Yonge & Briar Hill

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 7, 2011

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 7,814 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 560 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (240 of 516). Evening rush dominates here: 2,533 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,337 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

Peak hours: 2,337 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,533 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

The worst year was 2019, with 24 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 8 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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 Yonge St between Keewatin Ave and St Clements Ave, 114 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2019 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Briar Hill Ave between Yonge St and Duplex Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Nov 2012). At the school-zone speed sign on Erskine Ave (307 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.5% of the 91,477 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Speed sign

Erskine Ave (eastbound), 307 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 32 km/h; 1.5% at 40 km/h or more. 91,477 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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.

The crossing

Signal 0482, activated 1965 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food28/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 32 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit20/28

  Eglinton Station 0.8 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go6/14

  library 728 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  4 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

• 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.

Within a kilometre there are 65 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,155 rental units, 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2567 Yonge St (54 m, 105 units, 6 storeys, built 1987), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

65 registered buildings · 8,155 units · 8 social housing · tallest 39 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.

Four thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.0 a year. 67% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 4, 2026.

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 Mount Pleasant East.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 7, 2011.
• 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
• 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 15 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: 43.71366, -79.39982 · centreline node 13455968.