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‘Motorcycles No. 1 killer’

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Motorcycle crashes remained the leading cause of death and injury on Metro Manila roads, a government traffic accident recording and analysis report showed.

The 2015 Metro Manila Accident Recording and Analysis System report showed that motorcycles have the “highest fatality accident rate” with 262 the total number of deaths, followed by trucks (129) and private cars (125).

Motorcycles also topped the list of vehicles with the most number of injuries at 11,620, followed by cars (7,427) and public utility jeepneys (2,161).

MMRAS, a program created by the Metro Manila Development Authority, aimed at improving road management in the metropolis, recorded 204 deaths and 10,735 injuries involving motorcycles in 2014.

The report noted that the number of road accidents in Metro Manila has increased to 95,615 incidents in 2015, up by 5,357 from the 90,258 cases recorded in 2014. 

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The total number of deaths last year also went up to 519 from the 418 fatalities in 2014.

The southern part of Metro Manila—composing of the cities of Makati, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Pasay, Parañaque and Taguig—recorded the highest number of accidents last year, majority of which happened in December.

Pateros, on the other hand, has the lowest number of road incidents in 2015, followed by Navotas and Malabon. 

“We can now consider these LGU’s [local government units] to be the safest in Metro Manila in terms of road crash incident is concerned, since they have lesser recorded fatal, non-fatal and damage to property incidences in the MMARAS database up to this date,” the MMDA report said.

Quezon City topped the list of cities in terms of fatalities, followed by Manila and Makati.

The Philippine National Police—Highway Patrol Group earlier said that most road accidents happen because of undisciplined motorists, drunk driving and the use of mobile phones while driving. 

The World Health Organization, in its 2015 report, said that 1.25 million people have died worldwide because of road accidents, with motorcycle riders comprising 23 percent of the fatalities.

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