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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 · Apr 1, 2023 · weekend
The west leg carries the load — 3,008 eastbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 206. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,161 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 90% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (612). Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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: 612 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,161 from 2:00 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
2024 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 32% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 1, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jul 25, 2024.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 22 | |
| With an injury | 7 | #2162 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 13 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #524 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | #115 of 319 |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jul 25, 2024 |
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 Sheppard Ave E between Durnford Rd and Nature Ptwy (128 m away) recorded an average of 56 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 18,200 vehicles a day. Durnford Rd between Tall Pines Park Trl and Durness Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Mar 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Durnford Rd (148 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 40,576 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrium Lane · Sheppard Ave E – Royal Rouge Trl · 49 m | Oct 1996 · 24 h | 908 | — | — | — |
| Sheppard Ave E · Durnford Rd – Nature Ptwy · 128 m | Oct 2024 · 3 days | 18,205 | 56 km/h | 64 km/h | 70 km/h |
| Durnford Rd · Tall Pines Park Trl – Durness Ave · 161 m | Mar 2025 · 3 days | 3,353 | 36 km/h | 43 km/h | 48 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Durnford Rd (southbound), 148 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 39 km/h; 0.4% at 50 km/h or more. 40,576 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1635, activated 1991
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Kingston Rd. @ Port Union Rd.492 m · 6 min
- TTC bus
- 85 200 95 nearest 21 m
- Blue Night
- 385 395
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Durnford Rd; Sheppard Ave East at Atrium Lane
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 N1 Route N1 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union500 m · 6 min
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Sheppard Ave E installed 2004
- 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
- 11 mapped lots within 500 m, 86 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 Eggsmart, 455 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 563 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Eggsmart · 6 Rylander Blvd Unit-6455 m · 5 min
- Nadi Halal Kebab House · 65 Rylander Blvd Unit-0472 m · 6 min
- Mucho Burrito · 6714 Kingston Rd Unit-1486 m · 6 min
- Subway · 6714 Kingston Rd Unit-5486 m · 6 min
- Starbucks Coffee · 6714 Kingston Rd486 m · 6 min
- Food shops
- British Pride Bakery 472 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 563 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Big Bears Daycare · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day101 m
- Rouge Valley Jr YMCA · 82 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day230 m
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
- Tall Pines Park370 m · 4 min
- Royal Rouge Tot Lot421 m · 5 min
- Irma Burman Greenbelt Park914 m · 11 min
- Fanfare Park1.5 km · 18 min
- Community centres
- Tall Pines Community Centre444 m · 5 min
- Schools
- Rouge Valley Public SchoolEnglish Public · 230 m
- St Dominic Savio Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 700 m · 8 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 library, a public washroom 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
Seven registered apartment buildings with 140 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, all of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 39 Durnford Rd (160 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1992), which scored 88 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 Durnford Rd social housing | 14 | 3 | 1992 | 88 · Oct 2025 | 160 m |
| 37 Durnford Rd social housing | 28 | 4 | 1992 | 86 · Oct 2025 | 212 m |
| 35 Durnford Rd social housing | 21 | 4 | 1992 | 84 · Oct 2025 | 256 m · 3 min |
| 19 Durnford Rd social housing | 28 | 4 | 1992 | 83 · Aug 2026 | 273 m · 3 min |
| 21 Durnford Rd social housing | 21 | 4 | 1992 | 86 · Sep 2025 | 303 m · 4 min |
| 17 Durnford Rd social housing | 14 | 3 | 1992 | 86 · Sep 2025 | 313 m · 4 min |
7 registered buildings · 140 units · 7 social housing · tallest 4 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), 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 West Rouge.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Durnford a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#524 of 1,505), out of 22 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 Sheppard & Durnford?
An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, 78% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Durnford a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Durnford scores 35 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: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Durnford?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave E between Durnford Rd and Nature Ptwy (October 2024), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 148 m away (40 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Durnford?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 86 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,840 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Durnford by transit?
Bus routes 85, 200, 95 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Durnford Rd, 21 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921, N1 Route N1 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Durnford?
None within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Eggsmart (455 m), Nadi Halal Kebab House (472 m), Mucho Burrito (486 m), Subway (486 m) and Starbucks Coffee (486 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sheppard & Durnford?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 412 m away at Royal Rouge Tot Lot.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Durnford?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 139 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Big Bears Daycare (101 m, 57 spaces) and Rouge Valley Jr YMCA (230 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Durnford?
Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 140 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 39 Durnford Rd (160 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 37 Durnford Rd (212 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 35 Durnford Rd (256 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 19 Durnford Rd (273 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 86 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Durnford?
Toronto Police place four 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 West Rouge page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Durnford in?
Sheppard & Durnford is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Apr 1, 2023.
- 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 25 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: 43.80091, -79.15060 · centreline node 13443118.