From 2023 to 2025 Singapore saw 3283 drink driving cases result in disqualification of drivers, an average of three per day. New legislation lowered the legal blood alcohol limit to 30mg, introduced hefty fines, and allows up to a year in jail for high-level offenders. Over 5176 arrests were made, with 3020 fines averaging $5,200. 40 drivers faced lifetime bans.
3,283 drink-drivers were disqualified from driving from 2023 to 2025, with 40 receiving lifetime bans. New laws passed on Aug 4 lowered alcohol limits for drivers and introduced stricter penalties.
SINGAPORE - A total of 3,283 drink-drivers were disqualified from driving between 2023 and 2025, or an average of an average of three people per day. In a written reply to Parliament, Senior Minister K. Shanmugam said 40 of the motorists were handed a lifetime driving disqualification. The average disqualification period for the rest was 38 months.
Shanmugam, who is also the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, was responding to a question by Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim on Aug 4. Lim had asked about the average duration of a driving ban, the fines meted out and duration of incarceration among those who have been sentenced to jail time. Shanmugam said that 5,176 people were arrested for drink-driving between 2023 and 2025.
Fines were imposed in 3,020 cases, with offenders having to pay about $5,200 on average. Shanmugam said that arrest and sentencing statistics are not directly comparable, as offenders may only be prosecuted or sentenced in a later year following investigations and court processes. Figures released by the Traffic Police in Dec 2025 showed that 1,173 people were arrested for drink driving in the first eight months of 2025, up from 1,130 during the same period in 2024.
A new law was passed in Parliament on Aug 4,The blood alcohol limit of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100ml, was lowered to 30mg. Under the new law, first-time offenders with very high blood alcohol levels, who are typically fined and banned from driving, might face up to 12 months’ jail. Traffic Police can also prosecute drink-drivers with evidence from a new handheld breathalyser, which can capture more accurate alcohol levels at the roadside.
TP will also no longer needLee Shi Nan was among those barred from driving for life. He was handed arejected by the High Court. Despite the ban, Lee was back in court in July, where he was charged with several traffic offences, including drink driving and driving a car despite his disqualification.
According to charge sheets, Lee allegedly had at least 135mg of alcohol in 100ml of his blood, which is over the prescribed limit of 80mg, when he was stopped by a police officer in Airport Road on Sept 10, 2025.
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