Yearly Breakdown of Speeding Violations Involving Singapore-registered Lorries from 2016 to 2020

6 Mr Melvin Yong Yik Chye asked the Minister for Home Affairs (a) from 2016 to 2020, what is yearly breakdown of the 19,758 speeding violations involving Singapore-registered lorries; (b) among these speeding violations, what is the highest recorded travelling speed; and (c) among the 19,758 speeding violations, how many have involved lorries that are ferrying workers.

Mr K Shanmugam: From 2016 to 2020, the Traffic Police (TP) detected a total of 19,758 speeding violations involving Singapore-registered lorries. This comprises lorries that were caught travelling at a speed higher than either its vehicle or the road speed limit. The yearly breakdown of these speeding violations are as follows:

Among these speeding violations, the highest recorded speed of an offending lorry was 132 kilometres per hour.

TP does not track if vehicles involved in speeding violations were ferrying workers.