Foreign-registered motorcycles involved in 1,372 fatal and injury accidents in 2025: Shanmugam

There were a total of 1,372 cases of injury and fatal accidents involving foreign-registered motorcycles on roads here in Singapore last year.

This was revealed by Senior Minister K Shanmugam in a written parliamentary reply to Dr Hamid Razak (MP for West Coast-Jurong West GRC) on Wednesday (Oct 7).

Hamid, who is an orthopaedic surgeon, had asked for the number of accidents involving foreign-registered motorcycles that resulted in fatalities over the past three years.

The first-term MP has actively channelled his first-hand medical experiences to address and raise road safety matters, traffic laws, and accident prevention in Parliament.

In his reply, Shanmugam, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, stated that the total number of accidents rose from 1,083 in 2023, to 1,299 in 2024, and 1,372 in 2025.

Last year, 31 of such cases resulted in fatalities, while injuries were reported in the remaining 1,341 cases.

Motorcyclists among most vulnerable road user groups: Police

According to the police's annual Road Traffic Situation report issued on Feb 26, there were 147 traffic accidents resulting in fatalities in 2025.

This means that about 21 per cent of such cases involved foreign-registered motorcycles.

Meanwhile, there were 7,560 traffic accidents resulting in injuries, with nearly 18 per cent involving such motorcycles.

The Traffic Police have also pointed out that motorcyclists and elderly pedestrians continue to be the most vulnerable road user groups.

"Motorcyclists remain disproportionately represented in traffic accidents that result in injuries or fatalities," said TP.

Although motorcycles make up just 15 per cent of Singapore's total vehicle population, motorcyclists and pillion riders were involved in 54.8 per cent of all traffic accidents and accounted for 53 per cent of traffic fatalities.

The most common causes of accidents are a failure to keep a proper lookout (52 per cent), a failure to have adequate control of the vehicle (11 per cent) and changing lanes without due care (seven per cent), the police stated.

Stiffer penalties for speeding took effect from Jan 1, with drivers facing higher demerit points and fines.

And from Jan 1 next year, the number of demerit points that can be accumulated before suspension will drop from 24 to 18.

Under the revised Driver Improvement Points System (DIPS) , non-probationary motorists who rack up 18 demerit points within 24 months will face licence suspension.

A suspension for a year or more will still invalidate a motorist's driving license.

On Aug 4, Parliament passed the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill .

The Bill introduces a new offence of purposeful endangerment, which deals with a motorist who deliberately endangers another person using a vehicle and causing death.

Under the proposed new offence, offenders could face jail of up to 15 years, discretionary caning and a fine.

The court must also impose driving disqualification for life, unless there are special reasons not to do so; and if special reasons apply, the court must impose at least 10 years of disqualification.

It may also order the forfeiture of the vehicle used in the commission of the offence.

Another amendment is the reduction of alcohol limits in a driver's breath from 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml to 15 micrograms, while blood alcohol level limits will be reduced from 80 milligrams per 100ml to 30 milligrams.

Speaking at the Bill's second reading, Second Minister for Home Affairs Sim Ann said that road accidents can lead to serious and irreversible consequences for victims and their families, but are entirely preventable.

"Our accident rate and fatality numbers need to come down," she added.

去年新加坡道路上共发生1372起涉及外国注册摩托车的伤亡事故。

高级部长尚穆根在周三（10月7日）以书面答复哈米德·拉扎克医生（西海岸-裕廊西集选区议员）的议会质询时透露了这一点。

身为骨科医生的哈米德曾要求提供过去三年中涉及外国注册摩托车并导致人员死亡的事故数量。

这位第一任期的议员积极利用自己的第一手医疗经验，在议会中提出和讨论道路安全问题、交通法规和事故预防等议题。

尚穆根（同时也是国家安全统筹部长和内政部长）在答复中表示，事故总数从 2023 年的 1083 起上升到 2024 年的 1299 起，再到 2025 年的 1372 起。

去年，此类案件中有 31 起造成人员死亡，其余 1341 起案件造成人员受伤。

警方称，摩托车骑行者是最易受伤害的道路使用者群体之一：

根据警方2月26日发布的年度道路交通状况报告，2025年将发生147起造成人员死亡的交通事故。

这意味着此类案件中约有 21% 涉及外国注册的摩托车。

与此同时，共有 7560 起交通事故造成人员受伤，其中近 18% 的事故涉及摩托车。

交警部门还指出，摩托车骑手和老年行人仍然是道路上最脆弱的群体。

TP表示：“在造成人员伤亡的交通事故中，摩托车驾驶员的比例仍然过高。”

虽然摩托车只占新加坡车辆总数的 15%，但摩托车骑手和乘客却卷入了 54.8% 的交通事故，并占交通事故死亡人数的 53%。

警方表示，事故最常见的原因是未能保持适当的观察（52%）、未能充分控制车辆（11%）以及不谨慎地变换车道（7%）。

自1月1日起，超速驾驶的处罚力度加大，驾驶员将面临更高的扣分和罚款。

从明年1月1日起，停赛前可累积的扣分将从24分降至18分。

根据修订后的驾驶员改进积分制度（DIPS），非实习驾驶员在 24 个月内累计扣分达到 18 分将面临吊销驾照。

吊销驾照一年或以上仍会导致驾驶员的驾照失效。

8月4日，议会通过了《道路交通（杂项修正案）法案》。

该法案引入了一项新的罪行——故意危害他人安全罪，该罪行针对的是驾驶车辆故意危害他人安全并导致他人死亡的驾驶员。

根据拟议的新罪行，违法者可能面临最高 15 年的监禁、酌情鞭刑和罚款。

除非有特殊原因不予终身禁止驾驶，否则法院必须判处终身禁止驾驶；如果有特殊原因，法院必须判处至少 10 年的禁止驾驶。

法院还可以下令没收用于实施犯罪的车辆。

另一项修正案是将驾驶员呼气中的酒精含量限制从每 100 毫升 35 微克降低到 15 微克，同时将血液酒精含量限制从每 100 毫升 80 毫克降低到 30 毫克。

在法案二读时，内政部第二部长沈颖表示，道路交通事故可能会给受害者及其家人带来严重且不可逆转的后果，但这些事故完全可以预防。

她补充说：“我们的事故率和死亡人数需要下降。”