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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 · Nov 25, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,384 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 750 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 342 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 352 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% 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: 342 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 352 from 4:45 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 worst year was 2021, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 44% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 17, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 9 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 Thistle Down Blvd between Albion Rd and Thistle Down Ter, 193 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,000 vehicles a day. Barkwin Dr between Batawa Cres and Albion Gardens Trl measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Jun 2025).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle Down Blvd · Albion Rd – Thistle Down Ter · 193 m | Apr 2024 · 3 days | 3,990 | 39 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Barkwin Dr · Batawa Cres – Albion Gardens Trl · 195 m | Jun 2025 · 3 days | 1,887 | 33 km/h | 39 km/h | 44 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
- 118 73 37 nearest 14 m
- Express
- 937
- Blue Night
- 337
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Thistle Down Blvd at Barkwin Dr East Side; Thistle Down Blvd at Barkwin Dr West Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Thistletown Community Centre 328 m · 4 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
- 1 car park · about 23 spaces
- EV charging
- 14 Barkwin Dr · 598 m · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 10 mapped lots within 500 m, 69 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Barkwin Dr · Surface | 645 m | 23 | 20% (Q1 2026) |
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 Food Basics, 315 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 36 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Appetite Taste the Passion, 303 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Albion Medical Pharmacy, 255 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Westside, a long-term care home 913 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Appetite Taste the Passion · 900 Albion Rd303 m · 4 min
- 6ixty Wings · 900 Albion Rd Unit-B20315 m · 4 min
- Golden Joy Hakka Restaurant · 900 Albion Rd315 m · 4 min
- King of Babylon · 900 Albion Rd315 m · 4 min
- Ice Flame · 974 Albion Rd437 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Food Basics 315 m · 4 min · 7 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Shikshas Cake Rush 578 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Albion Medical Pharmacy 255 m · 3 min · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day165 m
- Rexdale Day Nursery · 73 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day429 m · 5 min
- Washrooms
- Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · hours not listed411 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Westside · long-term care home913 m · 11 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
- Albion Gardens Park477 m · 6 min
- Village Green Park889 m · 11 min
- Curtin Park1 km · 11 min
- Thistletown Park1.4 km · 17 min
- Beaumonde Heights Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Thistletown Multi-Service Centre411 m · 5 min
- Schools
- St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 165 m
- St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 424 m · 5 min
- Thistletown Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 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 library.
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 Thistle Down & Barkwin a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Thistle Down & Barkwin?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 25, 2025, 21% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Thistle Down & Barkwin a walkable intersection?
Thistle Down & Barkwin scores 38 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 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Thistle Down & Barkwin?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Thistle Down Blvd between Albion Rd and Thistle Down Ter (April 2024), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Thistle Down & Barkwin?
The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (645 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 69 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,160 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (598 m).
How do I get to Thistle Down & Barkwin by transit?
Bus routes 118, 73, 37, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Thistle Down Blvd at Barkwin Dr East Side, 14 m).
What restaurants are near Thistle Down & Barkwin?
None within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Appetite Taste the Passion (303 m), 6ixty Wings (315 m), Golden Joy Hakka Restaurant (315 m), King of Babylon (315 m) and Ice Flame (437 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Thistle Down & Barkwin?
The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 411 m away.
Is there child care near Thistle Down & Barkwin?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 142 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (165 m, 69 spaces) and Rexdale Day Nursery (429 m, 73 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is Thistle Down & Barkwin in?
Thistle Down & Barkwin is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.
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 Nov 25, 2025.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 1 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: 43.73725, -79.55894 · centreline node 13452721.