Driver jailed 13 months and banned for 10 years after running red light and hitting pregnant woman
A 62-year-old driver who ran a red light and hit a pregnant woman at a pedestrian crossing was sentenced on 25 September 2026 to 13 months’ jail, The Straits Times reported. He will also be disqualified from driving for 10 years after his release.
The driver pleaded guilty to one charge of dangerous driving causing grievous hurt. According to court documents cited in the report, he was driving along Upper Changi Road East at about 2.25pm on 31 July 2025. As he approached a signalised crossing, he neither slowed down nor stopped, although the light was red.
The victim, a 33-year-old woman who was 15 weeks pregnant, was crossing the road and was within his field of vision. The car went through the crossing and struck her, throwing her forward and dragging her along the road. She suffered multiple rib fractures, a pelvic fracture and a knee laceration, needed several operations and spent 59 days in hospital. She had no pregnancy-related complications but has needed physiotherapy since her discharge and has difficulty squatting.
The prosecution had asked for 16 to 20 months’ jail and a 10-year driving ban. The prosecutor pointed to the driver’s earlier traffic offences between 1998 and 2008, including two speeding convictions and driving against the flow of traffic, as showing a pattern of violations, even though the last of them was in 2008. Dangerous driving causing grievous hurt carries up to five years’ jail.
Why it matters for fleets: signalised pedestrian crossings are a routine hazard for every delivery and service driver in town, and a red-light offence that injures someone can end a driver’s career for a decade, as this case shows. Fleet operators can reduce the risk by checking new hires’ driving records, using telematics or camera alerts for red-light and harsh-braking events, and reminding drivers that schedule pressure is never a reason to push through an amber or red light.
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