{"id":99543,"date":"2026-11-14T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99543"},"modified":"2026-11-14T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T13:30:00","slug":"motorcyclist-dies-in-jurong-west-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99543","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist dies in Jurong West accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 A <!-- -->31<!-- -->-year-old motorcyclist died on Nov <!-- -->14<!-- --> after an accident in Jurong West, marking at least the fourth fatal accident over the past four days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident in Jalan Boon Lay <!-- -->towards<!-- --> Jalan Bahar<!-- --> <!-- -->at about <!-- -->6.50am<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The motorcyclist was taken unconscious to Ng Teng Fong General <!-- -->Hospital<!-- -->, where he <!-- -->later<!-- --> died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said that his vehicle is believed to have <!-- -->skidded and <!-- -->added that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This follows three other fatal accidents that occurred between Nov 11 and 13: two separate collisions involving cyclists and tipper trucks, and a crash between a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/man-riding-power-assisted-bicycle-dies-after-accident-with-car-in-hougang?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=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">power-assisted bicycle and a car.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to mid-year Traffic Police statistics, motorcyclists and pillion riders remain the most vulnerable group on Singapore\u2019s roads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/more-road-accidents-injuries-in-first-half-of-2026-even-as-fatalities-fall-traffic-police?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=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">accounting for 45.9% of all traffic fatalities<\/span><\/a> and 55.6% of all accidents in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Overall road injuries climbed during the same period, with injury-related accidents rising from 3,748 in the first half of 2025 to 3,869 in the same period in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The total number of people injured in traffic accidents also rose year on year from 4,894 in the first half of 2025 to 5,090 in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/motorcyclist-31-dies-after-accident-in-jurong-west-fourth-road-fatality-in-four-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 31-year-old motorcyclist died on Nov 14 after an accident in Jurong West, marking at least the fourth fatal accident over the 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