Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Accidents Involving Cyclists
Ministry of Home AffairsSpeakers
Summary
This question concerns stepping up enforcement and enhancing road safety following an increase in cyclist accidents in 2025, raised by Ms Hany Soh. Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam responded that the Traffic Police dynamically reviews and adjusts enforcement based on violation patterns. He detailed measures including tightening the Driver Improvement Points System by January 2027, deploying mobile enforcement cameras, trialling average speed enforcement, and expanding lorry speed limiters. These complement August 2026 Road Traffic Act amendments that increased penalties and introduced new offences for unsafe road behaviour. Furthermore, the Land Transport Authority is extending the Friendly Streets initiative to all Housing and Development Board towns by 2030.
Transcript
73 Ms Hany Soh asked the Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs in light of the reported increase in the number of traffic accidents involving cyclists in 2025 (a) whether the SPF will step up enforcement efforts against errant road users; and (b) how else does SPF plan to improve safety for all road users.
Mr K Shanmugam: The Traffic Police (TP) regularly reviews its enforcement operations taking into consideration the latest accident and traffic violation patterns. Where appropriate, TP may step up enforcement against certain violations or adjust the locations and timings of enforcement operations.
We are also taking some measures to improve road safety for all road users. We will be tightening the Driver Improvement Points System from January 2027 to strengthen deterrence and encourage safe driving behaviour and have deployed mobile Traffic Violation Enforcement Cameras to enhance TP's enforcement capabilities. We are trialling the Expressway Average Speed Enforcement system. The speed limiter regime for lorries is also being progressively expanded.
These measures complement the amendments to the Road Traffic Act passed in August 2026 to enhance penalties and introduce new offences to deter unsafe road behaviour. Meanwhile, the Land Traffic Authority is expanding the Friendly Streets initiative with traffic-calming measures and safer crossings to all Housing and Development Board towns by 2030. We will continue to monitor the road safety situation and review our measures as necessary.