Data on Foreign Motorists Given Fines in 2024 and 2025
Ministry of Home AffairsSpeakers
Summary
This question concerns Ms Cassandra Lee’s inquiry regarding the volume and breakdown of fines for foreign motorists in 2024 and 2025 and subsequent enforcement actions. Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs Mr K Shanmugam stated that foreign vehicles incurred 86,492 fines in 2024 and 126,820 in 2025. The breakdown across these years saw a shift from motorcycles as the primary offenders in 2024 to heavy vehicles like buses and lorries in 2025. Agencies conduct regular checkpoint operations requiring foreign motorists to settle all outstanding traffic, parking, and emissions fines before entry into Singapore is permitted. Additionally, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority may deny entry to any foreign vehicles that have unresolved fines to ensure regulatory compliance.
Transcript
85 Ms Cassandra Lee asked the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs (a) what is the number of foreign motorists who were given fines in 2024 and 2025; (b) what is the breakdown of fines given to foreign motorists classified by vehicle types; and (c) following the multi-agency fine enforcement operations against foreign motorists at the land checkpoints in October 2025, whether the Ministry is considering further enforcement efforts with coordination between relevant agencies.
Mr K Shanmugam: Foreign-registered vehicles incurred 86,492 and 126,820 vehicular-related fines while driving on our roads in 2024 and 2025, respectively. These numbers comprise both fines under the Traffic Police and other regulatory agencies for offences, such as driving, parking and vehicle emissions-related offences.
In 2024, the breakdown of vehicular-related fines involving foreign-registered vehicles was 26% for cars, 41% for motorcycles and 33% for other vehicles, such as buses, lorries and heavy vehicles.
In 2025, the breakdown of vehicular-related fines involving foreign-registered vehicles was 20% for cars, 38% for motorcycles and 42% for other vehicles, such as buses, lorries and heavy vehicles.
Agencies regularly conduct multi-agency operations against foreign motorists who have outstanding vehicular-related fines at the checkpoints, where such foreign motorists are stopped and asked to settle their fines before they are allowed entry into Singapore. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority may also deny entry to foreign vehicles with outstanding fines.