Higher fines and demerit points for speeding from 1 Jan 2026

Making good on earlier promises to introduce harsher penalties for speeding offences, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has confirmed that increased demerit points and composition sums will kick in from 1 January 2026.

Demerit points are set to rise for all speeding offences across the board, with the increase rising exponentially depending on the severity of the offence.

Motorists caught exceeding the vehicular or road speed limit by between 50km/h to 60km/h from 1 January 2026 will see their licenses be suspended immediately

The penalty for exceeding the vehicular or road speed limit by up to 20km/h will rise from four demerit points to six demerit points moving forward.

Meanwhile, motorists caught exceeding the vehicular or road speed limit by between 50km/h to 60km/h will soon be slapped with 24 demerit points - up from 18 demerit points currently - apart from having to face prosecution in court. Any motorist that has 24 demerit points on record immediately sees their license get suspended. 

Both light and heavy vehicle drivers are also set to face heftier composition sums if caught speeding, with the increases ranging from $50 to $100.

More details of both the increased demerit points and composition sums can be found in the table below, provided by the MHA.

The harsher penalties come on the back of increasing fatalities and injuries arising from road accidents over the past five years, of which, speeding has been highlighted as a major cause. The 192,000 speeding violations recorded in 2024 represented a 10-year high in Singapore, while also marking a 64.3% increase from 2023.