Domino’s Pizza delivery rider injured after collision with van near NTU

SINGAPORE – A 24-year-old Domino’s Pizza delivery rider was injured in an accident involving his motorcycle and a van near the Pioneer North entrance to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on Sunday.

The police said they were alerted to the accident in Pioneer Road North towards Nanyang Crescent at about 4pm.

The motorcyclist was conscious when taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital by the Singapore Civil Defence Force.

A spokesman for Domino’s Pizza Singapore told The Straits Times on Tuesday that the delivery rider suffered minor injuries and is on medical leave.

The spokesman said the company will provide support to the employee and cover his income and medical expenses during this time.

“We take this opportunity to remind all delivery personnel to prioritise their safety on the road while carrying out their duties during this festive period,” added the spokesman.

The 28-year-old male van driver is assisting with investigations, police said.

Dashcam footage from the vehicle travelling behind the motorcycle was uploaded on social media on Sunday. The video shows the motorcyclist exiting NTU on Pioneer Road North when his motorbike collides with a van that is making a right turn towards the PIE.

Both vehicles did not seem to be travelling at high speed when they crashed.

Vehicles make discretionary right turns from Pioneer Road North to merge with traffic on the PIE. No red-amber-green (RAG) turning signals are installed at that junction.

The Straits Times previously reported about

an accident on Jan 15 involving a car and a motorcyclist

at the same traffic junction.

Several netizens on social media commented that this traffic junction is dangerous.

A spokesperson from the Land Transport Authority said that preparatory works are under way for the implementation of a RAG turning signal at this junction. Construction will start next month and it is expected to be completed in June this year.

After two fatal accidents in 2018 involving discretionary right turns at other such traffic junctions, the authorities began installing RAG turning arrows at some junctions.

In a written parliamentary reply, Transport Minister S. Iswaran said in August 2022 that the number of traffic accidents involving right turns

has decreased by 40 per cent at junctions where RAG turning signals have been installed,

based on a sample of traffic junctions with RAG arrows by the Land Transport Authority (LTA).