{"id":26611,"date":"2026-01-07T22:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26611"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:44:38","slug":"motorcyclist-taken-to-hospital-after-collision-with-car-in-lavender-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26611","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist taken to hospital after collision with car in Lavender Street"},"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 <!-- -->A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after an accident in Lavender Street on <!-- -->Jan 7<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to an accident involving a car and a motorcycle in<!-- --> Lavender Street towards Crawford Street<!-- --> at around <!-- -->8.20am<!-- --> that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The <!-- -->37-year-old male motorcyclist<!-- --> was taken conscious to <!-- -->Raffles Hospital<!-- -->, said the SCDF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A <!-- -->64-year-old male driver<!-- --> is assisting with ongoing investigations, the police added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a dashcam video uploaded to the SG Road Vigilante Facebook group on <!-- -->Jan 7<!-- -->, the motorcycle can be seen moving into the<!-- --> <!-- -->leftmost lane while a black car approaches from behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The two vehicles collide, and the motorcyclist is flung off his vehicle onto the ground. The impact from the collision appears to have damaged the car\u2019s bumper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A man, who appears to have been sweeping the floor <!-- -->below<!-- --> a shophouse nearby, approaches the motorcyclist after the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A mid-year report by the Traffic Police in August 2025 showed that motorcyclists and pillion riders were involved in<!-- --> <!-- -->54.7 per cent<!-- --> of all traffic accidents in the first half of that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The number of injured motorcyclists and pillion riders increased by 7.3 per cent to<!-- --> <!-- -->2,323<!-- --> <!-- -->in the first half of 2025, from 2,164 in the same period the year before.<\/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 Accidents\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Accidents<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/motorcyclist-taken-to-hospital-after-collision-with-car-in-lavender-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after an accident in Lavender Street on Jan 7. 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