SINGAPORE — Singapore’s roads recorded a sharp rise in accidents involving cyclists in 2025, with 772 cases reported — nearly 25 per cent more than the 620 cases recorded in 2024 and the highest level in four years.
The latest figures, provided by the Singapore Police Force to The Straits Times, show that cyclist-related traffic accidents have increased significantly from 581 cases in 2023 to 620 in 2024 and 772 in 2025.
The increase has raised fresh concerns over road safety, particularly as Singapore also experienced a broader deterioration in traffic safety last year.
Of the 772 cyclist-related accidents in 2025, 17 were fatal. This compares with 13 fatal accidents involving cyclists in 2024 and 15 in 2023. Taken together, there were 45 fatal accidents involving cyclists between 2023 and 2025.
Police point to dangerous cycling behaviour
According to the police, more than half of the cyclist-related accidents in 2025 were linked to disorderly cycling and failing to keep a proper lookout.
Authorities have reminded cyclists that being on a bicycle does not exempt them from traffic laws. Cyclists riding on roads are required to obey traffic signals and road markings, maintain a predictable course, keep as far left as practicable and remain alert to other road users.
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority also sets out specific requirements for cyclists and power-assisted bicycle riders, including wearing a helmet on roads, using bicycle lanes where available, riding in the correct direction and displaying the required front and rear lights in the dark.
Cyclists are also prohibited from riding on expressways, road tunnels and selected viaducts. Group riding is subject to limits, with groups restricted to a maximum length of five bicycles — equivalent to five cyclists in single file or 10 cyclists when riding two abreast where permitted.
Enforcement remains a concern
The rise in accidents comes alongside continued enforcement against errant cyclists.
In the second half of 2025, about 650 cyclists were issued summonses for traffic-rule violations, according to police figures reported by The Straits Times. Offences included failing to obey traffic signals and not wearing helmets while cycling on roads.
More recently, a joint Traffic Police and LTA enforcement operation on Aug. 14, 2026, detected 26 offences involving cyclists and a personal mobility device user. Eighteen individuals were issued composition fines, including cyclists cited for inadequate lighting and riding without protective helmets. A fixed-gear bicycle and an unregistered, non-compliant PMD were also seized.
The enforcement activity underscores an issue increasingly being raised by both authorities and cycling advocates: road safety cannot depend on one group of road users alone.
Cyclists say drivers must also do their part
The discussion is not simply about blaming cyclists.
In related coverage, cycling representatives and road-safety advocates have called for greater mutual respect between cyclists, motorists, pedestrians and other road users.
Singapore Cycling Federation vice-president for community outreach Steven Lim said there is growing animosity among different groups of road users and argued that cyclists must follow the rules rather than assume traffic regulations do not apply to them. Safety for Active Mobility Users president Francis Chu similarly urged road users to prioritise safety over simply insisting on their right of way.
That shared-responsibility argument is also reflected in Singapore’s official road-safety guidance. LTA describes road safety as a shared responsibility, while encouraging cyclists to maintain a straight course, avoid sudden swerves, keep a safe distance from vehicles and slow down around junctions, crossings and other potentially dangerous areas.
A wider road-safety warning
The cyclist figures come against a backdrop of rising overall traffic casualties.
Singapore Police Force data shows that traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased to 7,560 cases in 2025, up about 7 per cent from the previous year. Fatal traffic accidents increased from 139 in 2024 to 147 in 2025.
Separately, The Straits Times reported that 149 people died in road traffic crashes in 2025, making it Singapore’s highest road-fatality figure in a decade. The distinction is important: 147 refers to fatal traffic accidents, while 149 refers to people killed.
For cyclists, the message from the latest statistics is particularly stark: although cycling remains an important mode of transport and recreation in Singapore, the growing number of crashes highlights the risks faced when vulnerable road users and motor vehicles share the same space.
And with 772 cyclist-related accidents recorded in a single year, the question now goes beyond who is at fault in individual crashes.
It is whether Singapore’s road culture can change quickly enough to prevent the next collision from becoming another statistic.
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