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SINGAPORE- The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has announced a safety review following a car-bus collision at the Woodlands Checkpoint earlier today, stating that such an incident should not have occurred.
The accident transpired at 5:28 am when a departing Singapore-registered vehicle collided with an arriving Malaysia-registered bus on the Causeway. The ICA confirmed that the contraflow operation had commenced prior to the installation of safety barriers.
"This accident should not have happened," said the ICA, treating the incident with utmost seriousness and cooperating with the Traffic Police in their investigation. The car driver, a 48-year-old man, and his three passengers aged between 14 and 78 were transported to the hospital conscious. No bus passengers were harmed, and the bus driver declined medical attention.
All departure lanes resumed operation by 9:09 am, around four hours after the collision, according to an ICA Facebook post. The agency explained that contraflow traffic management is implemented during peak hours to ease congestion, sometimes converting the departure lane for heavy vehicles into an arrival lane to facilitate smoother heavy vehicle arrivals.
During periods of high car traffic exiting Singapore, part of the departure cargo zone may be utilized to expedite outbound vehicles and diminish tailbacks along the Bukit Timah Expressway. When contraflow operations are initiated, barriers are supposed to be set up to reroute departing car traffic away from the contraflow lane, which is used by arriving heavy vehicles.
In light of the incident, ICA has imposed a safety pause by temporarily suspending contraflow operations at both the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints over the weekend. "We will comprehensively review our safety measures before resuming contraflow operations. Motorists can anticipate some delays in the interim and we apologize for any inconvenience," the ICA announced.
The safety procedures for contraflow traffic management at the Woodlands Checkpoint involve several key measures, including barrier setup, safety protocols activation, safety review and pause, and traffic management. These measures aim to assure safe and efficient traffic flow during peak periods at the checkpoint.
- The incident at the Woodlands Checkpoint, involving a car-bus collision during contrflow traffic management, has triggered a safety review by Malaysia's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
- Amidst the ongoing investigation into the accident at the Woodlands Checkpoint, ICA is taking precautions, temporarily halting contraflow operations at both the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints over the weekend.
- News outlets are reporting on the recent car-accident at the Woodlands Checkpoint and the subsequent policy-and-legislation changes, focusing on the safety measures and procedures for contraflow traffic management.
- As politics and public opinion surrounding the car-accident at the Woodlands Checkpoint continue to evolve, several Malaysian newspapers are publishing crime-and-justice and general-news articles to highlight the importance of increasing safety and reducing accidents at immigration checkpoints.
