Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · General Provisions Relating to Road Traffic
84. Duty to stop in case of accident
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After a road accident causing damage or injury, the driver must stop. They must give their details to anyone at the scene who reasonably asks. Unless they gave their details or the damaged property's owner contacted them, they must tell the police within 24 hours. They must also give reasonable help. Breaking these rules is an offence.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
Last amended by an amending law of 2026. 4 amendments in all.
Where an accident occurs owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road and the accident results in damage or injury to any person, vehicle or structure, the driver of the motor vehicle must stop the motor vehicle and the driver must do such of the following as may be applicable:
motor vehicle
“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that —(a)is propelled wholly or partly by a motor or by any means other than human or animal power; and(b)is used or intended to be used on any road;
the driver if requested to do so by any person at the scene of the accident having reasonable grounds for so requesting the driver’s particulars, must provide the driver’s particulars to that person;
if no person mentioned in paragraph (a) is present at the scene of the accident, the driver must take reasonable steps to inform the owner (if any) of the damaged vehicle or structure of the damage caused to the vehicle or structure, and provide that owner with the driver’s particulars.
The driver of the motor vehicle mentioned in subsection (1) must report the accident at a police station or to a police officer as soon as reasonably practicable within 24 hours after the accident unless either of the following has occurred:
police station
“police station” includes any place or conveyance authorised or appointed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police to be used as a police station;
the driver has provided the driver’s particulars to a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a);
the owner mentioned in subsection (1)(b) has contacted the driver.
Where owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road an accident occurs resulting in injury or death to any animal, the driver of the motor vehicle must stop the vehicle if the driver has reasonable grounds to believe that —
vehicle
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;
the animal has an owner; or
the presence of the injured or dead animal on the road is likely to pose any safety hazard to the other road users.
The driver mentioned in subsection (2A) who is involved in the accident must —
if requested to do so by any person at the scene of the accident having reasonable grounds for so requesting the driver’s particulars, provide the driver’s particulars to that person;
if no person mentioned in paragraph (a) is present at the scene of the accident, the driver must take reasonable steps to inform the owner of the injured or dead animal (if any) of the injury or death caused to the animal and provide that owner with the driver’s particulars; and
if the presence of the injured or dead animal is likely to pose any safety hazard to other road users, the driver must as far as the circumstances permit, take reasonable steps to alert other road users of the obstruction and immediately inform a police officer of the obstruction.
If in any case owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road an accident occurs whereby any person is killed or any damage or injury is caused to any person, vehicle, structure or animal, the driver of the motor vehicle must render any assistance that may be reasonably required by any police officer or in the absence of any police officer any assistance that may reasonably be in the power of the driver to render.
road
“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes —(a)any road within Pulau Bukom;(b)any road within the limits of any installation of the Singapore Armed Forces declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be an installation to which this Act applies;(c)any bridge over which a road passes; and(d)any road, to which the public does not have access, which the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport prescribes, by notification in the Gazette, to be a road to which this Act applies;
When owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road an accident occurs in consequence of which any person is killed or seriously injured or serious damage is caused to any vehicle or structure, a person must not, except under the authority of a police officer, move or otherwise interfere with any vehicle involved in the accident or any part of the vehicle or do any other act so as to destroy or alter any evidence of the accident except that —
a vehicle or any part of the vehicle may be moved so far as may be necessary to extricate persons or animals involved, remove mails, prevent fire or prevent damage or obstruction to the public; and
goods or passengers baggage may be removed from a vehicle under the supervision of a police officer.
Subsection (4) does not apply where it is urgently necessary to remove any seriously injured person to hospital and no suitable means of conveyance other than a vehicle involved in the accident is at hand.
In this section, “particulars”, in relation to a driver of a motor vehicle, means the name and address of the driver of the motor vehicle, the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle, and the identification marks of the motor vehicle.
owner
“owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
If any person fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section, he or she shall be guilty of an offence.
Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (7) arising from his or her failure to comply with subsection (3) shall, if he or she had in driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle at the time of the accident mentioned in that subsection caused any serious injury or death to another person, be liable on conviction —
serious injury
“serious injury” means any injury which causes a person to be during a period of 7 days in severe bodily pain or unable to follow his or her ordinary pursuits.
to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; and
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Where a person (A) is convicted of an offence under subsection (7) arising from A’s failure to comply with subsection (3), the court convicting A, if satisfied that A had in driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle at the time of the accident mentioned in subsection (3) caused any serious injury or death to another person, is to order that A be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period that is equal to or longer than —
driving licence
“driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under the provisions of Part 2;
12 months starting on the date of A’s conviction; or (b)if A is sentenced to imprisonment, 12 months starting on the date of A’s release from prison,unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to not order or to order a shorter period of disqualification.
Where at one trial the driver of a motor vehicle is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for —
an offence involving the use of the motor vehicle by him or her whereby any serious injury or death is caused to another person; and
an offence under subsection (7) arising from his or her failure to comply with subsection (3),the court before which he or she is convicted is to order that the sentences for those offences run consecutively.
Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person who is reasonably suspected of having failed to comply with subsection (3).
police officer
“police officer” includes any person employed for police duties in the Singapore Police Force constituted under the Police Force Act 2004;