Car seen trying to overtake double-deck bus from the left at Bras Basah Rd, collision ensues

A pink Honda Civic car and a double-decker SBS Transit bus collided outside Rendezvous Hotel along Bras Basah Road on Mar. 16.

The car had apparently tried to overtake the bus from the left.

Man sent to hospital

In response to Mothership's queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident at 9 Bras Basah Road at around 2:20pm on Monday.

The 33-year-old male car driver was conveyed conscious to Raffles Hospital.

Left side of bus damaged

Photos taken in the aftermath of the accident and shared on the BusesINgapore Facebook page showed the car partly on the bus lane and also on the pavement having collided into a pillar at the hotel's exterior.

Three wheels of the car had mounted the kerb and its left bumper and left wheel appeared damaged.

The right side of the bus was in contact with the rear of the car.

SBS Transit says car apparently attempted to overtake

SBS Transit's spokesperson Grace Wu said in response to media queries that the service 174 bus was in the process of moving into the extreme left lane to serve a bus stop along Bras Basah Road when it was involved in an accident with a car.

Wu added: "Based on our CCTV footage, the bus had almost completed its lane change when a car travelling some distance behind accelerated in an apparent attempt to overtake but collided into the left side of the bus."

She said none of the passengers or the bus captain was injured in the accident.

Police investigations are ongoing.

Top photo from BusesINgapore