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Metro Manila Road Safety Summit 2025 Aims to Reduce Road Fatalities by 35 Percent by 2028

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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) convened the Metro Manila Road Safety Summit 2025, bringing together multi-sectoral stakeholders to enhance road safety in the region through strengthened collaboration. MMDA chairman Romando Artes emphasized the urgent need for improved road user behavior, enhanced road infrastructure, and stricter enforcement of traffic regulations and policies. The summit's objective is to reduce road fatalities in Metro Manila by 35 percent by 2028, aligning with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s 8-point socio-economic agenda.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Metro Manila Road Safety Action Plan (MMRSAP) 2024-2028 is a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder approach to improving road safety across the metropolis, developed through technical assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Policy Center.
  • The MMRSAP focuses on five pillars: road safety management, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer road users, and post-crash response, aiming to address pressing road safety issues and create safer, more inclusive roads.
  • The plan targets to reduce road fatalities in the region by 35 percent by 2028, specifying the goals of addressing road safety issues, using data-driven approaches to identify and analyze blackspots in the region, and enhancing road safety through strengthened collaboration among stakeholders.
  • Data from the Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System (MMARAS) showed that there is an estimated 4,450 road traffic fatalities over the past decade, with an average of 445 deaths per year from 2013 to 2023, and 1,011,786 reported road crashes in the region during this period.
  • The MMDA has ongoing activities, programs, and projects such as the MMRAS, Children's Road Safety Park, Motorcycle Riding Academy, door-to-door feeding of parking violators, and program to tackle helmet friends among others.
  • The summit brought together relevant national government agencies, local government units, academe, civil society organizations, motorcycle rider groups, private sector, and transport groups to share plans and measures for fully realizing the goal to have safer roads.
  • Stakeholders who attended the summit signed a wall of commitment to express their vows and pledges toward road safety.

Statistics:

  • Estimated 4,450 road traffic fatalities over the past decade.
  • Average of 445 deaths per year from 2013 to 2023.
  • 1,011,786 reported road crashes in the region during the period from 2013 to 2023.
  • 81% of reported road crashes resulted in property damage, 19% in non-fatal injuries, and 0.44% in fatalities.
  • The MMRSAP targets to reduce road fatalities in the region by 35 percent by 2028.

Sources:

  • Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • The Policy Center

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