Toronto · intersection · signal 1383 · fatal collision 2026

Steeles & Petrolia

Steeles Ave W & Petrolia Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Steeles & Petrolia, in York University Heights, is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. Nearby is 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. Someone was killed here in February 2026.

Traffic volume
42,643
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 27, 2026
882 pedestrians · 122 cyclists · #85 busiest
Collisions
115
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 88 property damage · #958 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0 +1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016 · 1 fatal since Jan 2026 (Feb 3, 2026)
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 3,050 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.6× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 48 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 12 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 60%, from 82 in 2016–2020 to 33 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury. Since January 2026, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here, and it was fatal.

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Steeles & Petrolia

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
60107 nearest 22 m
Express
960
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Petrolia Rd; Steeles Ave West at Tandem Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill096 Keele - Yonge107 Keele107B Keele at Steeles Av / Petrolia Rd18 m
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (2)
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 1.4 km
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1.4 km
Parks (1)
  • Keele Reservoir376 m
Signal
1383, activated 1984 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 15 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Caketoronto, 66 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Caketoronto · 2727 Steeles Ave W, Unit-10166 mPassed, Oct 2025
Caketoronto · 2727 Steeles Ave W Unit-10166 mPassed, Jul 2026
Golf Kings · 2777 Steeles Ave W 1-490 mPassed, Feb 2026
Kabob Factory · 2777 Steeles Ave W104 mPassed, Aug 2026
Sunnyside Grill · 2777 Steeles Ave W Unit-2104 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Living Earth Farm · 1165 Petrolia Rd147 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Genji Sushi · 2899 Steeles Ave W Unit-15181 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Sandra's Italian Kitchen · 2899 Steeles Ave W Unit-12181 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

No licensed child care centre within 1 km.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.0 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.8 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 4.2 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 3 km4330 Dufferin St

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots230 lots · ≈58,510 spaces · 175.5 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈5,120 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.9 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.9 km335 *

Nearest lots: 83 m away, ≈317 spaces; 130 m away, ≈344 spaces; 152 m away, ≈91 spaces; 166 m away, ≈93 spaces; 204 m away, ≈93 spaces; 226 m away, ≈128 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be 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; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, May 27, 2026

The east leg carries the load — 19,820 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 996. Most cyclists arrived from the west (85 of 122). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,783 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (3,227). Trucks and buses were 6.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north996southbound · 2 bikes · 8.7% heavy
From the west18,109eastbound · 85 bikes · 6.9% heavy
Total vehicles42,643882 pedestrians · 122 cyclists · 6.7% heavy
From the east19,820westbound · 26 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south3,718northbound · 9 bikes · 7.2% heavy
AM peak hour3,227 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,783 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 27, 2026

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's most recent midblock count on Steeles Ave W between Shale Gt and Petrolia Rd (120 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 1,823 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave W · Shale Gt – Petrolia Rd · 120 mJun 2016 · 3 days1,823
Petrolia Rd · Limestone Cres – Steeles Ave W · 148 mJun 2016 · 3 days8,909

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2018 was the peak year (22 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% 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 May 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions115#958 of 5,508
With an injury16#1139 of 4,660
Property damage only88
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#2017 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2407 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014158latest May 12, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here — it was fatal (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on Feb 3, 2026. 2 older KSI collisions are on file from before 2016.

2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions0
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11 fatal · 1 pedestrian · latest Feb 3, 2026
All KSI since 20063latest Feb 3, 2026

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500street/outdoor (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 2, 2020. 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Steeles & Petrolia a dangerous intersection?

Someone was killed here on Feb 3, 2026, after the ranking window closed. Not by the ten-year ranking: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 115 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 Steeles & Petrolia?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #85 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.6× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Steeles & Petrolia?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.9 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 230 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 58,510 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles & Petrolia by transit?

Bus routes 60, 107, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Petrolia Rd, 22 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 096 Keele - Yonge, 107 Keele, 107B Keele at Steeles Av / Petrolia Rd.

What restaurants are near Steeles & Petrolia?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Caketoronto (66 m), Caketoronto (66 m), Golf Kings (90 m), Kabob Factory (104 m) and Sunnyside Grill (104 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

How many thefts are reported at Steeles & Petrolia?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Steeles & Petrolia in?

Steeles & Petrolia is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), 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

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