The following vehicles are excluded from expressways:

• Bicycles
• Power-assisted bicycles
• Tricycles
• Trishaws
• Motorcycles with side cars attached
• Motorcycles for which the designed maximum speed is less than 50 kilometres per hour
• Invalid carriages
• Three-wheeled vans
• Low trailers
• Road rollers
• Ready-mix concrete trucks
• Mobile cranes
• Forklifts
• Excavators
• Road pavers
• Tractors
• Dumpers
• Wheel loaders
• Bulldozers
• Graders
• Mobile concrete pumps
• Hydrant dispensers
• Motor vehicles with any of the wheels fitted with neither a pneumatic tyre nor a solid rubber tyre
• Any other motor vehicle where the maximum speed at which it may be driven on any road under the Road Traffic (Regulation of Speed) Rules (R 13) is less than 50 kilometres per hour.

You are required to apply for a permit if you need to drive an expressway-excluded vehicle on an expressway due to route constraints or where there are no alternate routes to get to your destination without the use of expressways.

You can submit the permit application via LTA's online feedback form (attention to: Vehicle Approval and Control Division):  

• Application form (XLS, 33kB)
• Endorsed scanned copy of the completed application form
• Supporting documents as listed in the application form

The processing time for the application may take about 14 working days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays).   

1. Stop your vehicle at the road shoulder if possible.
2. Switch on your hazard lights.
3. For assistance, please call LTA at 1800-2255-582.
4. The LTA vehicle recovery team will arrive to tow your vehicle to the nearest designated car park.

For your safety:

• Stay downstream from the vehicle, and behind the vehicle impact guardrail if possible.
• Be aware of oncoming traffic at all times.
• Do not attempt to repair your vehicle on the expressway.
• If it is unsafe to leave your vehicle, or you are unable to get your vehicle to the road shoulder, stay in your vehicle and call for assistance.

When calling LTA at 1800-2255-582 for help, provide your location on the expressway and direction of travel. Look out for nearby location markers:

• Kilometre marker
• Lamppost number
• Slip road

Vehicle breakdown recovery process

1. Upon arrival, the EMAS recovery crew will cordon off the incident site with traffic cones.
2. As it is dangerous to stay on the expressway, the EMAS recovery crew will advise you to stand behind the vehicle impact guardrail, or on the raised platform if you are in the tunnel, should it be possible.
3. The EMAS recovery crew will take photographs of the vehicle to record the condition before towing.
4. They will then inform you the nearest designated car park they will tow your vehicle to, so that you can arrange with your towing service provider to pick up your vehicle.
5. At the car park, the EMAS recovery crew will take photographs of the vehicle again and inform you that parking charges apply to your vehicle at the car park, while waiting for your towing service provider to arrive.

1. If there is an injury that needs attending to, dial 995 or 999.
2. Drive out of the tunnel if you can and if there is no injury to attend to.
3. If your vehicle has stalled or you require any other assistance, please call LTA at 1800-2255-582. LTA, SCDF and Traffic Police response teams will arrive at the incident site to assist you.
   

Vehicle accident handling process

1. Upon arrival, the EMAS recovery crew and LTA traffic marshals will cordon off the accident site with traffic cones and give first aid to the injured, if necessary.
2. For cases involving serious injuries, the Traffic Police and SCDF will also be informed and dispatched.
3. At the accident site, the EMAS recovery crew and LTA traffic marshals will help in traffic control as well as rescue and recovery operations.
4. If required, the LTA traffic marshals will also perform on-scene management duties and record the accident details and evidence. The recovery crew will also take photographs of the accident vehicle. If given clearance by the Traffic Police, the vehicle will be towed to the nearest designated car park.

1. Stop your vehicle at the road shoulder, switch off the engine and move away from your vehicle.
2. Dial 995 for help.
3. If you require any towing or assistance, please call LTA at 1800-2255-582. LTA, SCDF and Traffic Police response teams will arrive at the incident site to assist you.

1. Please call LTA at 1800-2255-582 for assistance.
2. Provide your location and direction of travel. Look out for nearby location markers:
   
   
   • Kilometre marker
   • Lamppost number
   • Slip road

1. The EMAS recovery crew will take photographs of the vehicle. If the doors are not locked, the crew will also list down the items inside.
2. The removable items found inside the vehicle will be brought to the LTA Operations Control Centre where you can claim them.

Once your vehicle has been towed away

You will be notified by post to contact the LTA Operations Control Centre to find out where your vehicle is and to make an appointment to collect your items.

You can also call 1800-2255-582 to enquire about your vehicle.

• Stop your vehicle at the road shoulder where possible;
• Switch on your vehicle hazard lights;
• Use the nearest emergency SOS phone (every 100 metres, next to slow lane) to call for help from the LTA Operations Control Centre or please call LTA at 1800-2255-582 for assistance;
• LTA vehicle recovery team will arrive at the incident site to tow your vehicle to the nearest designated car park; 
  

For your safety,

• Move to and stay on the raised platform on the road shoulder, downstream of the vehicle
• Be aware of oncoming traffic at all times
• Do not attempt to repair your vehicle in the tunnel
• As it is unsafe to remain in the tunnel, for your safety, you may be guided to leave the tunnel through the nearest escape staircase.
• If it is unsafe to leave your vehicle, or you are unable to get your vehicle to the road shoulder, stay in your vehicle and call for assistance

When calling 1800-2255-582 for help, please provide your location in the tunnel and direction of travel. Look out for nearby:

• Emergency exit door label
• Slip road
• Kilometre marker on the wall panels or raised platform

1. Drive out of the tunnel if there is no injury to attend to
2. If there is an injury, dial 995/999
3. If your vehicle has stalled or you need any other assistance, use the nearest emergency SOS phone (every 100 metres, next to slow lane) to call for help from the LTA Operation Control Centre or please call LTA at 1800-2255-582 for assistance
4. LTA, SCDF and Traffic Police response teams will arrive at the incident site to assist you.

1.  Stop your vehicle at the road shoulder, switch off the engine and move away from your vehicle.

2.  Get help by:

• Dialling 995
• Using the nearest emergency SOS phone (every 100m, next to the left-most lane)
• Using the fire break-glass unit at the fire service cabinet to sound an alarm

3.  Use the portable fire extinguisher inside the fire service cabinet located at 50m intervals inside the tunnel.

4.  For further assistance from the LTA Operation Control Centre, you can call 1800-2255-582

5.  Do not be alarmed if the overhead water sprinkler system is activated in the MCE, Woodsville or Sentosa Gateway Tunnel.

6.  LTA, SCDF and Traffic Police response teams will arrive at the incident site to assist you.

1. Follow lane use signs above the lanes in tunnels
2. Avoid lanes with a Red Cross (X) above. Proceed to drive past the incident site by following the Green Arrow Lane Use Sign above lanes that are passable
3. Stop your vehicle when all Lane Use Signs show Red Cross (X) above the lanes
4. Follow advisories on traffic message signboards
5. Follow directions of police officers or marshals managing the incident.
    

1.  Drive out immediately via the nearest exit where possible

2.  Stay vigilant and look out for lane use signs above the lanes

Lanes marked with red cross “X” – avoid the lane

All lanes marked with red cross “X” – do not proceed any further

Do not proceed further if all red light crosses light up on the lane use signs

3.  Tune in to any local radio station for LTA’s emergency announcements;

4.  If instructed to evacuate and you cannot drive further, turn off your engine, leave your vehicle and go by foot to the nearest emergency exit:

Woodsville Tunnel and Fort Canning Tunnel

• head for the tunnel entrance, away from the incident or smoke

CTE, KPE, MCE tunnels and Sentosa Gateway Tunnel

Head for the:

• Nearest emergency exit which will have flashing lights.
• Emergency escape staircase, which is located every 500 metres in the tunnel next to the slow lane. The stairs lead to street level.
• Pedestrian cross passage door, which is located every 100 metres in the CTE, KPE and MCE tunnels next to the fast lane. Doors lead to the opposite bound tunnel.

5.  Do not reverse your vehicle;

6.  Be vigilant and look out for other motorists who are evacuating;

7. Do not be alarmed if the overhead water sprinkler system is activated in the MCE, WVT and SGT tunnels.

8. Follow directions of police officers or marshals managing the incident.

CTE Tunnel emergency exit
 

KPE, MCE and Sentosa Gateway Tunnel emergency exit
 

• Do not enter the tunnel
• Look out for the lane use signs. Do not proceed further if all red crosses light up on the lane use signs
• Look out for the messages displayed on the traffic message signboards
• Take an alternative route

Look out for messages displayed on the
traffic message signboards and lane use signs