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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 · Dec 10, 2024
The south leg carries the load — 2,294 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 21. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 487 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 18% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (413). Trucks and buses were 7.6% 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 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 413 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 487 from 4:30 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
2024 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 14, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 22 | 4.6 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 17 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 7 | |
| 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 Venture Dr between Water Tower Gt and Thornmount Dr (199 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 3,700 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornmount Dr · Venture Dr – Water Tower Gt · 91 m | Jun 2007 · 3 days | 1,445 | — | — | — |
| Venture Dr · Water Tower Gt – Thornmount Dr · 199 m | Dec 2024 · 3 days | 3,735 | 45 km/h | 53 km/h | 57 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
- 85 116 131 nearest 234 m
- Express
- 985
- Blue Night
- 385
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920 921 Route 921 at Morningside Southbound @ Milner836 m · 10 min
- 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
- 14 mapped lots within 500 m, 93 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
The nearest grocery store is Gunaams Supermarket, 760 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 41 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Eatdrinklaugh, 74 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Seamless Care Pharmacy, 604 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Extendicare Rouge Valley, a long-term care home 821 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Eatdrinklaugh · 87 Thornmount Dr Unit-2474 m
- Pak Fok Food Products · 50 Thornmount Dr Unit-23279 m · 3 min
- Tim Hortons · 8129 Sheppard Ave E543 m · 6 min
- Wendy's · 8129 Sheppard Ave E543 m · 6 min
- Ice Flame · 8130 Sheppard Ave E Unit-104561 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Gunaams Supermarket 760 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Rouge Bakery Plus 760 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Seamless Care Pharmacy 604 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day750 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · Centre Hours · accessible778 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Extendicare Rouge Valley · long-term care home821 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
- Joyce Trimmer Park866 m · 10 min
- Malvern Woods1 km · 12 min
- Trumpeter Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Murison Park1.5 km · 17 min
- Community centres
- Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre775 m · 9 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 school or 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 12 in 2023–2025, about 4.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 22 | 12 | 0 | commercial premises (11), street/outdoor (11) |
| 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 Morningside Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Venture & Thornmount a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 Venture & Thornmount?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2024, 30% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Venture & Thornmount a walkable intersection?
Venture & Thornmount scores 30 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: nearest park 0.9 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Venture & Thornmount?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Venture Dr between Water Tower Gt and Thornmount Dr (December 2024), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Venture & Thornmount?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 93 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,390 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Venture & Thornmount by transit?
Bus routes 85, 116, 131, 985 within 1 km; Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Morningside Southbound @ Milner.
What restaurants are near Venture & Thornmount?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Eatdrinklaugh (74 m), Pak Fok Food Products (279 m), Tim Hortons (543 m), Wendy's (543 m) and Ice Flame (561 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Venture & Thornmount?
The nearest is Rouge Valley Community Recreation Centre Washrooms, 8450 Sheppard Ave E, 778 m away (Centre Hours), with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Venture & Thornmount?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 62 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Red Apple Day Care - Rouge Valley (750 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Venture & Thornmount?
Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Morningside Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Venture & Thornmount in?
Venture & Thornmount is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
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 Dec 10, 2024.
- 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 25 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: 43.80511, -79.19578 · centreline node 13442805.