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| | Article Name : | | Road Crash Incidents in Metro Manila:
A Cross-Sectional Analysis | Author Name : | | NORIE L. MANIEGO2
| Publisher : | | Bridge Center | Article URL : | | | Abstract : | | This study examines the status of road crash incidents in
Metro Manila for the year 2011.Also, it looks at the degree of
association between the number of road crash incidents and the
explanatory variables namely; the number of licensed drivers, number
of registered motorcycles and motor tricycles, and budget allotted to
road infrastructures. The impact of these explanatory variables as well
as their collective effect on the number of road crash incidents are
measured.
Percentages and weighted means are utilized in the study. In
addition, a double log multiple regression model and diagnostic tests
are employed in the study. These are the tests for correlation and its
significance, autocorrelation, significance of the parameter estimates,
overall significance of regression model, multicollinearity, measure of
goodness of fit and specification error.
It can be observed that majority of the road crash incidents in
Metro Manila are damage to property. Also, most of the crashes occurred at daytime but fatal crashes are high during night-time and
wee hours in the morning. Moreover, the results of the study show
that both the number of licensed drivers and number of motorcycles
and motor tricycles have significant positive correlations with the
number of road crash incidents. Furthermore, number of licensed
drivers and number of motorcycles and motor tricycles have significant
impacts on the number of road crash incidents. On the other hand,
budget allotted to road infrastructures does not have significant effect
on the road accidents. Taken collectively, the number of licensed
drivers and number of motorcycles and motor tricycles and budget
allotted to road infrastructure exert significant effect on the road crash
incidents in Metro Manila. It is therefore recommended that Land
Transportation Office should compel those individuals who want to get
a driver’s license to study in a driving school so that they will be able
to learn theoretical techniques, traffic signs and traffic rules and
regulations to lessen the road crash incidents due to driver’s
error/human error. Also, Metro Manila Development Authority should
strictly implement the use of the designated lanes for all motorcycles
and motor tricycles and firmly restricting private vehicles from using
these lanes to avoid road crashes. | Keywords : | | road crash incidents, licensed drivers, budget for road
infrastructures, motorcycles and motor tricycles, fatal crashes,
damage to property |
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