For the third year running, C5 is Metro Manila's deadliest road

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has just released its latest Metro Manila Accident Recording and Analysis System report for 2019. For the third consecutive year, according to the report, C5 continues to be the deadliest road for motorists with 31 fatalities recorded last year.

The annual report was created by the MMDA’s Road Safety Unit along with the Philippine National Police (PNP) in 2005. It details a database of accidents classified into fatal and non-fatal injuries, as well as damage to property.

C5 had the most fatalities in 2019. Most of the deaths on the 32.5km road occurred in Quezon City. As far as damage to property goes, however, EDSA topped the list with 15,917 recorded cases compared with C5’s 7,568. See the full summary statistics of Metro Manila’s major roads below:

Summary of statistics of the 16 major roads
No.	Major roads	Damage to property	Fatal	Non-fatal injury	Grand total
1	EDSA	15,917	19	1,446	17,382
2	Commonwealth	3,998	23	977	4,998
3	C5 Road	7,568	31	1,136	8,735
4	Roxas Blvd.	2,269	7	461	2,737
5	Quezon Ave.	2,288	7	340	2,635
6	Marcos Highway	1,131	2	188	1,321
7	Radical Road 10	1,189	13	187	1,389
8	Ortigas Ave.	2,609	3	310	2,922
9	Ramon Magsaysay Blvd. - Aurora Blvd.	2,031	3	370	2,404
10	E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. - Espana Blvd.	784	3	217	1004
11	Rizal Ave.	389	3	135	527
12	Taft Ave.	964	1	136	1101
13	Mindanao Ave.	2,598	7	291	2,896
14	McArthur Highway	575	10	297	882
15	Quirino Ave. (Manila City)	1,002	1	124	1,127
16	South Super Highway	1,154	2	137	1,293

Pateros, meanwhile, had the lowest number of reported road crashes for 2019. The MMDA points to five different reasons for this, such as “smaller land area, lesser arterial roads, no central business district, the fewer volume of road users, and more manageable traffic direction and control.”

In total, Metro Manila had 394 road deaths in 2019. The same number of fatalities was recorded for 2018, which the MMDA takes to mean that its traffic engineering programs have been effective.

NOTE: This article first appeared on Esquiremag.ph. Minor edits have been made.

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