Breakdown of road traffic accidents by class of vehicle and cause of accident, and observable trends following expansion of speed limiter regime

Question:

Mr Ng Shi Xuan: To ask the Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) whether the Ministry can provide a half-yearly breakdown of all road traffic accidents from 1 January 2024 to date, by 14 class of vehicle and cause of accident; and (b) whether there is any observable trend in the number of road traffic accidents following the recent expansion of the speed limiter regime.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs:

1. The table below presents an annual breakdown of the number of vehicles involved in road traffic accidents involving death or injury¹ in 2024 and 2025 by vehicle type² . The most common causes³ of accidents for 2024 and 2025 are failure to keep a proper lookout (48.8% in 2024, 53.4% in 2025), failure to have proper control of the vehicle (11.8% in 2024, 11.7% in 2025), and changing lanes without due care (10.6% in 2024, 8.4% in 2025).

^{1 The Traffic Police does not track traffic accidents that do not involve death or injury.
2 Data is accurate as of 13 May 2026.
3 Other causes of road traffic accidents are listed in the Traffic Annual 2025 report at https://www.police.gov.sg/-/media/SPF/Media-Room/Publications/Traffic-Annual-2025/Traffic-Annual2025.pdf} ↗ (opens in new tab)^{.
4 “Others” includes ambulance, armoured fighting vehicles, bulldozer, compactor, container, crane, car transporter, cement mixer, concrete pump, dumper, excavator, forklift, firefighting vehicle, grader (wheeled), garbage truck, loader, pipe-layer (tracked), platform truck (self-loader), police vehicle, prime mover, recovery vehicle, refrigerated vehicle, road roller, scrapper, skidder, skip loader, sweeper, selfpropelled artillery, tank, tanker, tractor, tow truck, twin cabin goods vehicle, etc.}