{"id":14463,"date":"2025-11-25T20:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=14463"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:39:35","slug":"motorcyclist-injured-after-accident-in-bukit-batok-van-driver-assisting-with-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=14463","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist injured after accident in Bukit Batok; van driver assisting with investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013\u00a0A <!-- -->23-year-old <!-- -->motorcyclist was taken to hospital after an accident involving her motorcycle and a van in Bukit Batok on <!-- -->Nov 24<!-- --> afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Singapore Civil Defence Force and the police said they were alerted to the accident at the junction of <!-- -->Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit Batok West Avenue 2 at around 2pm<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The motorcyclist was taken conscious to<!-- -->\u00a0Ng Teng Fong General Hospital<!-- -->. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A <!-- -->69-year-old male van driver<!-- --> is assisting with ongoing investigations, the police said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a video posted on a Facebook page SG Road Vigilante, a motorcyclist can be seen waiting at a traffic light when a black van approaches from behind and collides into her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She is momentarily flung into the air before falling off her motorcycle. The motorcycle is later seen lying on the road with the rider sprawled beside it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Latest traffic figures show that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-and-fatalities-in-first-9-months-of-2025-sim-ann?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">motorcyclists and elderly pedestrians<\/p>\n<p><\/a> continue to be over-represented in accidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Figures for motorcyclists involved in accidents increased by <!-- -->7.8 per cent to 3,191 in 2025, from 2,960 in 2024, while accidents involving elderly pedestrians spiked by 17.8 per cent to 179, from 152<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Accidents - traffic\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Accidents &#8211; traffic<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Bukit Batok\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Bukit Batok<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for SCDF\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">SCDF<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Road safety\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Road safety<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Police\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Police<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/motorcyclist-injured-after-accident-in-bukit-batok-van-driver-assisting-with-investigations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013\u00a0A 23-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital after an accident involving her motorcycle and a van in Bukit Batok on Nov 24 afternoon. 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