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Qualified Driving Licence (QDL) Holders By Class Of Licence

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Qualified Driving Licence (QDL) Holders By Class Of Licence

Data from Jan 2007 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:06 SGT

SPF (Singapore Police Force)

( Figures as at End-Year )

Explanatory Notes:

A person may hold more than one class of qualified driving license.

Types of class of qualified driving licence and the types of vehicles the qualified licence holders is allowed to operate:

  • Class 2B: Motorcycle not exceeding 200cc

  • Class 2A: Motorcycle between 201cc and 400cc

  • Class 2: Motorcycle exceeding 400cc

  • Class 3:

    1. Motor car and motor tractor, the weight of which unladen does not exceed 2500 kilograms; and
    2. Motor cars constructed solely and adapted to carry not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 3000 kilograms

  • Class 3A: Motor vehicles which consist of any Class 3 vehicle which can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal

  • Class 3C: Motor cars constructed solely and adapted to carry not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 3000 kilograms. Issued only to work permit and S-Pass holders

  • Class 3CA: Motor vehicles which consist of any Class 3C vehicle which can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal. Issued only to work permit and S-Pass holders

  • Class 4A: Omnibus

  • Class 4: Heavy motor car and motor tractor the weight of which unladen exceeds 2500 kilograms

  • Class 5: Motor vehicle which is not constructed to carry any load and the weight of which unladen exceeds 7250 kilograms (includes light and heavy locomotives)

Qualified driving licence holders by Year

Data explorer

QualifiedDrivingLicenceQDLHoldersByClassOfLicence.csv (120 rows, 2.4 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Class Of Licence
Text
Qualified Driving Licence Holders
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)13.3%
2007Class 2131899
2007Class 2A184834
2007Class 2B376496
2007Class 31372655
2007Class 3A22049
2007Class 3Cna
2007Class 3CAna
2007Class 4132928
2007Class 4A10225
2007Class 565788

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
Class Of Licenceclass_of_licenceText--
Qualified Driving Licence Holdersqualified_driving_licence_holdersNumericNo. of Persons-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ebfe66b91d6dc8efb2a6008647dc9a6e"
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). Qualified Driving Licence (QDL) Holders By Class Of Licence (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ebfe66b91d6dc8efb2a6008647dc9a6e/view

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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)