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ROAD CRASHES IN METRO MANILA REACHED 62,723 WITH 332 FATALITIES IN 2024

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Most road crashes in Metro Manila in 2024 were four wheeled vehicles, one of the factors for accidents is the road condition (Photo courtesy of GMA Integrated News)

 

The rising number of road mishaps in Metro Manila is alarming as it already reached 62,723 in 2024 alone according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The data were recorded just from January to November.

 

MMDA Chairman Romando Artes said out of the 62,723 cases there were 332 fatalities. Among of the types of vehicles involved in road crashes are four-wheeled vehicles (54%), followed by motorcycles (22.03%) and trucks (7.41%). 

 

In 2023, MMDA recorded 85,954 road mishaps, of which 352 people died. It showed that fatal incidents involving trucks and motorcycles, as well as cars and motorcycles led to the most fatalities. Fifty-two died because of road mishaps involving truck and motorcycle accidents.

 

Meanwhile, the fatality rate for pedestrian-truck interactions is particularly high at 16.80% or 21 casualties. The MMDA believes pedestrians and motorcycle riders continue to be the most vulnerable road users in Metro Manila.

 

MMDA also identified seven major thoroughfares with the most truck-related road crash incidents. These are C-5 Road, Commonwealth Avenue, Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue, Roxas Boulevard, R-10 Road, Quezon Avenue, and Marcos Highway. Of truck-related road crashes recorded, 2,388 happened on C-5 Road while 829 road mishaps happened on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

 

It said that the road conditions in these areas could be one of the factors that make accidents more likely. “Vehicles pass through at high speeds, and that's where trucks pass. The area is also not well-lit and the road isn't straight.”

 

For a truckers' group, brake failure is a common reason given for accidents and is not an acceptable excuse. “When they say their brakes malfunction, that is impossible. There is a mechanism to prevent that. They cannot always say their brakes malfunctioned.”

 

Furthermore, the MMDA will expand its reporting system for road crash incidents to provide more complete data for study. The Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System (MMARAS) will then include the reason for the road crash incident — including causes such as poor road condition or a defective stoplight.

 

“There’s really a need for such an improvement in our reporting and analysis system so that the reasons behind the incidents would be reflected so that there can be a right analysis to prevent them,” MMDA Chair Don Artes said.

 

The MMDA, Land Transportation Office and other stakeholder agreed that having the right attitude and discipline on the road could be among the solutions to prevent road crash incidents.

 

“All drivers should be extra patient especially near Christmas. We all have to show a little road discipline. It is a shared responsibility.”

 

 

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer 

 

 

 

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