Singapore Road Safety Framework

Singapore's Road Safety Framework is a coordinated roadmap for improving road safety through shared responsibility. In remarks at the 8th Intelligent Transport Systems Summit Singapore on 28 July 2026, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) described the framework as a partnership involving the Traffic Police, agencies, the Singapore Road Safety Council, the Singapore Kindness Movement, industry partners, educators, researchers and the wider community (MOT, 28 July 2026).

Five pillars and supporting capabilities

The framework is built on four pillars: safer road users, safer vehicles, safer speed, and safer road design and infrastructure. MOT presents data, technology and research as cross-cutting support for those pillars, not as a fifth pillar. The framework is therefore a coordinated policy roadmap and partnership model, not a single road-traffic statute or one standalone enforcement programme. The speech places the work under the Land Transport Master Plan 2040 and describes road safety as a shared responsibility involving MOT, the Traffic Police, agencies, industry, educators, researchers and the community. That structure also means an individual road-safety measure should be understood as contributing to a pillar or capability; it should not automatically be described as a new legal regime created by the framework (MOT, 28 July 2026).

Measures highlighted in 2026

MOT cited Silver Zone traffic-calming measures and safer crossing points as examples of safer speed and road design. The speech said the Silver Road Scheme had reduced accidents involving elderly pedestrians by about 80%, and that more Silver Zones would be progressively rolled out through the Friendly Street scheme in areas with young families or more senior pedestrians. MOT also announced that all newly registered motorcycles would be required to have an Anti-lock Braking System from 1 April 2027; this is a vehicle-safety requirement associated with the framework, not a claim that every motorcycle already has the system or that the date applies retrospectively to motorcycles already registered. These examples show the framework linking infrastructure design and vehicle technology to specific safety risks, while the speech does not provide a complete list of future projects or a quantified target for every pillar (MOT, 28 July 2026).

Road safety, autonomous vehicles and interpretation

The framework sits alongside Singapore's work on intelligent and autonomous mobility. MOT said LTA had commenced trialling autonomous-vehicle shuttle services in Punggol from September 2025, operated by Grab and ComfortDelGro; the speech reported close to 10,000 unique riders as of June 2026 and said 99% of surveyed riders felt safe and would recommend the ride. Those are reported trial figures, not a claim that all Singapore public transport is autonomous or that AVs eliminate every road risk. MOT was also working towards a dedicated AV Act and an AV cybersecurity framework covering the autonomous-vehicle lifecycle, including technical approval, remote operations, software controls, cybersecurity monitoring and incident management. Those future instruments are not the same as the Road Safety Framework, and the 28 July 2026 speech did not establish that the AV Act had already commenced (MOT, 28 July 2026).

Policy context and dated road-fatality figure

MOT linked the framework to the Land Transport Master Plan 2040 and said Singapore recorded 149 road-traffic fatalities in 2025, described in the speech as a 10-year high. That figure is a dated national road-fatality statement from the 28 July 2026 speech, not a current-year total and not a measure of the framework's effect. The speech also described cybersecurity as a safety issue for connected vehicles, traffic signals and operational systems, and noted that amendments to the Cybersecurity Act taking effect in October 2025 extended protection to virtual and cloud infrastructure. Questions about specific offences, speed limits, vehicle rules or Silver Zone locations should be answered from the relevant current law or agency guidance rather than inferred from the framework alone (MOT, 28 July 2026).