The Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) on Wednesday reported that the number of road crash incidents in Davao City covering January, February, and March this year decreased compared to the same period last year.
TEU chief Lt. Col. Dexter Domingo said during the AFP PNP Press Corps media briefing at The Royal Mandaya Hotel that a total of 966 road crash incidents were recorded from January to March this year, a decline of 37 percent from the 1,525 incidents of the same period last year. Vehicles involved from January to March this year also decreased to 1,892 from 2,692 of the same period last year or a decline of 30 percent.
Domingo added that of the total 1,892 vehicles involved in accidents, private vehicles topped the list at 38 percent followed by motorcycles at 17 percent then trucks at 10 percent.
For the severity of incident, Domingo said topping the list is damage to property at 86 percent followed by minor physical injury at 11 percent; serious physical injury at 2 percent; and homicide at 1 percent.
Domingo said the main cause of the incident is human error at 95 percent followed by vehicle defect at four percent the. road defect at one percent.
He also reported that the highest percentage of driving error is inattentive at 56 percent.
According to him, most common times of incidents are 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. at 16 percent; 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. at 13 percent; and the lowest is 12 a.m. – 2 a.m. at 2 percent.
The high-risk areas where road crash incidents usually occur are in Carlos P. Garcia at 24 percent; MacArthur Highway at 15 percent; Tibungco at nine percent; and Bunawan at eight percent.
