Traffic offences issued in 1Q2026 following step-up enforcements and breakdown of traffic offences by type

Question:

Mr Liang Eng Hwa: To ask the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the number of traffic offences issued in the first three months of 2026 since the Traffic Police step up enforcements; (b) what are the breakdown of the type of traffic offences; and (c) what are the numbers for the same period last year.

Answer:

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

1. 55,044 traffic violations were detected between January and February 2026, an approximately 6% increase compared to 51,944 violations in the same period in 2025.^[1] The statistics for March 2026 are not available yet. The top three traffic violations across the first two months of both years are in Table 1.

Note(s) to Question No(s) 19:

^[1] The number of traffic violations is accurate as of 27 March 2026. The number may be revised pending the outcomes of ongoing investigations.