Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276, Section 63(2))

N 6

G.N. No. S 729/2006

REVISED EDITION 2008

(31st January 2008)

[29th December 2006]

Citation

1. This Notification may be cited as the Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification.

Speed limits on roads

2.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in sub‑paragraphs (2) and (3), the speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road shall not exceed —

(a)	in the case of the roads or parts thereof set out in the First to Sixth Schedules, the speed specified in those Schedules; and [S 714/2015 wef 20/11/2015]
(b)	in any other case, 50 kilometres per hour.

[S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024]

(2) The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road in a school zone shall not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour —

(a)

on any day —

(i)	between 6.30 a.m. and 7.45 a.m. (both times inclusive);
(ii)	between 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. (both times inclusive); and
(iii)	between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. (both times inclusive); or

(b)

when a school event is carried out,

if the traffic sign, set out in diagram 12A in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33), is used to indicate the beginning of the school zone, and the lights attached to that traffic sign are flashing.

[S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024]

(3) The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road in a silver zone must not exceed the speed of —

(a)	30 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign set out in diagram 12C(a) or 12C(b) in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules is used to indicate the beginning of the silver zone; or [S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024]
(b)	40 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign set out in diagram 12B(a) or 12B(b) in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules is used to indicate the beginning of the silver zone. [S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024]

[S 963/2020 wef 30/11/2020]

[S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024]

(3A) The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road or part of a road in a zone demarcated as “Friendly Streets” by —

(a)	the traffic sign set out in diagram 12D(a) or 12D(b) in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules at the beginning of the zone; and
(b)	the traffic sign set out in diagram 165A(a) or 165A(b) in Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules at the end of the zone,

must not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour.

[S 369/2024 wef 01/05/2024]

(4) In this paragraph —

“school zone” means any part of a road that is —

(a)	adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of a school; and
(b)	between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a school zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a school zone;

“silver zone” means any part of a road that is between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a silver zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a silver zone.

[S 669/2014 wef 01/10/2014]

Application to certain vehicles

3.—(1) This Notification shall not apply to —

(a)	any fire engine used for the purpose of extinguishing fires, of preserving life and property in case of fire or of aiding or rescuing persons in danger, or in case of an accident;
(b)	any authorised ambulance used for the purpose of attending to a medical emergency; or [S 1065/2021 wef 03/01/2022]
(c)	any motor vehicle owned by the Government and used by the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force for the purpose of executing the functions of the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force, as the case may be,

if compliance with this Notification is likely to hinder the use of the fire engine, ambulance or motor vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used.

[S 1065/2021 wef 03/01/2022]

(2) In this paragraph —

“ambulance” means a motor vehicle that is specifically equipped for —

(a)	the transport on roads of; and
(b)	the provision, during such transport, of out-of-hospital clinical care to,

sick or injured individuals who require emergency medical treatment;

“authorised”, for an ambulance, means —

(a)	being specified in a licence (other than a revoked licence) under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 authorising the use of the ambulance to provide a licensable healthcare service specified in that licence; or
(b)	being owned by the Government and used for the purposes of the Singapore Armed Forces or the Singapore Civil Defence Force.

[S 1065/2021 wef 03/01/2022]

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