30-year-old motorcyclist dies after accident with lorry near West Coast Park

SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old male motorcyclist died in hospital after an accident with a lorry near West Coast Park on the morning of Oct 20.

In a media reply, the police said they were alerted to an accident involving a motorcycle and a lorry at the junction of West Coast Ferry Road and Harbour Drive at about 7.30am.

The motorcyclist was taken unconscious to hospital, where he later died.

The 24-year-old male lorry driver was arrested for driving without reasonable consideration causing death, the police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.

In photos of the incident circulating on social media, a motorcycle bearing a Malaysian licence plate can be seen lying on its side in a yellow-box traffic junction as passers-by look on from nearby.

Multiple cones are seen set up near the motorcycle to cordon off the area, with at least one police motorcycle also spotted at the scene.

The number of road traffic accidents and casualties in the first half of 2026 continued an upward trend seen over the past three years, based on road traffic statistics.

The number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased from 3,748 in the first half of 2025 to 3,869 in 2026.

Injuries rose from 4,894 in the first half of 2025 to 5,090 during the same period in 2026.

The number of fatalities fell from 79 in the first half of 2025 to 61 in the first half of 2026, and the number of fatal accidents dropped from 78 to 60.

TP said the drop in fatalities was largely due to fewer deaths among motorcyclists and pillion riders.

Ironically, the number of accidents involving motorcyclists increased from 2,096 in the first half of 2025 to 2,186 in 2026.

Correspondingly, injuries went up from 2,335 in the first half of 2025 to 2,470 in the first half of 2026.

Motorcyclists and pillion riders were involved in 55.6 per cent of all traffic accidents from January to June.

The number of motorcyclist and pillion deaths fell from 43 in the first half of 2025 to 28 in 2026.

However, motorcyclists and pillion riders continued to be the largest group of road users involved in fatal accidents, accounting for 45.9 per cent of all road deaths.