Question:
Ms He Ting Ru: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs for each of the last five years (a) how many road traffic accidents have been reported in Sengkang Town; and (b) what is the breakdown by (i) types of accidents and (ii) cases that involve cyclists.
Answer:
Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:
1. Tables 1 and 2 show the number of road traffic accidents reported from 2017 to 2021 in Sengkang GRC, with the breakdown as requested by the MP.
Table 1: Number of Fatal and Injury-causing Road Traffic Accidents in Sengkang GRC
| Year |
Number of Such Accidents |
Number of Such Accidents
that Involved Cyclists |
| 2017 |
96 |
18 |
| 2018 |
122 |
10 |
| 2019 |
114 |
14 |
| 2020 |
110 |
25 |
| 2021 |
105 |
25 |
Table 2: Number of Fatal and Injury-causing Road Traffic Accidents in Sengkang GRC by Offence Type
| Year |
Outcome |
Number of
Such
Accidents# |
Offence Type |
Resulted in a
Dangerous
Driving Offence
|
Resulted in a
Careless
Driving Offence |
| 2017 |
Fatal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Injury-causing |
95 |
13 |
17 |
| 2018 |
Fatal
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
Injury-causing
|
121 |
21 |
23 |
| 2019 |
Fatal
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
Injury-causing
|
114 |
15 |
26 |
| 2020^ |
Fatal
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
Injury-causing
|
110 |
9 |
73 |
| 2021^ |
Fatal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Injury-causing
|
105 |
2 |
63 |
[#] The sum of the offence types may not add up to the number of accidents. Investigations may stretch across years, and there may not be any offences disclosed in some of the accidents.
[^] There is an increase in the number of offences charged under the Road Traffic Act (RTA) after 2019. Prior to 2019, offenders were charged under the Penal Code or the RTA for irresponsible driving. In 2019, MHA consolidated irresponsible driving offences under the RTA. The increase in the overall number of dangerous and careless driving offences in 2020 and 2021 is attributable to these amendments to the RTA in 2019.
