At the recent City Leadership Forum on Mobility, Robin Lefrant, General Manager of Flow Analytics by AGC, presented our solution to a room full of city leaders from across Europe. Many of them are facing the same challenge: how to make urban mobility not just more efficient — but safer.
Robin focused on one of the biggest blind spots in city planning today: near misses. The moments where accidents almost happen. The ones that never make it into crash reports, but say everything about risk.
“At Flow Analytics, we bring intelligence to intersections,” Robin Lefrant explained. “From detecting near misses to replacing aging induction loops, we help cities see more, know more, and do more.”
Crashes get recorded, but the hundreds of almost crashes — the close calls, the late brakes, the near-hits of pedestrians and cyclists — simply vanish. Until it’s too late.
Flow Analytics captures these near misses automatically, using 3D spatial analysis and trajectory prediction. We catch risk areas before they appear in crash stats, police logs, or tomorrow’s headlines.
Intersections are among the most complex and dangerous places in any city. Cars, buses, bikes, scooters, and pedestrians all cross paths, but most cities still rely on outdated tools. Traffic counts and crash data only tell part of the story, and usually only after something has gone wrong.
And the cost of inaction? In Europe, the median cost per serious injury is €254,777, and can be as high as €975,000. These numbers reflect medical bills, lost productivity, and human suffering. But at the end of the day, life is priceless.
Flow Analytics helps cities move from reactive to proactive, using real-world behavior to design safer streets, protect vulnerable road users, and prevent accidents before they happen.