy Bay Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre848 m · 10 min
- Schools (7)
- Kennedy Public SchoolEnglish Public · 561 m · 7 min
- Terry Fox Public SchoolEnglish Public · 655 m · 8 min
- Mary Ward Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 879 m · 10 min
- TCDSB Program and Specials Services - East BuildingEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Steeles branch1 km · 12 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 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), other (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 Steeles.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sanwood & Tom Wells a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Sanwood & Tom Wells?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Dec 16, 2021, 13% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sanwood & Tom Wells a walkable intersection?
Sanwood & Tom Wells scores 19 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: 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km; 1 stop within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 5 licensed child cares within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Sanwood & Tom Wells?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sanwood Blvd between Shepton Way and Shepton Way Park Trl (April 2025), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sanwood & Tom Wells?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 100 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,310 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sanwood & Tom Wells by transit?
Bus routes 17, 43, 53, 953 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate.
What restaurants are near Sanwood & Tom Wells?
None within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Banh Mi Nguyen (539 m), Oishiiisweets (539 m), Chef 88 (696 m), Tsui Wah Restaurant (697 m) and Nan Yue Kitchen (712 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sanwood & Tom Wells?
The nearest is L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 2000 Mcnicoll Ave, 848 m away.
Is there child care near Sanwood & Tom Wells?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 283 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Family Day Kennedy Extended Day & School Age Program (562 m, 43 spaces), Cheer Day Care Centre (610 m, 47 spaces) and Kreative Kids Terry Fox (655 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Sanwood & Tom Wells?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Steeles page.
What neighbourhood is Sanwood & Tom Wells in?
Sanwood & Tom Wells is in Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 116). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.
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 16, 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.
- 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.
- 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 22 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: 43.81697, -79.31122 · centreline node 13442099.