Weston & Lawrence

Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 23, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 9,017 eastbound vehicles, or 30% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 6,210. Most cyclists arrived from the south (33 of 74). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,796 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (2,416). Trucks and buses were 5.7% 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 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 2,416 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,796 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

2018 was the peak year (59 collisions), and 2025 closed with 40. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 57 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 28 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 23, 2026.

Of the five serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 3 pedestrians and 2 motorcyclists were among those hurt. 2 of the 5 happened in darkness — 40%, about the citywide 39%. 2021 alone accounted for 2 of them. The last one inside the window was in 2021. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on May 10, 2026. Going back to 2006, the total is 10.

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Weston Rd between Bellevue Cres and Lawrence Ave W (39 m away, Oct 2013) recorded volume only — about 7,202 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

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.

Red-light camera

In operation since 2017; 454 tickets in 2025, 159 so far in 2026. Tickets by camera · cameras in Etobicoke and York.

The crossing

Signal 0431, activated 1958 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

• Groceries and food28/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 24 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit21/28

  Weston GO 0.2 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go7/14

  library 421 m away

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care5/8

  3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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.

20 registered apartment buildings with 3,191 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1901 Weston Rd (50 m, 391 units, 17 storeys, built 1973), which scored 88 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

20 registered buildings · 3,191 units · 5 social housing · tallest 31 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 2.7 a year before that. 82% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

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 Weston.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 23, 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; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
• 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.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• 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 5 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: 43.70016, -79.51620 · centreline node 13458367.