Nearly 60% of Singapore accidents due to motorcyclists

According to data based on Singapore’s annual road traffic situation report, in 2011 there was an 8.1 per cent year-on-year drop in the number of fatal and injury accidents in Singapore to its lowest level in five years at 7,925 cases.
March 19, 2012 Read time: 1 min

According to data based on Singapore’s annual road traffic situation report, in 2011 there was an 8.1 per cent year-on-year drop in the number of fatal and injury accidents in Singapore to its lowest level in five years at 7,925 cases. During the year, the fatal and injury accident rate declined to 83.31 from 91.96, normalised against 10,000 vehicle population. This came despite a 9.2 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of speeding tickets issued to 225,000 in 2011. The number of fatalities for the year rose by four from 193 in the previous year to 197 in total.

Nearly 60 per cent of the accidents is found to be attributed to motorcyclists, as they did not obey traffic light signals, fail to have a proper lookout and exercise proper control. The number of fatalities among motorcyclists and their pillion riders reached 99 in total during the year, up by 11.2 per cent year-on-year.

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