The car was parked on a loop road that was being used as a lay-by during the construction of then new A9 trunk road.

The one-north district is a self-contained area of about 0.8 square miles accessible by trunk roads but much quieter than most public roads in Singapore.

Amey, which maintains some trunk roads in Scotland, said it had gritters and snow ploughs out in the east and south-east of the country.