Motorcyclist dies after accident with car on SLE
BNB Diviyadhaarshini
The Straits Times
Jan 6, 2026
A 42-year-old motorcyclist died after an accident involving a motorbike and a car early on Jan 6.
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident on the SLE towards CTE at about 6am that day.
The motorcyclist was taken unconscious to Sengkang General Hospital, where he later died, the authorities said.
A 48-year-old male car driver is assisting with investigations, the police added.
Investigations are ongoing.
Video footage posted on Facebook shows a few people crouched around a person near a grey car and toppled motorcycle as one of them performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the person amid ongoing traffic. A trail of blood can be seen on the road near them.
In another image, SCDF officers in neon vests are seen tending to the person lying on the ground.
There were 78 fatal accidents in the first half of 2025, up from 70 in the first half of 2024, with the number of deaths rising from 72 to 79, statistics from the Traffic Police's mid-year report in 2025 showed.
The number of accidents involving motorcyclists went up by 9.5 per cent to 2,088 in the first half of 2025, compared with 1,907 in the first six months of 2024.
Motorcyclists and pillion riders continue to be disproportionately represented in traffic fatalities, accounting for 54.4 per cent of all road deaths, the report said.
