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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, and the red-light camera
Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 1, 2023 · weekend
The south leg carries the load — 6,845 northbound vehicles, or 33% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 3,539. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,292 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 84% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,785). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% 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 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: 1,785 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 3,292 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
2019 was the peak year (60 collisions), and 2025 closed with 39. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 38 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 32 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 14, 2026.
None of the four serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. 1 of the 4 happened in darkness — 25%, below the citywide 39%. 2022 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Sep 13, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 7.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 361 | #218 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 75 | #109 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 256 | |
| Fail to remain | 38 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 6 | #611 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 3 | |
| Severity not classified | 30 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 32 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 4 | #46 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 1 | 25% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 7 | latest Sep 13, 2022 |
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 Neilson Rd and Murison Blvd (200 m away) recorded an average of 60 km/h in its 7-day count in October 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 15,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Berner Trail (348 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 36,485 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Ave E · Neilson Rd – Murison Blvd · 200 m | Oct 2019 · 7 days | 15,864 | 60 km/h | 69 km/h | 74 km/h |
| Neilson Rd · Sheppard Ave E – Wickson Trl · 226 m | May 2010 · 3 days | 35,321 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Berner Trail (northbound), 348 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 29 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 36,485 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.
- Red-light camera
- In operation since 2009; 317 tickets in 2025, 138 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Scarborough.
- The crossing
- Signal 1222, activated 1979
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 133 85 132 134 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 985
- Blue Night
- 334 385
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m — Neilson Rd at Sheppard Ave East; Sheppard Ave East at Neilson Rd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Milner Westbound @ Neilson315 m · 4 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, 145 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; 4 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 931 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Lapsley Ida Pharmacy, 799 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizza Pizza · 23 Lapsley Rd931 m · 11 min
- Deccan House · 19 Lapsley Rd938 m · 11 min
- Lalitas Place · 15 Lapsley Rd Unit-151 km · 11 min
- Urban Mandi · 19 Lapsley Rd1 km · 12 min
- Food shops
- Bun King Bakery 847 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Lapsley Ida Pharmacy 799 m · 10 min
- Child care
- Berner Trail Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 59 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day806 m · 10 min
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day873 m · 10 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 (7)
- Wickson Trail Park921 m · 11 min
- Burrows Hall Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Berner Trail Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Murison Park1.2 km · 14 min
- Malvern Woods1.3 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Berner Trail Community Centre751 m · 9 min
- Malvern Recreation Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools (12)
- Berner Trail Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 806 m · 10 min
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Public SchoolEnglish Public · 874 m · 10 min
- St Barnabas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- St Florence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Vedic RootsPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Malvern branch1.3 km · 16 min
- Places of interest
- Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 1.4 km · 17 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 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 13 | 3 | 0 | house driveway/garage (9), street/outdoor (2) |
| 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 Malvern East.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sheppard & Neilson a dangerous intersection?
By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #46 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 & Neilson?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2023, 2.2× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Neilson a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Neilson scores 30 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: nearest park 0.9 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 10 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.8 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal.
Is there a red-light camera at Sheppard & Neilson?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Sheppard & Neilson since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 317 tickets in 2025 (115 in 2024) and 138 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,546 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Sheppard & Neilson?
317 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 115 in 2024, and 138 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,546 tickets since 2009. A red-light camera penalty in Toronto is $328.25 — a $260 set fine, a $60 victim fund component and an $8.25 provincial licence plate access fee. It carries no demerit points and does not touch anyone's driving record, because the notice goes to the vehicle's registered owner regardless of who was driving.
How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Neilson?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave E between Neilson Rd and Murison Blvd (October 2019), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 348 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Neilson?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 145 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,900 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sheppard & Neilson by transit?
Bus routes 133, 85, 132, 134, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Neilson Rd at Sheppard Ave East, 25 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Milner Westbound @ Neilson.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Neilson?
None within 300 m, and 4 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Pizza (931 m), Deccan House (938 m), Lalitas Place (1.0 km) and Urban Mandi (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Neilson?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 138 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Berner Trail Early Learning & Child Care Centre (806 m, 59 spaces) and Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA (873 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Sheppard & Neilson?
Toronto Police place 13 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 Malvern East page.
What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Neilson in?
Sheppard & Neilson is in Malvern East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 146). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.
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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- 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; 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 23 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: 43.79812, -79.21767 · centreline node 13443509.