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How bad is Singapore's drink driving problem?

by onlinecitizen
18/04/2017
in Current Affairs
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by ValuePenguin
What’s the risk of running into a drunk driver on the roads late at night in Singapore? The team at ValuePenguin went back through years of Singapore traffic accident statistics and examined data from countries around the world to get a clearer picture of the drunk driving situation in Singapore.

Drink driving in Singapore is decreasing over time

Our analysis shows that the drink driving situation in Singapore has improved considerably in recent years. Based on data published annually by the Singapore Traffic Police, drunk driving arrests have declined by nearly 30% from 3,019 arrests in 2013 to 2,121 in 2016. Accidents caused by drunk driving have declined considerably as well, decreasing by 26.4% from 182 in 2014 to 134 in 2016. This improvement may be able to be attributed at least in part to the tightening of drink-driving sentencing laws in 2013 that tied the severity of the sentence to the degree of intoxication, even for first-time offenders.
The legal limit for blood alcohol content (BAC) in Singapore is .08 (80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood), but if you are found to be incapable of controlling your vehicle, you will be charged for drink-driving even if your BAC is under the legal limit.

Drunk Driving Arrests in Singapore
Year Total Number of Arrests
2011 2,735
2012 2,917
2013 3,019
2014 2,982
2015 2,303
2016 2,121
How does Singapore compare around the world?

We found that alcohol is involved in about 10.6% of Singapore’s total road traffic deaths based on a 2015 study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO). But what does this statistic actually tell us about the severity of Singapore’s drink-driving problem? To gain perspective, we compared Singapore with its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific region as well as major countries around the world.
Our study showed that within the Asia-Pacific, Korea and Singapore are quite comparable in this regard: alcohol played a role in 14.3% and 10.6% of road traffic deaths respectively. Alcohol was involved in a lower percentage of total road traffic deaths in the Philippines, China, India and Japan than in Singapore*. It appears, however, that Singapore’s drunk-driving problem is nowhere near as serious as it is in other parts of the region. Alcohol played a role in roughly a quarter to a third of road traffic fatalities in Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam.

Comparing the involvement of alcohol in road traffic mortality in the Asia-Pacific
Looking around the world, drunk driving seems to play a generally lesser role in road mortality in Singapore than it does in many highly developed countries. The percentage of alcohol-related road traffic deaths hovers around 30% in not only Australia and New Zealand, but also France, the USA and Canada, and reaches 57.5% in South Africa. Germany is quite comparable with Singapore, with 9.4% of road traffic deaths involving alcohol in some way.
Comparing the involvement of alcohol in road traffic mortality around the world
Conclusion

Overall, though Singapore’s roads may still be more dangerous for drivers than in other major countries, our research indicates that drunk driving is not a principal cause for road traffic deaths in Singapore. It also appears that, especially compared with countries around the world, Singapore has an increasingly good handle on its drunk driving problem.

Methodology

Our study utilized data collected and reported by the World Health Organization in 2015, as well as statistics published annually by the Singapore Traffic Police.

Footnotes
  • Please bear in mind that all statistics reflected are based on WHO estimates that rely in part on the accuracy of data collected and reported by the individual countries themselves. Actual numbers might differ from these estimates significantly, particularly in less-developed countries.

This article was first published at ValuePenguin.

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