{
  "id": 19914083,
  "title": "Five heavy vehicles involved in two separate accidents along Singapore’s Ayer Rajah Expressway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/five-heavy-vehicles-involved-in-two-separate-accidents-along",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T03:55:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/singapore/2026/11/14/five-heavy-vehicles-involved-in-two-separate-accidents-along-singapores-ayer-rajah-expressway/243221"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Five heavy vehicles were involved in two separate accidents along Singapore's Ayer Rajah Expressway on Friday morning, November 13. The first incident, involving a lorry and two buses, occurred at approximately 6:55 am, while the second accident, featuring a trailer and a tipper truck, happened around 8:15 am. Both accidents took place in close proximity, in the direction leading to the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE).\n\nA video captured the aftermath, revealing a Malaysia-registered trailer and a tipper truck in the leftmost lane. Both vehicles had left identifiable tyre marks on the road surface. The tipper truck eventually collided with a barrier. Further ahead, beyond the merging lane, two buses were observed stopped on the road shoulder, with a lorry found on the leftmost lane behind them.\n\nThe police reported no injuries in either accident. They also mentioned that the 40-year-old male bus driver and the 35-year-old male trailer driver are participating in the ongoing police investigations for the first and second incidents, respectively. In 2025, out of the 15,292 vehicles involved in accidents, 2,455 were identified as goods vans, pick-up trucks, lorries, tipper trucks, trailers, or buses.\n\nIn a parliamentary reply to Member of Parliament Ng Shi Xuan (Sembawang GRC) on August 5, Senior Minister K Shanmugam, who also serves as Minister for Home Affairs, highlighted that the most common causes of accidents in 2025 were failure to maintain proper lookout (53.4%), failure to have proper control of the vehicle (11.7%), and changing lanes without due care (8.4%). In an effort to address the rising road fatalities and injuries, the number of demerit points that can be accumulated before suspension will decrease from 24 to 18, effective January 1, 2027. This comes amid a five percent increase in road fatalities, from 142 deaths in 2024 to 149 in 2025, and a 6.6 percent rise in road injuries, from 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025.",
  "summary": "SINGAPORE, Nov 14 — A total of five heavy vehicles — a lorry, a trailer, one tipper truck, and two buse...",
  "key_points": [
    "Two separate accidents occurred on Ayer Rajah Expressway Friday morning.",
    "First accident involved lorry and two buses at 6:55 am.",
    "Second accident featured trailer and tipper truck at 8:15 am."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The clustering of heavy vehicle accidents on a major expressway underscores the ongoing safety challenges posed by commercial transport and the increasing pressure on road regulatory frameworks.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}