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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 · Oct 7, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 307 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 44. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 65 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (57). Trucks and buses were 8.7% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 57 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 65 from 3:00 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
2022 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 10, 2022.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 2 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 2 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| 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
The City's counter on Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres (306 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Dashwood Cres between Thistle Down Blvd and Judhaven Rd measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Apr 2026).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashwood Cres · Thistle Down Blvd – Judhaven Rd · 135 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 106 | 26 km/h | 35 km/h | 41 km/h |
| Thistle Down Blvd · Judhaven Rd – Bridgenorth Cres · 306 m | Nov 2023 · 3 days | 1,230 | 38 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 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 nearest 125 m
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Thistletown Community Centre 1 km · 12 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 · 1.2 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 2 mapped lots within 500 m, 52 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 | 1.3 km | 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
The nearest grocery store is Food Basics, 1.0 km away. 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 Appetite Taste the Passion, 945 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Albion Medical Pharmacy, 897 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Appetite Taste the Passion · 900 Albion Rd945 m · 11 min
- 6ixty Wings · 900 Albion Rd Unit-B201 km · 11 min
- Golden Joy Hakka Restaurant · 900 Albion Rd1 km · 11 min
- King of Babylon · 900 Albion Rd1 km · 11 min
- Grocery
- Food Basics 1 km · 11 min
- Pharmacy
- Albion Medical Pharmacy 897 m · 11 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day807 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
- Albion Gardens Park432 m · 5 min
- St. Lucie Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Thistletown Multi-Service Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools
- St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 395 m · 5 min
- St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 807 m · 10 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, 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (1) |
| 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 & Dashwood (East)?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 7, 2025, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) a walkable intersection?
Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) scores 24 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 · nearest centre 1.1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; 2 stops within 300 m · 2 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres (November 2023), found an average of 38 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 & Dashwood (East)?
The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (1.3 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 52 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,130 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.2 km).
How do I get to Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) by transit?
Bus routes 118, 73 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?
None within 300 m, and 4 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Appetite Taste the Passion (945 m), 6ixty Wings (1.0 km), Golden Joy Hakka Restaurant (1.0 km) and King of Babylon (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 411 m away at Albion Gardens Park.
Is there child care near Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 69 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (807 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) in?
Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) 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 Oct 7, 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.
- 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 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: 43.74099, -79.55524 · centreline node 13452117.