Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification

Regulation 2

Speed limits on roads

Amended byS 714/2015 wef 20/11/2015S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 691/2025 wef 01/01/2026S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 963/2020 wef 30/11/2020S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 691/2025 wef 01/01/2026S 669/2014 wef 01/10/2014

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 714/2015 wef 20/11/2015S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024

Except as otherwise provided in sub‑paragraphs (2) and (3), the speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road shall not exceed —

(a)

in the case of the roads or parts thereof set out in the First to Sixth Schedules, the speed specified in those Schedules; and

(b)

in any other case, 50 kilometres per hour.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 691/2025 wef 01/01/2026

The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road in a school zone must not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign set out in diagram 12A in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33) is used to indicate the beginning of the school zone.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024S 963/2020 wef 30/11/2020S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024

The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road in a silver zone must not exceed the speed of —

(a)

30 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign set out in diagram 12C(a) or 12C(b) in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules is used to indicate the beginning of the silver zone; or

(b)

40 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign set out in diagram 12B(a) or 12B(b) in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules is used to indicate the beginning of the silver zone.

Subregulation 3A

Amended byS 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024

The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road in a zone demarcated as “Friendly Streets” by —

(a)

the traffic sign set out in diagram 12D(a) or 12D(b) in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules at the beginning of the zone; and (b)the traffic sign set out in diagram 165A(a) or 165A(b) in Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules at the end of the zone, must not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 691/2025 wef 01/01/2026S 669/2014 wef 01/10/2014

In this paragraph —

Definition

“school zone” means any part of a road that is —

(a)

near a school; and

(b)

between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a school zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a school zone;

Amended byS 691/2025 wef 01/01/2026

Definition

“silver zone” means any part of a road that is between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a silver zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a silver zone.

Amended byS 669/2014 wef 01/10/2014