Clarification by Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs

Mr Speaker: Clarification by Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs.

1.31 pm

The Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (Mr K Shanmugam): Speaker, I would like to make a clarification in relation to a written answer that was made on 3 February 2026.

In response to a Parliamentary Question filed by Ms Valerie Lee on the number of traffic accidents linked to vape or drug abuse, I said in our response that between 2023 and 2025, 77 accidents were suspected drug and/or etomidate use, and that 25 of these were suspected of drug use. The remainder were suspected of etomidate use and two of these cases included suspected drug use. [Please refer to "Quarterly Statistics on Traffic Accidents from 2023 to 2025 Linked to Substance Use and Traffic Police Assessment Protocols for Such Cases", Official Report, 3 February 2026, Vol 96, Issue 15, Written Answers to Questions section.]

Sir, I would like to clarify for the record that 38 traffic accidents were linked to drug and/or etomidate use: 19 were drug cases, 12 were etomidate cases and seven involved were both drugs and etomidate. Thank you, Sir.

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