Written Replies to Parliamentary Questions

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Number of Road Traffic Accidents Reported in Sengkang Town in the Past Five Years

7 November 2022

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Question:

Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs for each of the last five years (a) how many road traffic accidents have been reported in Sengkang Town; and (b) what is the breakdown by (i) types of accidents and (ii) cases that involve cyclists.

Answer:

Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:

1. Tables 1 and 2 show the number of road traffic accidents reported from 2017 to 2021 in Sengkang GRC, with the breakdown as requested by the MP.

Table 1: Number of Fatal and Injury-causing Road Traffic Accidents in Sengkang GRC

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Year	Number of Such Accidents	Number of Such Accidents that Involved Cyclists
2017	96	18
2018	122	10
2019	114	14
2020	110	25
2021	105	25

Table 2: Number of Fatal and Injury-causing Road Traffic Accidents in Sengkang GRC by Offence Type

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Year	Outcome	Number of Such Accidents ^#	Offence Type
Year	Outcome	Number of Such Accidents ^#	Resulted in a Dangerous Driving Offence	Resulted in a Careless Driving Offence
2017	Fatal	1	0	0
2017	Injury-causing	95	13	17
2018	Fatal	1	0	0
2018	Injury-causing	121	21	23
2019	Fatal	0	0	0
2019	Injury-causing	114	15	26
2020 ^{^}	Fatal	0	0	0
2020 ^{^}	Injury-causing	110	9	73
2021 ^{^}	Fatal	0	0	0
2021 ^{^}	Injury-causing	105	2	63

[#] The sum of the offence types may not add up to the number of accidents. Investigations may stretch across years, and there may not be any offences disclosed in some of the accidents.

[^] There is an increase in the number of offences charged under the Road Traffic Act (RTA) after 2019. Prior to 2019, offenders were charged under the Penal Code or the RTA for irresponsible driving. In 2019, MHA consolidated irresponsible driving offences under the RTA. The increase in the overall number of dangerous and careless driving offences in 2020 and 2021 is attributable to these amendments to the RTA in 2019.