Our most dangerous streets: Huge new collision database points to Toronto’s postwar suburbs

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Our most dangerous streets: Huge new collision database points to Toronto’s postwar suburbs
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Of the worst 100 Toronto intersections for collisions causing injury or death, just two are in the old city of Toronto.

Toronto’s most dangerous roads all look the same: They’re big, they’re broad, and they’re not downtown.

, outside the limits of the old cities of Toronto, York and East York. Just two spots in the worst 100 — Lake Shore Boulevard East at Carlaw Avenue, tied for 89th on the list, and Davenport Road at Bathurst Street, 94th — are in old Toronto. The decades-old design of this major intersection, like many others in suburban Toronto, puts road users at risk, he says.

“Higher speeds often mean that collisions result in more damage to cars and humans,” he added, noting that speed is one of four main causes of traffic collisions, along with aggression, distraction and impairment.

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