{"id":54127,"date":"2026-05-21T12:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54127"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:26:42","slug":"11-taken-to-hospital-after-accident-involving-9-motorcycles-and-car-on-aye-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54127","title":{"rendered":"11 taken to hospital after accident involving 9 motorcycles and car on AYE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SINGAPORE \u2013 Eleven people were taken to hospital following an accident involving nine motorcycles and a car on the AYE during the morning rush hour on May 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In response to queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident on the expressway towards the MCE\u00a0at about 6.30am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCDF took two people to National University Hospital and nine others to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. All of them were conscious when taken to the hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 11 comprise nine male motorcyclists aged 26 to 61, a 21-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman who was riding pillion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In its annual road traffic statistics released in February, the Traffic Police said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/road-traffic-fatalities-hit-10-year-high-in-2025-with-149-dead-elderly-deaths-more-than-double\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries climbed;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries climbed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries climbed<\/a> by about 7 per cent to 7,560 cases in 2025, up from 7,053 cases in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/road-traffic-fatalities-hit-10-year-high-in-2025-with-149-dead-elderly-deaths-more-than-double\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:accidents involving motorcyclists jumped;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;accidents involving motorcyclists jumped&quot;}\" class=\"link \">accidents involving motorcyclists jumped<\/a> from 3,973 cases in 2024 to 4,227 cases in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While motorcycles made up only about 15 per cent of Singapore\u2019s total vehicle population in 2025, motorcyclists and pillion riders were involved in 54.8 per cent of all traffic accidents.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additional reporting by Ann Chen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/11-taken-to-hospital-after-accident-involving-9-motorcycles-and-car-on-aye?utm_source=b8f711c7d1&amp;utm_medium=cf-syn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Source: The Straits Times \u00a9 SPH Media Limited. 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