Mr Patrick Pereira was seriously injured in a collision with a lorry while riding his motorbike along Jurong East Avenue 1 on 10 September 2017. He had been riding home from a family dinner when the accident occurred [1].
Pereira spent 10 days in intensive care at National University Hospital following the crash [1]. He broke both arms and suffered an open book pelvic fracture. Surgeons removed his damaged spleen and gallbladder and inserted titanium rods into his arms and pelvis [1].
Additionally, a contused nerve in his left arm was replaced with a nerve taken from his left leg [1]. Despite the severity of his injuries, Pereira did not suffer serious head trauma because he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash [1].
Recalling his time in the ICU, Pereira said, "In the ICU, all (I could hear) was the heart monitor beeping. In the middle of the night, I sometimes heard the sound of (other patients flatlining), and their family members crying. I wondered when it would be my turn." [1]
Singapore’s traffic deaths reached a 10-year high in 2025, with 149 fatalities recorded, up from 142 in 2024 and 141 in 2016 [1]. Motorcyclists and their pillion riders accounted for 53% of traffic deaths despite making up about 15% of the vehicle population in 2025. They were involved in 54.8% of all traffic accidents during that year [1].
The number of motorcycle-related accident cases rose from 3,973 in 2024 to 4,227 in 2025, with casualties involving motorcyclists and pillion riders reaching 4,844, up from 4,510 the previous year [1]. Total injured people in Singapore traffic incidents also increased from 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025 [1].
The traffic statistics were released by the Traffic Police in February 2026 [1].
