Breakdown of Road Traffic Accidents by Class of Vehicle and Cause of Accident, and Observable Trends Following Expansion of Speed Limiter Regime

Mr Ng Shi Xuan asked 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 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.

Mr K Shanmugam: The table below presents an annual breakdown of the number of vehicles involved in road traffic accidents involving death or injury 1 in 2024 and 2025 by vehicle type 2 . The most common causes 3 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).

We are monitoring the trend in the number of road traffic accidents as the expanded speed limiter regime is rolled out and will provide an update at a later date.

Note(s) to Question No(s) 11:

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-Annual-2025.pdf.

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, self-propelled artillery, tank, tanker, tractor, tow truck, twin cabin goods vehicle, and so forth.