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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 volume14-hour count · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend
The west leg carries the load — 11,046 eastbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 555. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,283 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 22% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,877). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Peak hours: 1,877 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,283 from 2:45 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 19 collisions. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 20 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 1, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 121 | #903 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 27 | #599 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 76 | |
| Fail to remain | 20 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1394 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 18 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 11 | |
| 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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Sheppard Ave W between Downsview Park Trl and Bakersfield St (254 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 17,476 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Ave W · Downsview Park Trl – Bakersfield St · 254 m | Sep 2014 · 7 days | 17,476 | — | — | — |
| Bakersfield St · St Regis Cres N – Ashwarren Rd · 376 m | Jan 2002 · 24 h | 4,468 | — | — | — |
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 2287, activated 2017 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Downsview Park Station (Line 1)223 m
- GO Transit
- Downsview Park GO — Barrie669 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 84 101 106 108 107 41 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 984 941
- Blue Night
- 384 341
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Vitti St - Downsview Park Station; Sheppard Ave West at Bakersfield St West Side - Downsview Park Station
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Downsview Park Subway Station - SMART 150 m · 20 docks · 3 stations, 55 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 20 mapped lots within 500 m, 256 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
The nearest grocery store is North York Danforth Food Market, 864 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. 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 Kitchen Avenue, 390 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Yorkview Chemist, 862 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Downsview Long Term Care Centre, a long-term care home 944 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Kitchen Avenue · 3852 Chesswood Dr390 m · 5 min
- Fuel Up Smoothies & Shakes · 4000 Chesswood Dr436 m · 5 min
- Penalty Box Chesswood · 4000 Chesswood Dr Unit-2436 m · 5 min
- Ristorante Monte Cassino · 3710 Chesswood Dr459 m · 5 min
- California Sandwiches · 3701 Chesswood Dr608 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- North York Danforth Food Market 864 m · 10 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bakery Gateau 765 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Yorkview Chemist 862 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Downsview Long Term Care Centre · long-term care home944 m · 11 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
- Grandravine Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Grandravine Community Recreation Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools
- St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 1.5 km · 18 min
- Places of interest
- Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 1.4 km · 16 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: licensed child care, a library or a public washroom.
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
Two registered apartment buildings with 295 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 3680 Keele St (1.0 km, 238 units, 3 storeys, built 1970), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3680 Keele St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 238 | 3 | 1970 | 98 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
| 3700 Keele St · Hazelview Properties Services Inc. | 57 | 3 | 1962 | 93 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
2 registered buildings · 295 units · 1 social housing · tallest 3 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
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 100% of the bike thefts were from transit property.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (5), transit property (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 7 | 4 | 0 | transit property (7) |
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 Downsview.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Bakersfield a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 121 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 Sheppard & Bakersfield?
A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #573 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.55× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Bakersfield a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Bakersfield scores 47 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: Downsview Park Station · 5 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 16 within 1 km; nearest park 1.5 km · nearest centre 1.4 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Bakersfield?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 256 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 61,480 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Bakersfield by transit?
Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 223 m away; Downsview Park GO is 669 m away; bus routes 84, 101, 106, 108, 107, 41, 984, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Vitti St - Downsview Park Station, 25 m).
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Bakersfield?
None within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Kitchen Avenue (390 m), Fuel Up Smoothies & Shakes (436 m), Penalty Box Chesswood (436 m), Ristorante Monte Cassino (459 m) and California Sandwiches (608 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Bakersfield?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 295 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3680 Keele St (1.0 km, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 3700 Keele St (1.0 km, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 96 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Bakersfield?
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Downsview page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Bakersfield in?
Sheppard & Bakersfield is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.
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 Nov 15, 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.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 6 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: 43.75432, -79.48025 · centreline node 13449875.