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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 · Sep 15, 2026
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 14,998 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 387 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,457 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,451 from 2:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 2,457 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,451 from 2:15 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 21 collisions. 19 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 28 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 10, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 18, 2024. The police all-collisions file records 2 fatal collisions here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places one of them just outside the 65 m radius.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 152 | #703 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 19 | #898 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 109 | |
| Fail to remain | 28 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1113 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 22 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | #576 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Nov 18, 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
On Lawrence Ave W between Englemount Ave and Shermount Ave, 125 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2025 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 30,700 vehicles a day. Shermount Ave between Fraserwood Ave and Meadowbrook Rd measured slower: 45 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 53 km/h (Mar 2013). At the school-zone speed sign on Flemington Rd (390 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 32,567 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave W · Englemount Ave – Shermount Ave · 125 m | Dec 2025 · 3 days | 30,743 | 42 km/h | 53 km/h | 59 km/h |
| Shermount Ave · Fraserwood Ave – Meadowbrook Rd · 310 m | Mar 2013 · 24 h | 3,261 | 45 km/h | 53 km/h | 58 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Flemington Rd (eastbound), 390 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 0.3% at 50 km/h or more. 32,567 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 1004, activated 1973 · 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
- Lawrence West Station (Line 1)266 m · 3 min
- TTC bus
- 109 52 400 59 14 7 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 952
- Blue Night
- 352 307
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Shermount Ave East Side; Lawrence Ave West at Shermount Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave W / Marlee Ave 416 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 24 mapped lots within 500 m, 343 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 within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Bole Market, 526 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 22 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Santa Rita Latin Products, 551 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart 809, 818 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Santa Rita Latin Products · 705 Lawrence Ave W Unit-A551 m · 7 min
- New York News · 750 Lawrence Ave W596 m · 7 min
- Asian Gourmet · 700 Lawrence Ave W871 m · 10 min
- Aung Sushi · 700 Lawrence Ave W871 m · 10 min
- Barburrito · 700 Lawrence Ave W Unit-230871 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Bole Market 526 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 809 818 m · 10 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Dalemount Child Care · 102 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day789 m · 9 min
- Gan Sameach · 24 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day867 m · 10 min
- Villa Charities - Our Lady of Assumption · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 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 (13)
- Fraserwood Park475 m · 6 min
- Chater Court Park713 m · 8 min
- Dell Park736 m · 9 min
- Wenderly Park940 m · 11 min
- Lawrence Heights Park1 km · 11 min
- Community centres
- Barbara Frum Recreation Centre1 km · 12 min
- Viewmount Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Lawrence Heights Community Centre1.2 km · 15 min
- Schools (17)
- John Polanyi Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 231 m
- Yeshiva Gedolah of TorontoPrivate · 497 m · 6 min
- Glen Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 789 m · 9 min
- Vega AcademyPrivate · 870 m · 10 min
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum 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 public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,819 of 5,672. 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 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 387 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 651 Lawrence Ave W (172 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 2003), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 Lawrence Ave W social housing · Ecuhome Corporation | 24 | 3 | 2003 | 97 · Sep 2025 | 172 m |
| 568 Lawrence Ave W · Esbin Property Management Inc. | 29 | 3 | 1954 | 85 · Sep 2025 | 532 m · 6 min |
| 20 Varna Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 31 | 3 | 1957 | 98 · Jul 2026 | 615 m · 7 min |
| 1 Flemington Rd Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 31 | 3 | 1957 | 85 · Nov 2025 | 734 m · 9 min |
| 22 Varna Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 31 | 3 | 1957 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 735 m · 9 min |
| 525 Lawrence Ave W social housing · Greenwin Corp. | 133 | 8 | 1992 | 100 · Sep 2026 | 850 m · 10 min |
11 registered buildings · 387 units · 7 social housing · tallest 8 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
19 thefts from vehicles and 17 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 6.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 13 in 2023–2025, about 4.3 a year, against 3.3 a year before that. 68% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 76% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 18, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 19 | 12 | 2 | street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 17 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (13), other (3) |
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 Englemount-Lawrence.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Shermount & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#576 of 1,505), out of 152 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 Shermount & Lawrence?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #319 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.89× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Shermount & Lawrence a walkable intersection?
Shermount & Lawrence scores 48 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,819 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: Lawrence West Station 0.3 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Shermount & Lawrence?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Englemount Ave and Shermount Ave (December 2025), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 390 m away (40 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Shermount & Lawrence?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 343 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,560 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Shermount & Lawrence by transit?
Lawrence West Station (Line 1) is 266 m away; bus routes 109, 52, 400, 59, 14, 7, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Shermount Ave East Side, 25 m).
What restaurants are near Shermount & Lawrence?
None within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Santa Rita Latin Products (551 m), New York News (596 m), Asian Gourmet (871 m), Aung Sushi (871 m) and Barburrito (871 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Shermount & Lawrence?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 154 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dalemount Child Care (789 m, 102 spaces), Gan Sameach (867 m, 24 spaces) and Villa Charities - Our Lady of Assumption (1.0 km, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Shermount & Lawrence?
11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 387 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 651 Lawrence Ave W (172 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 568 Lawrence Ave W (532 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 20 Varna Dr (615 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 1 Flemington Rd (734 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Shermount & Lawrence?
Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and 17 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Englemount-Lawrence page.
What neighbourhood is Shermount & Lawrence in?
Shermount & Lawrence is in Englemount-Lawrence (City of Toronto neighbourhood 032). 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 Sep 15, 2026.
- 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; 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: 43.71672, -79.44132 · centreline node 13455564.