25-year-old woman injured after car crashes into pedestrian walkway in Orchard Road

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SINGAPORE – A 25-year-old woman was taken to hospital after a car crashed into a pedestrian walkway near Mandarin Gallery on Aug 5.

In a media reply, the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the incident, which occurred at the junction of Orchard Road and Grange Road, at about 3.50pm.

The female pedestrian was taken conscious to Raffles Hospital, while a 20-year-old male driver is assisting with police investigations, the authorities added.

Footage of the aftermath of the accident circulating on Instagram shows a grey car on a pedestrian pavement outside the shopping mall.

The vehicle appears to have struck a traffic control box, leaving it tilted from the impact.

An ambulance is also visible at the scene, with several paramedics tending to a woman seated on the ground nearby.

Road accidents are on the rise in Singapore. The number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries climbed by about 7 per cent, from 7,053 cases in 2024 to 7,560 cases in 2025.

The number of people injured in accidents also climbed from 9,342 in 2024 to 9,955 in 2025.

The Straits Times has contacted the Land Transport Authority, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and OUE Commercial Property Management, the operator of Mandarin Gallery, for more information.