{"id":56675,"date":"2026-05-31T00:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=56675"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:26:02","slug":"two-motorcyclists-taken-to-hospital-after-multi-vehicle-accident-on-bke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=56675","title":{"rendered":"Two motorcyclists taken to hospital after multi-vehicle accident on BKE"},"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 <!-- -->Two motorcyclists were taken to hospital following a multi-vehicle accident <!-- -->on the BKE on May 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police and SCDF said they were alerted to the accident involving three cars and two motorcycles on the <!-- -->BKE before Woodlands Avenue 3<!-- --> around <!-- -->4.15pm<!-- --> that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Two male motorcyclists, aged 18 and 55<!-- -->, were taken to <!-- -->Khoo Teck Puat Hospital<!-- --> while conscious, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a dashcam video of the accident uploaded on Facebook, a motorcycle is seen colliding with the back of a <!-- -->red Malaysian-registered car<!-- --> on the right-most lane of the expressway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The impact sends the motorcycle skidding leftward across two lanes. The red car is seen stationary, with its rear window missing and the left side of its rear damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In another video of the aftermath, two other cars appear to have stopped in front of the red car, a <!-- -->black SUV and a silver sedan<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p>A team of paramedics is seen attending to a man lying on a stretcher on the left-most lane of the expressway, just before the turn-off. A motorcycle lies on its side nearby.<\/p>\n<p>A second motorcycle is seen on the side of the road with other paramedics in attendance. <\/p>\n<p>One ambulance with its doors open can be seen parked along the turn-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police added that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Motorcyclists and pillion riders were involved in <!-- -->54.8<!-- --> per cent of all traffic accidents in 2025 despite making up only about <!-- -->15<!-- --> per cent of Singapore\u2019s total vehicle population, according to <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?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">annual statistics released by the Traffic Police in February<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The number of accidents involving motorcyclists jumped to <!-- -->4,227<!-- --> cases in 2025, up from <!-- -->3,973<!-- --> cases the previous year. The number of motorcyclist and pillion rider casualties also increased from <!-- -->4,510<!-- --> in 2024 to <!-- -->4,844<!-- --> in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/two-motorcyclists-taken-to-hospital-after-multi-vehicle-accident-on-bke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Two motorcyclists were taken to hospital following a multi-vehicle accident on the BKE on May 29. 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