Traffic Accidents Involving Delivery Workers on Motorcycles, Power-assisted Bicycles and Personal Mobility Devices

Dr Tan Wu Meng asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) in the past two years, how many road traffic accidents involved motorcyclists, power-assisted bicycles and personal mobility devices respectively; (b) whether the Ministry has information on how many of the riders are delivery worker; and (c) of these, how many have been hired via an online platform firm.

Mr K Shanmugam: From January 2019 to December 2020, there were 7,711, 102 and 250 road traffic accidents involving motorcyclists, power-assisted bicycles and personal mobility devices, respectively.

We do not have information on how many of these riders were delivery workers.