ROAD ACCIDENTS (Yio Chu Kang Road)

Mr Hwang Soo Jin asked the Minister for Health and Home Affairs if he will state the number of road accidents which occurred along Yio Chu Kang Road and the number of persons injured and killed in those accidents in each of the years 1971 and 1972 and from 1st January, 1973, up to the latest convenient date.

Mr Chua Sian Chin: The information is as follows: - 1971 1972 1973 1st Jan-31st Oct (a) No, of road accidents which occurred along 361 524 473 Yio Chu Kang Road (b) No, of persons injured in the accidents 108 220 142 mentioned in (a) above (c) No, of persons killed in the accidents 4 3 5 mentioned in (a) above

The Traffic Police recognise that Yio Chu Kang Road is an accident-prone area and are stepping up mobile squad patrols along that road. They will also be approaching the URSC to upgrade the lighting along the road. There are plans in hand to widen parts of Yio Chu Kang Road in 1974 and the Traffic Police have urged the PWD to give priority to this. There are also plans to resite some of the bus-stops along Yio Chu Kang Road.