UNESCAP REGIONAL SEMINAR ON ROAD

SAFETY

24-25 April 2019 New Delhi, India

FRANCISCO P. RANCHES JR., CESO VIPhilippine Delegate,

Assistant Regional Director, Land Transportation Office IV-A

PHILIPPINE ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES

LAWS ON SPEED LIMIT SETTING AND ENFORCEMENT

LAW SALIENT PROVISIONS

RA 4136 (1996) Section 35 – Maximum allowable speed limits

Section 36 – uniform speed limits throughout the Philippines

Section 38 – Road Classification by Local Government Unit with jurisdiction

RA 7160 (1991) Section 447(a)(5)(v)-(vi) and Section 458 (a)(5)(v)_(vi) – Power of LGU to issue ordinances regulating streets, putting up of signs and traffic.

Maximum Allowable

Speed Limits

On the Aspect of Impaired Driving

The Philippines enacted the following national laws:

Anti Distracted Driving ActPenalties

Offense Amount

1st P5,000.00

2nd P10,000.00

3rd P15,000 .00 plus three (3) months suspension of driver’s licenseP20,000.00 plus revocation of driver’s license

P30,000.00 plus suspension of driver’s license for three (3) months . A distracted driver of public utility vehicle, school bus, school service vehicle, a common carrier hauling volatile, flammable or toxic material within a fifty (50)-meter radius from the school premises

Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013Penalties

Offense AmountIf violation did not result in Physical Injuries or Homicide

3 months imprisonment and P20,000 to P80,000.00 fine

If violation has resulted in Physical Injuries

Penalty indicated in Article 263 of the Revised Penal Code whichever is higher and P100,000.00 to P200,000.00 fine

If violation has resulted in homicide

Penalty provided in Article 249 of the Revised Penal Code and P300,000.00 to P500,000.00 fine

for Non-ProfessionalDriver’s License Holders

1st conviction: confiscation and suspension of license for a period of twelve (12) months

2nd conviction: revocation of licensefor Professional Driver’s

License Holders1st conviction: confiscation perpetual

revocation

SOUTHERN TAGALOG / REGION IV-ARoad Crashes for 2018

7

3

19

22

18

12 12

9

5

23

9

0

5

10

15

20

25

SOUTHERN TAGALOG / REGION IV-ARoad Crashes JANUARY – MARCH 2019

8

7 7

6.4

6.6

6.8

7

7.2

7.4

7.6

7.8

8

8.2

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

CAUSES OF CRASH 2018

6

4

24

13

1

15

11

26

2

7

3

1 1 12

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

CAUSES OF CRASHJANUARY – MARCH 2019

7

3

6

4

1 1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

SPEEDING OVER THE

LIMIT

UNSAFE

OVERTAKING

RECKLESS DRIVING LOST CONTROL OF

THE VEHICLE

DRUNK DRIVING SLEEP DEPRIVED

DRIVING

INJURED - 494

REPORTED DEATH - 131

DATA GATHERED FROM MAY 2017 – MARCH 2019

DATA COLLECTION• DATA FOR ROAD INCIDENT

VISUALIZATION EVALUATION AND REPORTING (DRIVER) SYSTEM – Free, web-based data collection platform

• May be accessed at www.roadsafety.gov.ph

• DOTr created a database of speed limit ordinances and road inventories

SEATBELTSSPEED

HELMETS

DRUNK DRIVING

CHILD RESTRAINTS

5 MAJOR ROAD SAFETY RISK FACTORS Source: Imagine Law

ISSUED SHOW CAUSE

ORDERS TO ERRING

DRIVERS.

LICENSES SUSEPENDED AS OF MARCH 2019

12 LICENSES

SUSPENDED

2 LICENSES REVOKED

LICENSES REVOKED AS OF MARCH 2019

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

JANUARY 2019

DECEMBER

OCTOBER

AUGUST

JULY

JUNE

MAY

APRIL

MARCH

SHOW CAUSE ORDERS ISSUED

MARCH 2018- JANUARY 2019

THANK YOU!AND

MABUHAY!!!