SINGAPORE: The accident rate at Bukit Batok interchange, where two public buses collided on Jul 11, is similar to the overall bus accident rate, ...
SINGAPORE: The accident rate at Bukit Batok interchange, where two public buses collided on Jul 11, is similar to the overall bus accident rate, Senior Minister of State for Transport Chee Hong Tat said on Monday .
While he refrained from commenting further on the specific incident, citing ongoing investigations, he said the number of accidents involving public buses in interchanges and elsewhere has been"falling steadily".There were 148 of such accidents between January to May this year, down from 270 in the same period in 2017, he said.
"The public bus operators and LTA have put in place a process to collate and share learning points from accidents and also near-misses to raise awareness among bus captains and reduce the risk of future accidents."MP Murali Pillai also asked if the LTA will relook the design of Bukit Batok interchange, which he said was built around 1987.
Buses driving within the interchanges must also adhere to a speed limit of 15km/h, while bus parking warning systems are installed to warn bus captains of reversing buses, he added.
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