Dip in accidents involving elderly pedestrians, but vigilance urged

Fewer traffic incidents involving elderly pedestrians took place in the first four months of 2024 than in the same period in 2023, but the Traffic Police (TP) urged road users to be vigilant.

- Syarafana Shafeeq

Between Jan 1 and April 30, there were 67 traffic incidents involving elderly pedestrians, down from 86 in the same period in 2023.

TP released these numbers on June 1 at the Singapore Road Safety Month 2024 Carnival for Families in Toa Payoh.

TP said that the number of elderly pedestrian fatalities dropped from eight in the first four months of 2023 to seven in the same period in 2024.

Fewer elderly pedestrians were injured as well, with 59 recorded incidents between January and April 2024, down from 77 in the same period in 2023.

The interim figures were released ahead of the mid-year report on the road traffic situation.

In 2023, the elderly were involved in 68.4 per cent of all fatal traffic accidents involving pedestrians, and accounted for 69.2 per cent of pedestrian fatalities.