12-Year-Old Cyclist Injured in Berlin Traffic Collision With Car

A routine bike ride turned dangerous when a child and a Toyota collided at a busy Berlin intersection. Police are now piecing together what went wrong.

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2026 April 30 . 10:01 AM

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12-Year-Old Cyclist Injured in Berlin Traffic Collision With Car

A 12-year-old boy was injured in a traffic accident in Berlin's Lankwitz district yesterday. According to preliminary investigations, the child was cycling along Seydlitzstraße toward Charlottenstraße around 1:30 p.m. when he crossed Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße. As he entered the intersection, he collided with a Toyota driven by a 41-year-old woman, who was traveling along Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße toward Cecilienstraße and struck the cyclist. Emergency responders took the boy to a hospital for inpatient treatment; the driver was unharmed.

A specialized unit from Police Directorate 4 (South) is investigating the accident, focusing in particular on determining which traffic lights were illuminated at the time of the collision.