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29-08-2024, 09:53 AM
Fatal accidents from speeding and drink driving have risen sharply in the first half of 2024, with an increase in road deaths across Singapore.
Seventy-three lives were lost in road accidents from January to June 2024, up from 71 fatalities in the same period last year, Singapore’s Straits Times (ST) reported today, citing information from the city state’s traffic police.
About 40 per cent of pedestrian fatalities were those aged 65 and above.
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Road fatalities caused by speeding and drink driving has also been trending upwards in the past three years; from six cases in the first half of 2022 to 25 cases in the first six months of 2024.
Similarly, fatal drink-driving accidents rose from three cases in early 2022 to nine cases this year.
In a notable case, a 35-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2023 after a fatal drink-driving incident that killed a Gojek driver and injured six others, ST reported.
Seventy-three lives were lost in road accidents from January to June 2024, up from 71 fatalities in the same period last year, Singapore’s Straits Times (ST) reported today, citing information from the city state’s traffic police.
About 40 per cent of pedestrian fatalities were those aged 65 and above.
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Road fatalities caused by speeding and drink driving has also been trending upwards in the past three years; from six cases in the first half of 2022 to 25 cases in the first six months of 2024.
Similarly, fatal drink-driving accidents rose from three cases in early 2022 to nine cases this year.
In a notable case, a 35-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2023 after a fatal drink-driving incident that killed a Gojek driver and injured six others, ST reported.
