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Causes of Accidents by Severity of Injury Sustained

SPF (Singapore Police Force)

Note: One accident may have multiple causes.

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2018

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Chart (Breakdown by Severity of Injuries)

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CausesofAccidentsbySeverityofInjurySustained.csv (328 rows, 24.5 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Accident classification
Text
Road user group
Text
Causes of accident
Text
Number of accidents
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)12.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsFailing to Keep a Proper Lookout59
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsFailing to Have Proper Control50
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsFailing to Give Way to Traffic with Right of Way9
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsChanging Lane without Due Care6
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsDisobeying Traffic Light Signals Resulting in Accidents with Vehicle9
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsTurning Without Due Care2
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsDriving under the Influence of Alcohol3
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsOvertaking without Due Care1
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsFollowing Too Close to Vehicle In Front1
2012FATALDrivers, Riders or CyclistsTurning Vehicle & Failing to Give Way to Pedestrian During Green Man4
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d085ce60a604f938aff6779ed08a106a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Police Force. (2015). Causes of Accidents by Severity of Injury Sustained (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d085ce60a604f938aff6779ed08a106a/view

About this dataset

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Created on

21 May 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SPF (Singapore Police Force)