1. Gab Valenciano, choreographer and dancer, recovering after motorcycle accident.
2. The working age group is most vulnerable to road crashes nationwide.
The working age group consists of people 15-64 years old. In 2015, 82.17% or 8,227 of the total road crash casualties nationwide came from this sector.
3. More than 500 children die every year due to road crashes.
An average of 667 children – those 14 years old and below – died every year from 2006 to 2015. Among the children, the most vulnerable are those 5-9 years old, and those 10-14.
4. The total number of deaths due to road crashes nationwide has been increasing since 2006.
In 2006, the PSA recorded 6,869 deaths due to road crashes. Nine years later, in 2015, that number jumped to 10,012.
Since 2010, the number of road crash deaths never dipped below 8,000. The year with the most number of road crash-related deaths is 2015, with 10,012 people killed. This is 1.79% of the 560,605 total deaths (including non-road crash ones) recorded by the Philippine Statistical Authority that year.
- https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/road-safety/166151-road-crashes-philippines-awareness-safety
5. The Philippines got a dismal 1 out of 10 rating in the implementation of its drunk-driving law in the World Health Organization Global status report on road safety 2015
Folks need we wonder any more why we got 1 when we have highly industrious MMDA personnel ready, willing, and able to put up liquor and alcohol ads in the streets for viewing of everyone including children?
CALLING ON ALL DOCTORS, EDUCATORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, TRANSPORTATION OFFICERS, AND ALL CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS: SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR DRIVING POPULATION AND THEIR PASSENGERS. WRITE TO MMDA TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF ALL DRIVERS.
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