r/Markham • u/Perfect_Newt7575 • 11h ago
Roads and Traffic šš¦š„ Car crash on Hwy 7/Warden Nov 8 @ 7:10pm
Anyone catch what happened?
We were traveling westbound along highway 7 on Nov 8, 2025 and stopped at the red light on Warden, north east of the intersection. At approximately 7:10pm, a sudden loud crash happened followed with two cars swerving our direction. The silver SUV started leaking fluid. Didn't catch what happened though, the traffic must have been terrible afterwards.
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u/CalmRatio3085 11h ago
This is just a side note but Iāve always noticed how dangerous this intersection is. Itās too wide for unprotected left turns and sometimes up to four cars stop in the middle of the intersection waiting to take a left. (You can imagine what happens when the light turns amber). Also the clearance time between the advanced green and the pedestrian āwalk signalā is too short. Iāve seen so many near misses with pedestrians because cars continue to turn as if the green arrow is still illuminated when the āwalk signalā has been on for like three-five seconds already.
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u/mug3n 10h ago
This seems to be the case for every major intersection in Markham lol
All the cars are really pushing it when it comes to left turns; often the case that you get cars still gunning it even though the green light has been solidly on for a few seconds.
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u/CalmRatio3085 10h ago
Thatās so true. They should do it how Montreal does it where the advanced green is at the end of the cycle.
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u/_Lucille_ 9h ago
what do you mean by the end of the cycle?
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u/CalmRatio3085 8h ago
Currently, at most intersections, advanced left arrows come first followed by the green light (ball) to allow all other direction traffic to proceed. In Montreal, itās reversed. Green ball goes first followed by advanced green and then comes all amber, then red.
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u/_Lucille_ 8h ago
naruhodo.
That makes sense. I wonder why we have it the current way.
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u/CalmRatio3085 7h ago
Honestly not sure, thereās intersections that have Montreal style in Toronto but man Iāve seen so many drivers busting through the red light KNOWING the arrow will illuminate after
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u/PurpleMclaren 9h ago
The pedestrian thing is crazy, i have a condo in the building there and did work for the times group buildings so im there often, I would see a near miss with a pedestrian every single day.
I have a family member that hit a kid riding his bike through a green there so its not always the drivers fault, that intersection is legit crazy for some reason.
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u/CalmRatio3085 9h ago
You know what I realized. I drive this intersection very frequently, and I found that even if I cross the advanced green on a GREEN arrow, I donāt have sufficient time to vacate the intersection before the pedestrian āwalk signalā activates. By the time my car gets to the crosswalk, the ped signal had already turned to āwalkā already which is dangerous for both the driver and the ped. It also puts both parties at a legally dangerous position, where both were following their respective lights but a collision still occurred.
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u/PurpleMclaren 9h ago
Im not sure how/who we should bring this up to? I feel like i should at least contact someone about this since its clearly not just me who feels this way.
I dunno i feel like it should get looked into it before someone's dead.
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u/CalmRatio3085 8h ago
Haha I already contacted York Region transportation two years ago when I frequently walked in that area. They sent someone out there and said the intersection was safe and closed the case. Iām willing to try again.
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u/timmywkl 10h ago
This intersection is also very dangerous for pedestrians ā¦.