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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 · Feb 12, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 2,638 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 185 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 560 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 489 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% 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: 489 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 560 from 5:00 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
The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 3 collisions (43%) involved an injury. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (29%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 27, 2018.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 7 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 4 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest May 27, 2018 |
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 Staines Rd between Steppingstone Trl and Solstice Dr, 177 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2023 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,200 vehicles a day. Hepatica St between Boulderbrook Dr and Rivendell Trl measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Jun 2005).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatica St · Boulderbrook Dr – Rivendell Trl · 111 m | Jun 2005 · 24 h | 412 | 28 km/h | 35 km/h | 39 km/h |
| Staines Rd · Steppingstone Trl – Solstice Dr · 177 m | Aug 2023 · 3 days | 6,162 | 47 km/h | 54 km/h | 58 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
- 53 133 nearest 15 m
- Express
- 953 939
- Blue Night
- 353
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Staines Rd at Hepatica St
- 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
- 0 mapped lots within 500 m, 8 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
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
- Starry Park121 m
- Staines Parkette1.3 km · 15 min
- Point Rouge Trail Park1.4 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 restaurant or café, a grocery store, a pharmacy, a community centre, a school, 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Staines & Hepatica a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 7 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 Staines & Hepatica?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 12, 2026, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Staines & Hepatica a walkable intersection?
Staines & Hepatica scores 14 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; 3 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Staines & Hepatica?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Staines Rd between Steppingstone Trl and Solstice Dr (August 2023), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Staines & Hepatica?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 8 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 970 spaces — none within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Staines & Hepatica by transit?
Bus routes 53, 133, 953, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Staines Rd at Hepatica St, 15 m).
What neighbourhood is Staines & Hepatica in?
Staines & Hepatica is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). 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 Feb 12, 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.
- 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: 43.83489, -79.22998 · centreline node 14634930.