{"id":45725,"date":"2026-04-19T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=45725"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:16:46","slug":"cars-switch-lanes-to-tailgate-traffic-police-patrol-car-on-cte-end-up-in-multi-vehicle-crash-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=45725","title":{"rendered":"Cars switch lanes to tailgate Traffic Police patrol car on CTE, end up in multi-vehicle crash, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It is not uncommon to see vehicles switching lanes to follow emergency vehicles on expressways \u2014 especially during rush hour traffic \u2014 but this time five motorists ended up needing help.<\/p>\n<p>An accident involving five cars took place at about 7.10pm on Friday (April 17) along the Central Expressway (CTE) towards Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), before Bukit Timah Road exit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/CTE-Tailgate-Traffic-Police-5-Car-Accident.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"31f026d3-9cd7-4a33-afcb-87b2a0d60de9\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Map showing where the five-vehicle pileup happened.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"Map showing where the five-vehicle pileup happened. INFOGRAPHIC: AsiaOne\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Videos posted on social media show a Traffic Police (TP) expressway patrol car on the rightmost of four lanes with its emergency blinkers on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone\/video\/7630330692676766983\" data-video-id=\"7630330692676766983\">\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@asiaone\" rel=\"noopener\">@asiaone<\/a> A five-car accident took place along the Central Expressway (CTE) towards Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) on Friday (April 17) evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgnews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"sgnews\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgnews<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singapore?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"singapore\" rel=\"noopener\">#Singapore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/police?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"police\" rel=\"noopener\">#Police<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/road?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"road\" rel=\"noopener\">#Road<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/accident?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"accident\" rel=\"noopener\">#Accident<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-AsiaOne-7630330745030167317?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - AsiaOne\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; AsiaOne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the patrol car moves ahead, several cars on the second lane are seen switching lanes to the first lane. Based on the video, traffic conditions appear to be slightly congested but still moving on the other lanes.<\/p>\n<p>The pileup happened after a car, which tried to cut in ahead of trailing vehicles to be behind the patrol car, applied its brakes leading to a chain collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/CTE-5-car-Accident-Tailgate-Traffic-Police-Scene-Breakdown.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"925afce4-ffba-4681-9277-a1843a2d97ec\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Scene breakdown showing moments leading up to the five-vehicle pileup along CTE on Friday (April 17) evening.\" height=\"1688\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"Scene breakdown showing moments leading up to the five-vehicle pileup along CTE on Friday (April 17) evening. In the third frame (bottom left), a vehicle is seen cutting in ahead of the trailing cars before it later applied its brakes. PHOTO: Screengrab\/Facebook\/SG Road Vigilante\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said a 32-year-old female passenger was taken conscious to Singapore General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:734010]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>No part of this story can be reproduced without the permission of AsiaOne<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/cte-tailgate-traffic-police-5-car-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not uncommon to see vehicles switching lanes to follow emergency vehicles on expressways \u2014 especially during rush hour traffic \u2014 but this time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}