Up front: a concept project built on published safety data, not primary interviews. Every figure is from a German government or academic source.
Scale
Total road deaths in Germany fell over the decade. Cyclist deaths rose, and the risk concentrates in cities.
462
cyclists killed on German roads in 2025, one in six of all road deaths
Destatis, 2025
62%
of urban traffic deaths are pedestrians and cyclists
Destatis, 2024
+20.6%
cyclist deaths since 2015, vs an ~18% fall in total road deaths
Destatis, 2025
note to self — two-thirds of those killed are 65+, often rural pedelec riders, not Verro's urban commuter. The fatality data proves the trend; the city risk is in the data below.
Collision patterns
In cities, the recurring crash is a turning vehicle crossing a cyclist at a junction. Usually the driver's fault.
~75%
of car–cyclist collisions are primarily the driver's fault
Destatis, 2025
~80%
of Berlin crashes on streets without bike lanes involve a car
CorrelAid, 2020
~25%
of all Berlin traffic accidents involve a cyclist
CorrelAid, 2020
so
Radar + intersection warnings aim at the exact moment that hurts city cyclists.
Distraction
Phones narrow peripheral vision and raise mental load. Use is actually highest in protected lanes, where riders relax.
10–17%
of cyclists admit using a phone at least once per ride
BASt, 2022
22.7%
do secondary tasks (phone, headphones) while riding
Study, 2019
15%
phone use in protected lanes, higher than in mixed traffic
Funk et al., 2021
so
The cockpit replaces the phone for navigation, speed and alerts.
Berlin context
~500,000 daily cyclists. Protected lanes break into mixed traffic without warning, lane to lane.
500k
daily cyclists in Berlin
TU Berlin, SimRa
~25%
of Berlin traffic accidents involve a cyclist
CorrelAid, 2020
uneven
protected and mixed stretches alternate with no warning
SimRa context
so
Alerts are context-aware: off in protected lanes, active in mixed traffic.
What the data led to
Contextual, not constantAlerts fire in mixed traffic and at intersections, stay off in protected lanes.
Phone is the problemThe cockpit handles navigation, speed and alerts. No phone needed.
Threats differ in kindCar, cyclist, pedestrian: each gets a distinct alert.
Sources Destatis — Road Traffic Accidents, 2024 & 2025; fault attribution, 2025 · BASt — phone-use study, 2022 · Funk et al., 2021 · Cyclist secondary-tasks study, 2019 · TU Berlin SimRa, Prof. Bermbach · CorrelAid Berlin “xberlin,” 2020 · Berlin Senate Dept. for Mobility.