ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MALAYSIAN VEHICLES (Figures)

Parliament of Singapore · 17 March 1987 · 6th Parliament

Official Report, 17 March 1987, Vol 49, Issue 4 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Koh Lam SonLee Boon Yang
8

Dr Koh Lam Son asked the Minister for Home Affairs what was the number of traffic accidents involving Malaysian vehicles in each of the past five years.

The Minister of State for Home Affairs (Dr Lee Boon Yang) (for the Minister for Home Affairs): Mr Speaker, Sir, I shall answer on behalf of my Minister.

Sir, the number of accidents involving Malaysian vehicles was 2,526 in 1982. This represented 5.6% of the total number of traffic accidents in Singapore. The number of such accidents decreased to 1,431 in 1983 while in the following year, there was a slight increase to 1,454. In 1985 and 1986, there were 1,130 and 767 accidents respectively involving Malaysian vehicles. In 1986, the percentage of accidents involving Malaysian vehicles as compared to all traffic accidents in Singapore was 1.73%.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 March 1987. Republished on SGParliament.