NSCB - Statistically Speaking... Land Transport in the Philippines: Retrogressing Towards Motorcycles? by Dr. Romulo A. Virola

Land Transport in the Philippines: Retrogressing Towards Motorcycles?
by Dr. Romulo A. Virola ¹
Secretary General, NSCB

Transportation plays a vital role in the development of a country’s economy. We need it to go to work and goods and services will not be able to reach consumers unless they pass through channels of transportation, be it by land, water or air. It contributes to employment generation and it has a crucial role in tourism, since it links people traveling to different destinations. In terms of gross value added (GVA), in 2008, transportation had a share of 3.1 percent of our country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)² bigger than the share of mining and quarrying (1.7%) and only slightly lower than the share of utilities (electricity, gas and water, 3.2%). In 1998, tourism consumption expenditures on passenger transport services expanded to P8.574 billion from P4.103 billion in 1994³. This represents 4.8 percent of total tourism consumption expenditures in 1998. In 2006, land transportation employment reached 36,576 and revenue of establishments engaged in land transportation was estimated at P25.152 billion⁴.

At present, the most widely used mode of transportation in the Philippines is land. It contributes more than five times the combined GVA of water and air transportation with a 2.6 percent share to GDP in 2008. But while countries like China and Vietnam are replacing their bicycles and motorbikes with cars, we in the Philippines are taking the opposite route. Have you ever ridden the habal habal⁵?

Let us examine the latest available statistics on land transportation.

Metro Manila, the center of Philippine socio-economic and political activities, has been plagued by pollution and heavy traffic due to increasing volume of vehicles and commuters. With the establishment of railway systems such as the Metro Rail Transit (Metrostar/MRT3), Light Rail Transit (LRT1) and the Megatren (LRT2), there is less traffic congestion, reduction in air pollution, and considerable savings in traveling time, thus, greater economic benefits. Table 1 shows some statistics on their operations from January 2004 until July 2009.

The Metrostar (MRT3), a metro line along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) with route between North Avenue in Quezon City and Taft Avenue in Pasay City was opened in December 1999. Ridership was initially far below expectations, but by 2004, Metrostar had the highest among the three lines⁶. In terms of load factor (LF)⁷, LRT1 had the highest among the three lines until Metrostar overtook it in 2006. From an LF of 38.08 percent in 2004, Metrostar now has an average LF of 93.0 percent.
The LRT1 (Yellow Line), which first became operational in December 1983, is a railway system with route between Taft Avenue and Rizal Avenue and is considered to be the first LRT system in Southeast Asia⁸. Its average LF from 2004 to 2009 is at 63.24 percent.
The LRT2 (Megatren or the Purple Line), which started operations in April 2003⁹, has a route between Santolan Pasig and Recto in Manila. Its average LF from 2004 to 2009 is the lowest among the three lines at 31.53 percent.
In terms of revenues, in 2008, LRT1 and Metrostar (MRT3) earned close to P2 billion each, while LRT2 (Megatren) earned P815 million.

Now, let us look at the status of our roads…

In general, our national roads are improving in quality¹⁰ from only 23.5 percent concrete roads in 1986 to 45.8 percent in 2008 (Table 2 and Figure 1).

At the regional level (Table 3 and Figure 2), as of November 2008,

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) had the highest percentage of concrete roads at 66.1 percent;

Region IV-B (MIMAROPA) had the lowest percentage at 34.0 percent

Among the 16 regions being observed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), aside from MIMAROPA, there were nine other regions below the national percentage of concrete roads: CAR, CALABARZON, Regions X, XII, VI, V, XI, VII and Caraga.

In terms of length of national roads per 100,000 population (Table 3),

Excluding ARMM, we have 34.0 kms of national roads per 100,000 population, or roughly 34 meters for every 100 Pinoys. Thus, if we make every Pinoy lie down along the stretch of national roads connected to each other, the bodies would spill out of the roads!

Region IV-B (MIMAROPA) had the highest ratio at 77.6 kilometers; followed by National Capital Region (NCR) at 66.8 kilometers;

Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) had the lowest ratio at 16.4 kilometers.

Looking at the national bridges as of 31 December 2008 (Tables 4 and 5)…

In a span of more than 20 years from 1986 to 2008, the number of bridges increased from 7,379 to 7,758 or by 5.1 percent. In meters, the total length of our bridges increased from about 230,200 to 327, 700 or by 42.3 percent.

NCR has the longest length of national bridges at 1,919 linear meters per 100,000 population, which is more than five times the national ratio of 376 linear meters per 100,000 population. Thus, we have about two meters of bridge for every 100 Metro Manilans.

CAR has the shortest at 97.2 linear meters per 100,000 population;

In addition to having the best road quality, Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) also has the most number of national bridges (with 11.7 percent share to total number of bridges)

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) has the fewest number of bridges (at 3.0 percent share);

Interms of strength¹¹, NCR has the strongest bridges with 100 percent of its national bridges being permanent;

Caraga has the most number of weak bridges (with only 65.8 percent of its national bridges being permanent) while MIMAROPA has the longest length of weak bridges (with only 83.0 percent of the total length of its bridges being permanent).

And which of the past four administrations, one may ask, invested the most in land transport infrastructure? (Table 6),

Permanent national roads expanded the most, overall, during the Ramos administration by 28.2 percent, but on an annualized basis this happened during the Estrada administration by 6.8%.

Least expansion of permanent national roads overall occurred during the Aquino administration (growth of 17.7%) but on an annualized basis, during the Arroyo administration at 2.6 percent. However, if we only consider the years 2003-2008¹² for Arroyo administration,least expansion of permanent national roads will be during her administration at 14.9 percent, but on an annualized basis, it will be during Aquino administration at 2.7 percent.

National bridges lengthened the most during the Arroyo administration both overall at 11.1% and on an annualized basis at 2.1 percent.

Lowest expansion occurred during the Estrada administration at 6.1 percent and on an annualized basis during the Ramos administration at 1.1 %.

Now, let us look at some statistics on the users of our roads and bridges - the motor vehicles and their drivers - and their violations.

From 2000 to 2008, motor vehicle (MV) registration increased by 6.0 per cent annually, outpacing the population growth of 2.0 percent. (Tables 7, 8 and 9).

As of 2008, there were 5.9 million vehicles registered, or 7 vehicles for every 100 Pinoys.
The share of Government-owned vehicles to total MV registration ranged from 1.2 percent to 1.8 percent.
Of the registered government-owned vehicles, generally, less than 10 per cent are new.
Among privately-owned vehicles ,

Until 2004, registered Utility vehicles outnumbered the other types of vehicles (with an average share of 41.8 percent).
However, from 2005 onwards, motorcycles/tricycles overtook the utility vehicles with the gap between them increasing gradually which by 2008 has become 48% vs. 31% in favor of the motorcycles/tricycles. Close to half of the private vehicles roaming our streets are motorcycles or tricycles! Would we consider this progress? Or is this additional proof that indeed, the Pinoy middle class is shrinking?¹³ Susginoo!

At the regional level in 2008, (Tables 10, 11, and 12),

NCR has the highest number of registered MV (at 1.67 million MVs) while Caraga has the least (with nearly 0.62 million MVs);
NCR also has the highest number of MVs registered per 100,000 population at 14,842 while Caraga also has the lowest at 2,525 MVs ;
Moreover, NCR has the highest ratio of registered MVs to length of national road at 902 MVs per kilometer while MIMAROPA has the least at 38 MVs per kilometer. Does this tell us that the number coding scheme has truly become a must in NCR?
Driver’s Licenses issued in 2008 reached 4.184 million, about 4.8 percent of the population;
Male drivers outnumber female drivers five to one. Sex Ratio for drivers is highest in Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) at 10.4 and lowest in NCR at 3.9;
From 2004 to 2008, revenue collection of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) increased annually by 8.5%, 4.9%, 3.5% and 5.8%, respectively, amounting to more than P11 billion in 2008. Collection was highest in NCR, Region III and Region IV-A and lowest in Caraga.
Most of the motorcycles/tricycles are registered in NCR, Region IV ( IV-A and IV-B combined), Region III and Region VII.

Now for the violations and the violators (Tables 13, 14, 15).

Table 13 shows the five most expensive traffic violations to commit. Common traffic violations are actually “cheaper” to commit.. But don’t even try to operate a right-hand drive motor vehicle unless you are ready to shell out P50,000 once apprehended. If you are not authorized, then do not install or use a bell, siren or exhaust whistle (the same that is being used on an ambulance, fire trucks and police cars) or you will be fined P15,000 and forfeit the illegal gadget. And so on.

The top 9 violations common to all years from 2004 to 2008 increased by 9.8% in 2008.

From 2005 to 2008, the ratio of apprehensions to total number of driver’s licenses issued averaged about 22 per cent.

The most commonly violated requirement is that provided under the Republic Act 8750 (RA 8750) or the Seatbelt Use Act. Twenty-five percent of the most common violations in 2008 is the failure to install or failure to wear seatbelt. The second most frequent violation is the failure to carry a copy of the Official Receipt or the Certificate of Registration (OR/CR) with a share of 11.2 percent;
Revenues from fines and penalties comprise less than 4 per cent of total LTO revenues and amounted to P400 million in 2008. The bulk of the LTO revenues come from motor vehicle registration, comprising more than 70 per cent.

Committing violations is of course one cause of transportation accidents (Tables 16 and 17).

Would you believe that on the average, only 0.2 percent of the total registered MV suffer damages due to traffic accidents?

But you would probably not be surprised that traffic accidents far outnumber maritime and air accidents, with a share of over 95 percent.

In terms of fatalities, traffic accidents average 2 fatalities for every 10 accidents compared to an average of 6 fatalities for every 10 maritime accidents. But because traffic accidents are more frequent, the total fatalities in traffic accidents is more than seven times that in maritime accidents for the years 1998 to 2007.

The highest number of air accidents was registered on 20 April 2000 when Air Philippines flight 541 ploughed into a coconut grove in Samal Island, killing 131 passengers and crew.

Although not included in the data, the worst maritime mishap in the Philippines happened on 20 December 1987 when M/V Doña Paz collided with MT Vector with official death toll pegged at 1,856.

Ondoy and Pepeng which hit the country the past two weeks, caused damages to roads, bridges and other structures estimated at P2.539 billion and P281.67 million, respectively. Regions most affected by Ondoy were Region III (Central Luzon) with estimated damages to roads and bridges of P1.423 billion, followed by Region IV–A (CALABARZON) with estimated damages of P784 million and Region V (Bicol) with damages of P96 million. Pepeng on the other hand affected regions CAR (with estimated damages to roads and bridges of P179 million, Bicol (with estimated damages of P56 million) and Region I (Ilocos Region with estimated damages of P46 million)¹⁴ . With more than two months left before the year ends, we don’t know how many more tropical storms, typhoon or other calamity might hit us. Let us hope and pray that calamities like Ondoy and Pepeng won’t happen again. But we have to learn to prepare for such disasters. All of us!

Meanwhile, let us celebrate the National Statistics Month with the theme “ Enhancing Security Sector Statistics For Good Governance, Peace, and Sustainable Development” or “Pagpapahusay ng Estadistika sa Sektor ng Panseguridad para sa Mabuting Pamamahala, Kapayapaan at Maipagpapatuloy na Pagpapaunlad”.

Reactions and views are welcome thru email to the author at ra.virola@nscb.gov.ph.

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¹ Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) and Chairman of the Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC). He holds a Ph. D. in Statistics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA and has taught mathematics and statistics at the University of the Philippines. He is also a past president of the Philippine Statistical Association. This article is co-written by Rhea-Ann A. Bautista, Statistical Coordination Officer IV of the Production Accounts Division, Economic Statistics Office, NSCB. The authors thank Mai Lin C. Villaruel, Marymell C. Martillan, Eunice Tambasen, Edwin U. Aragon, Noel S. Nepomuceno, Albert A. Garcia, Jessamyn O. Encarnacion, Candido J. Astrologo, Jr., and Ma. Libertie V. Masculino of the NSCB for the assistance in the preparation of the article. The views expressed in the article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NSCB.

² National Statistical Coordination Board. 2009. National Accounts of the Philippines. CY 2006 to 2008 (Base Year: 1985). Makati City.

³ Virola, Romulo A, Mariel M. Remulla, Lea H. Amoro and Milagros Y. Say. 2001. Measuring the Contribution of Tourism to the Economy: The Philippine Tourism Satellite Account. Presented on the 8th National Convention on Statistics, Manila, organized by the Philippine Statistical System thru the National Statistical Coordination Board, 1-2 October 2001.

⁴ National Statistics Office. 2006 Census of Philippine Business and Industry. Transport, Storage and Communications for Establishments with Average Total Employment of 20 and Over. http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/databusind.html. Date accessed: October 8, 2009.

⁵ The Habal-Habal is a motorcycle modified to seat more than two persons. It is in use in provinces in the Philippines where jeepneys and tricycles cannot stand the rough, steep terrain and narrow roads, such as the mountains of Mindanao. It is also called the "Skylab". According to some sources, this name is either taken from the space station, or a contraction of the phrase "sakay na, lab (get on, love)!".
(Source: http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Habal-Habal )

⁶ Metro Rail Transit Corporation. About MRT. http://www.dotcmrt3.gov.ph/about_mrt3. Date accessed: October 9, 2009.

⁷ Load factor (LF) is the ratio between the actual passenger kilometer and the available passenger kilometer, or the ratio of the distance traveled by all passengers to the total distance traveled when carrying the maximum number of passengers.

⁸ Light Rail Transport Authority. Railway Operations LRT Line 1 System. http://www.lrta.gov.ph/line1_metrorail.htm. Date accessed: July 28, 2009.

⁹Light Rail Transport Authority. Railway Operations MRT Line 2 System. http://www.lrta.gov.ph/line2_megatren.htm. Date accessed: July 28, 2009

¹⁰ Quality is defined in terms of surface type, with concrete assumed to be the best compared to asphalt, gravel, and earth.

¹¹ Strength is defined in terms of type with permanent ( Concrete or Steel) assumed to be stronger than temporary (Bailey or Timber)

¹² In 2003, a new system was adopted (called Road and Bridge Information Application - RBIA) which uses satellite imaging and aims to provide more accurate measurement of roads.

¹³ Statistically Speaking article on Pinoy Middle Class Before the Crisis!; Source: http://www.nscb.gov.ph/headlines/StatsSpeak/2009/060809_rav_middleclass.asp

¹⁴ National Disaster Coordinating Council. Situation Report no. 14 re Typhoon “Pepeng” (PARMA) TC-2009-00214-PHL as of 08 Oct 2009, 6:00PM. www.ndcc.gov.ph. Date accessed: October 8, 2009

Table 1. Number of Passengers, Load Factor and Revenues of Metro Rail Transit, Light Rail Transit and Megatren: 2004 to 2009


Year	Metro Rail Transit (MRT3/Metrostar)			Light Rail Transit (LRT Line2/Yellow Line)			Megatren (LRT Line2/Purple Line)
Year	Total Number of Passengers (in million)	Load Factor (%)	Revenues (in million pesos)	Total Number of Passengers (in million)	Load Factor (%)	Revenues (in million pesos)	Total Number of Passengers (in million)	Load Factor (%)	Revenues (in million pesos)
2004	122.6	38.1	1,499.9	96.9	61.5	1,389.7	20.7	15.1	273.2
January	10.1	36.7	123.3	8.5	66.5	123.4	0.4	5.8	4.9
February	9.8	39.0	119.6	8.0	67.4	114.6	0.4	5.4	4.7
March	10.7	38.3	129.3	8.2	64.1	118.1	0.4	4.8	4.5
April	8.6	36.9	104.0	6.3	54.7	91.0	0.7	9.4	9.8
May	9.7	35.8	118.7	7.4	60.9	106.6	1.2	12.2	15.4
June	10.2	38.2	125.5	7.8	72.4	112.5	1.8	13.9	23.8
July	11.0	39.6	133.4	8.5	66.0	121.6	2.5	18.7	33.1
August	10.6	37.9	129.8	8.4	57.0	119.6	2.5	18.7	32.7
September	10.6	38.7	130.9	8.5	54.7	121.4	2.7	21.2	35.2
October	10.6	37.8	131.6	8.4	54.1	119.9	2.4	19.9	31.6
November	10.3	38.9	126.6	8.3	59.0	118.3	2.8	25.2	38.2
December	10.5	39.2	127.0	8.6	61.3	122.8	3.0	26.6	39.5
2005	127.9	38.8	1,593.0	104.5	61.7	1,513.9	41.9	30.9	562.7
January	10.8	39.0	132.9	8.9	68.6	126.8	3.2	26.9	43.7
February	9.9	40.0	120.1	8.2	59.9	116.5	3.0	27.5	40.6
March	10.1	39.0	123.7	7.8	58.5	110.8	2.8	27.3	37.4
April	10.5	38.0	129.0	8.0	56.6	115.1	2.7	27.1	36.7
May	10.6	38.0	131.4	8.2	56.7	117.6	2.8	26.8	38.3
June	10.6	39.0	132.2	8.5	61.0	122.2	3.4	29.9	46.3
July	10.2	39.0	136.0	9.1	63.1	130.2	4.0	33.7	53.1
August	11.5	39.0	140.8	9.4	62.0	135.0	4.1	33.6	55.3
September	11.3	40.0	136.5	9.3	64.2	132.3	4.2	35.8	55.6
October	10.9	38.0	134.1	9.0	67.1	128.7	3.8	32.5	50.4
November	10.2	37.0	135.3	8.8	59.1	138.6	3.8	34.0	51.5
December	11.3	40.0	141.0	9.3	63.4	140.2	4.0	35.6	53.9
2006	134.9	76.8	1,651.6	111.1	61.5	1,594.6	47.6	30.9	642.8
January	11.9	40.0	143.0	9.8	61.8	141.6	4.2	33.6	56.0
February	10.8	84.0	133.1	8.9	62.7	126.9	3.8	33.7	50.2
March	11.3	75.0	144.0	9.7	62.5	138.6	4.0	33.7	53.8
April	9.9	88.0	120.9	7.6	58.0	108.5	2.8	31.3	38.3
May	11.6	76.0	139.6	9.2	59.5	132.8	3.5	32.7	47.5
June	11.2	87.0	141.3	9.4	60.3	135.3	3.9	28.3	53.5
July	11.2	81.0	136.9	9.4	61.2	135.4	4.1	28.9	57.8
August	11.7	82.0	141.2	9.8	66.7	140.3	4.5	31.2	59.9
September	10.6	82.0	128.4	9.0	62.0	128.9	4.1	31.5	55.3
October	11.5	82.0	142.1	9.3	62.8	133.6	4.0	28.0	54.5
November	11.7	58.0	142.1	9.4	61.2	135.9	4.3	30.8	58.3
December	11.5	86.0	139.0	9.5	59.3	136.9	4.3	27.6	57.7
2007	142.8	87.7	1,724.4	119.1	66.5	1,707.7	52.9	34.1	749.4
January	11.3	85.0	144.4	10.2	74.1	148.5	4.6	40.8	62.0
February	11.3	87.0	138.3	9.4	72.3	135.4	4.3	36.7	58.5
March	12.0	87.0	149.3	10.2	63.4	146.4	4.6	32.9	62.0
April	10.0	85.0	119.0	7.6	57.7	110.1	3.2	26.6	44.3
May	12.0	85.0	142.0	9.4	58.2	135.8	3.9	29.3	54.4
June	11.7	88.0	139.8	9.9	64.7	142.2	4.3	33.5	63.0
July	12.5	90.0	149.7	10.8	66.5	154.1	5.0	38.8	71.6
August	12.4	87.0	144.0	10.1	71.2	142.9	4.5	34.0	64.0
September	12.2	90.0	147.0	10.4	67.7	147.3	4.9	38.2	69.9
October	13.0	90.0	150.0	10.3	66.6	146.4	4.7	32.0	64.4
November	12.0	89.0	147.0	10.2	69.3	145.4	4.5	35.1	67.1
December	12.4	89.0	153.9	10.7	66.4	153.2	4.6	31.7	68.2
2008	149.5	91.8	1,845.0	138.1	62.4	1,962.4	58.6	38.8	815.6
January	12.8	90.0	160.4	11.1	69.8	159.0	4.9	34.6	70.1
February	12.1	91.0	150.2	10.6	71.0	150.4	4.6	36.8	66.7
March	11.2	90.0	138.3	9.7	57.1	138.3	4.2	31.7	57.4
April	12.5	92.0	153.0	10.7	58.3	152.2	4.2	31.1	57.8
May	12.8	92.0	158.1	11.2	59.4	160.7	4.5	39.2	60.7
June	11.9	90.0	145.7	11.0	60.8	157.8	4.6	42.4	65.7
July	13.2	93.0	162.2	12.4	60.0	175.4	5.5	46.3	76.9
August	12.6	93.0	155.5	11.8	59.0	167.6	5.3	42.4	74.3
September	12.8	95.0	158.2	12.6	60.6	178.1	5.6	43.9	77.3
October	13.1	92.0	159.2	12.5	59.2	176.3	5.1	38.1	68.3
November	12.4	91.0	155.5	12.5	67.2	177.4	5.2	41.5	72.8
December	12.1	92.0	148.7	12.0	66.6	169.3	4.9	38.1	67.5
2009
January	12.9	94.0	158.2	12.7	68.8	179.6	5.2	40.4	71.9
February	12.2	96.0	150.4	11.9	68.7	168.4	5.0	42.2	67.8
March	13.1	93.0	162.1	12.8	65.6	180.3	5.2	39.7	70.2
April	10.9	91.0	134.6	10.2	62.3	144.3	3.7	34.5	52.3
May	12.6	93.0	156.8	11.9	64.5	169.6	4.6	34.6	62.7
June	12.4	91.0	154.5	11.7	64.7	166.7	4.8	38.5	65.6
July	13.0	93.0	165.0	13.3	66.5	187.4	5.8	45.0	77.4

Note: Load Factor is the ratio between the actual passenger kilometer and the available passenger kilometer.

Source: Department of Transportation and Communication.

Table 2. National Roads: 1986 to 2008
(In kilometers)


Year	All Types	% Increas (All Types)	Concrete	% Increase (Concrete)	Ratio of Concrete to Total Roads (In %)
1986	26,230		6,162		23.5
1987	26,082	(0.6)	6,180	0.3	23.7
1988	26,070	(0.0)	6,215	0.6	23.8
1989	26,110	0.2	6,557	5.5	25.1
1990	26,272	0.6	6,731	2.7	25.6
1991	26,422	0.6	7,055	4.8	26.7
1992	26,554	0.5	7,250	2.8	27.3
1993	26,594	0.1	7,270	0.3	27.3
1994	26,659	0.2	7,447	2.4	27.9
1995	26,720	0.2	7,574	1.7	28.3
1996	27,369	2.4	8,349	10.2	30.5
1997	27,650	1.0	8,800	5.4	31.8
1998	27,893	0.9	9,294	5.6	33.3
1999	28,523	2.3	9,741	4.8	34.2
2000	29,056	1.9	10,336	6.1	35.6
2001	29,878	2.8	11,329	9.6	37.9
2002	30,030	0.5	11,911	5.1	39.7
2003	26,572	(11.5)	11,823	(0.7)	44.5
2004	27,853	4.8	12,486	5.6	44.8
2005	28,664	2.9	12,764	2.2	44.5
2006	28,978	1.1	12,970	1.6	44.8
2007	29,370	1.4	13,378	3.1	45.5
2008	29,650	1.0	13,584	1.5	45.8

Notes:

1. Total for the years 2003 and 2004 does not include other and unspecified national roads.
2. Excludes data from Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
3. Types of Roads are Earth, Gravel, Asphalt and Concrete.

Source: Department of Public Works and Highways.

Figure 1. Ratio of concrete to total roads (in %)

Table 3. Length of National Road by Surface Type: As of 30 November 2008
(In kilometers)

Region	Concrete	Asphalt	Gravel	Earth	Total	Ratio of Concrete to Total Length of Roads	Ratio of Length of National Roads in km per 100,000 population*
Phils.	13,584.4	8,092.1	7,893.8	80.0	29,650.4	45.8	34.1
CAR	639.0	98.6	1,108.9	4.2	1,850.7	34.5	16.4
NCR	560.6	526.0	0.1	-	1,086.6	51.6	66.8
I	883.7	571.2	134.0	20.6	1,609.6	54.9	32.4
II	945.5	314.2	510.9	3.3	1,773.9	53.3	54.6
III	1,018.4	837.4	219.1	-	2,074.9	49.1	21.2
IV-A	891.0	1,186.3	302.8	-	2,380.2	37.4	20.9
IV-B	755.5	315.1	1,150.5	3.9	2,225.0	34.0	77.6
V	982.0	666.9	588.2	4.6	2,241.8	43.8	40.8
VI	1,250.8	948.9	676.7	3.6	2,880.0	43.4	39.5
VII	926.6	859.8	231.4	16.2	2,034.1	45.6	30.1
VIII	1,568.7	384.3	402.6	17.1	2,372.6	66.1	55.5
IX	561.8	297.6	357.9	1.5	1,218.8	46.1	36.4
X	736.6	442.0	537.2	-	1,715.8	42.9	41.1
XI	650.1	292.1	500.4	4.9	1,447.5	44.9	34.3
XII	594.7	252.0	536.6	0.1	1,383.4	43.0	35.4
XIII	619.3	99.8	636.5	-	1,355.5	45.7	55.2

* Based on the 2008 Regional Population Projection, National Statistics Office

Note: Excludes data from ARMM.

Source: Department of Public Works and Highways.

Table 4. Number and Length of National Bridges in the Philippines: 1986 to 2008
(Length in linear meters)


Year	Number of Bridges	Length of Bridges	% increase in length
1986	7,379	230,226.4
1987	7,211	225,640.7	(2.0)
1988	6,928	235,519.7	4.4
1989	6,928	235,519.7	0.0
1990	7,201	235,519.7	0.0
1991	6,936	244,499.9	3.8
1992	7,031	250,191.2	2.3
1993	7,046	248,766.0	(0.6)
1994	7,112	255,261.1	2.6
1995	7,133	256,738.0	0.6
1996	7,347	261,015.0	1.7
1997	7,380	261,989.0	0.4
1998	7,400	266,833.0	1.8
1999	7,523	273,285.0	2.4
2000	7,306	271,293.0	(0.7)
2001	…	283,000.0	4.3
2002	…	294,130.0	3.9
2003	7,165	277,586.0	(5.6)
2004	7,324	282,960.1	1.9
2005	7,560	296,101.8	4.6
2006	7,517	301,365.3	1.8
2007	7,743	314,452.8	4.3
2008	7,758	327,720.6	4.2
% increase (1986 to 2008)	5.1	42.3

Note: Excludes data from ARMM

Source: Department of Public Works and Highways.

Table 5. Length of National Bridges by Type: As of 30 December 2008
(In linear meters)


Major Food Items	Permanent			Temporary			Grand Total				Ratio of Number of Permanent to Total Number of National Bridges	Ratio of Length of Permanent to Total Length of National Bridges	Regional Share of Number of Bridges	Ratio of Length of National Bridges in LM per 100,000 population*
Major Food Items	Concrete	Steel	Total	Bailey	Timber	Total	Number of Permanent	Number of Temporary	Total Number of Bridges	Length			Regional Share of Number of Bridges
Phils.	268,969	43,340	312,309	13,173	2,239	15,412	6,946	812	7,758	327,721	89.5	95.3	100.0	376.4
CAR	6,188	2,978	9,166	1,756	17	1,773	221	85	306	10,938	72.2	83.8	3.9	97.2
NCR	30,599	597	31,196	-	-	-	330	-	330	31,196	100.0	100.0	4.3	1,919.0
I	22,653	7,093	29,746	327	-	327	499	19	518	30,073	96.3	98.9	6.7	604.6
II	18,956	4,911	23,867	303	55	358	410	25	435	24,226	94.3	98.5	5.6	745.4
III	25,426	3,935	29,361	21	102	123	618	8	626	29,484	98.7	99.6	8.1	301.8
IV-A	15,067	958	16,025	529	14	543	584	36	620	16,568	94.2	96.7	8.0	145.3
IV-B	15,733	1,642	17,374	3,066	491	3,558	467	147	614	20,932	76.1	83.0	7.9	730.4
V	19,972	1,389	21,361	730	-	730	552	50	602	22,091	91.7	96.7	7.8	401.9
VI	23,052	3,979	27,031	1,801	79	1,880	646	67	713	28,911	90.6	93.5	9.2	396.6
VII	13,819	2,073	15,892	517	47	564	470	34	504	16,457	93.3	96.6	6.5	243.7
VIII	25,646	5,474	31,120	1,151	759	1,910	775	135	910	33,030	85.2	94.2	11.7	773.0
IX	8,712	1,338	10,050	51	20	71	232	5	237	10,121	97.9	99.3	3.1	302.0
X	11,647	2,548	14,194	299	6	305	346	14	360	14,499	96.1	97.9	4.6	347.4
XI	10,837	966	11,803	402	-	402	238	14	252	12,205	94.4	96.7	3.2	289.0
XII	9,454	971	10,424	419	-	419	264	20	284	10,843	93.0	96.1	3.7	277.8
XIII	11,210	2,488	13,698	1,800	649	2,448	294	153	447	16,146	65.8	84.8	5.8	658.0

* Based on the 2008 Regional Population Projection, National Statistics Office

Source: Department of Public Works and Highways

Table 6. National Roads and Bridges¹, by Administration


President	Term	National Roads (All Types)	National Roads (Permanent)	National Bridges (All types)
Aquino	1986-1992
	1986	26,230	6,162	230,226
	1992	26,554	7,250	250,191
	% increase, 1986 - 1992	1.2	17.7	8.7
	Annualized, 1986-1992	0.2	2.7	1.4
Ramos	1992-1998
	1992	26,554	7,250	250,191
	1998	27,893	9,294	266,833
	% increase, 1992 - 1998	5.0	28.2	6.7
	Annualized, 1992 - 1998	0.8	4.2	1.1
Estrada	1998-2001
	1998	27,893	9,294	266,833
	2001	29,878	11,329	283,000
	% increase, 1998 - 2001	7.1	21.9	6.1
	Annualized, 1998 - 2001	2.3	6.8	2.0
Arroyo	2001-2008²
	2001	29,878	11,329	283,000
	2003³	26,572	11,823	277,586
	2008	29,650	13,584	327,721
	% increase, 2001 - 2008	-0.8	19.9	15.8
	% increase, 2003-2008	11.6	14.9	18.1
	Annualized, 2001 - 2008	-0.1	2.6	2.1
	Annualized, 2003-2008	2.2	2.8	3.4

Notes:

1. Annual Data are on Table 2 (for National Roads) and Table 4 (for National Bridges).
2. Available data is until 2008 only
3. In 2003, a new system was adopted (called Road and Bridge Information Application -RBIA) which uses satellite imaging and aims to provide more accurate measurement of roads.

Table 7. Number of Motor Vehicles Registered: 2000 to 2008


Year	Total Motor Vehicles	Private	For Hire	Government	Diplomatic	Exempt	% Increase in Motor Vehicle Registration
2000	3,701,173	2,835,801	794,499	66,468	3,391	1,014
2001	3,865,862	3,010,974	794,306	56,695	2,698	1,189	4.45
2002	4,187,673	3,274,316	851,145	58,142	2,904	1,166	8.32
2003	4,292,272	3,389,022	830,842	68,437	2,816	1,155	2.50
2004	4,760,593	3,795,950	885,007	74,356	4,197	1,083	10.91
2005	5,059,753	4,079,186	898,028	77,953	3,284	1,302	6.28
2006	5,331,574	4,362,586	886,978	75,803	2,227	3,980	5.37
2007	5,530,052	4,558,727	887,023	70,528	2,406	11,368	3.72
2008	5,891,272	4,908,332	899,211	73,307	4,884	5,538	6.53
Annualized Growth, 2000-2008	6.0	7.1	1.6	1.2	4.7	23.6

Source: Land Transportation Office

Table 8. Number of Registered Government-Owned Vehicles: 2000 to 2008


Year	Total Motor Vehicles	Government-Owned Vehicles	Newly-Owned Government Vehicle	Ratio of Government-owned Vehicles to Total (In %)	Ratio of Newly-Owned to Total Government Vehicles (In %)
2000	3,701,173	66,468	6,623	1.8	10.0
2001	3,865,862	56,695	4,426	1.5	7.8
2002	4,187,673	58,142	3,749	1.4	6.4
2003	4,292,272	68,437	7,325	1.6	10.7
2004	4,760,593	74,356	6,820	1.6	9.2
2005	5,059,753	77,953	8,368	1.5	10.7
2006	5,331,574	75,803	6,200	1.4	8.2
2007	5,530,052	70,528	4,657	1.3	6.6
2008	5,891,272	73,307	6,553	1.2	8.9

Source: Land Transportation Office

Table 9. Number of Registered Private Vehicles, by Type: 2000 to 2008


Year	Total Motor Vehicles	Cars	Utility Vehicles (UVs)	Buses	Trucks	Motorcycles/ Tricycles	Trailers	% Share of UVs to total Private Vehicles	% Share of Motorcycles/ Tricycles to total Private Vehicles
2000	3,701,173	688,402	1,171,953	3,686	222,893	725,330	23,537	41.3	25.6
2001	3,865,862	681,050	1,271,420	3,711	229,664	804,081	21,048	42.2	26.7
2002	4,187,673	694,557	1,406,202	3,525	232,965	916,332	20,735	42.9	28.0
2003	4,292,272	688,419	1,435,919	4,114	231,597	1,008,610	20,363	42.4	29.8
2004	4,760,593	731,450	1,522,513	6,143	241,923	1,273,530	20,391	40.1	33.5
2005	5,059,753	729,299	1,530,560	4,355	241,624	1,552,748	20,600	37.5	38.1
2006	5,331,574	739,702	1,535,613	4,653	258,756	1,802,582	21,280	35.2	41.3
2007	5,530,052	700,384	1,534,634	6,696	255,522	2,039,850	21,641	33.7	44.7
2008	5,891,272	713,175	1,535,003	6,184	269,367	2,360,304	24,299	31.3	48.1

Note: Included here are the motorcycles used in habal-habal operations.

Source: Land Transportation Office

Table 10. Number of Driver's Licenses/Permits Issued, by Sex and
Number of Motor Vehicles Registered by Type, by Region: 2008


Region	Driver's Licenses/Permits Issued				Total Motor Vehicles Registered	Ratio of Registered Vehicles per 100,000 population	Cars	UV/SUV	Trucks	Buses	Motorcycles/ Tricycles	Trailers
Region	Number	Male	Female	Sex Ratio (Male/ Female)	Total Motor Vehicles Registered	Ratio of Registered Vehicles per 100,000 population	Cars	UV/SUV	Trucks	Buses	Motorcycles/ Tricycles	Trailers
Phils.	4,184,499	3,513,810	670,689	5.2	5,891,272	6,767	761,919	1,793,659	296,276	29,745	2,982,511	27,162
NCR	1,270,213	1,008,882	261,331	3.9	1,670,150	14,842	423,759	638,229	61,336	9,521	525,082	12,223
CAR	54,083	46,660	7,423	6.3	68,119	4,190	9,012	35,896	5,282	355	17,522	52
I	219,220	193,442	25,778	7.5	328,037	6,595	22,804	76,606	12,281	1,981	213,704	661
II	123,621	111,923	11,698	9.6	210,623	6,481	8,998	51,348	14,708	1,058	131,917	2,594
III	539,909	448,537	91,372	4.9	804,016	8,229	74,887	250,710	48,056	3,002	423,950	3,411
IV	604,546	511,226	93,320	5.5	863,292	6,050	92,424	262,367	26,020	4,461	476,873	1,147
IV-A	542,827	457,078	85,749	5.3	778,128	6,824	N O B R E A K D O W N
IV-B	61,719	54,148	7,571	7.2	85,164	2,972	N O B R E A K D O W N
V	134,040	115,667	18,373	6.3	185,093	3,367	8,845	35,262	8,150	1,534	131,037	265
VI	211,553	185,928	25,625	7.3	310,266	4,256	25,495	87,317	27,658	1,721	167,371	704
VII	308,224	255,658	52,566	4.9	478,097	7,079	46,046	135,245	30,726	2,140	261,072	2,868
VIII	81,745	69,390	12,355	5.6	124,010	2,902	4,222	28,503	8,814	893	81,381	197
IX	101,094	89,931	11,163	8.1	174,920	5,219	4,420	34,098	6,675	808	128,721	198
X	143,584	125,479	18,105	6.9	170,892	4,094	11,674	47,593	12,472	780	97,720	653
XI	176,279	153,845	22,434	6.9	234,379	5,550	18,497	54,433	15,476	633	144,014	1,326
XII	149,832	136,708	13,124	10.4	207,426	5,313	8,894	43,917	15,655	618	137,521	821
XIII	66,556	60,534	6,022	10.1	61,952	2,525	1,942	12,135	2,967	240	44,626	42

Notes:

1. Licenses/Permits issued in NCR are total of Central Office and NCR Office;
2. Licenses/Permits issued in Region VI-Kalibo D.O. excludes June and July 2008;
3. Population excludes ARMM.

Source: Land Transportation Office.

Table 11. Ratios Derived from Table 10: 2008


Region	Regional Share of Driver's Licence/Permit Issued (in %)	Regional Share of Driver's Licence/Permit Issued to Females (in %)	Ratio of Registered Vehicles per License/Permits Issued	Ratio of Driver's Licenses/Permits per 100,000 population	Ratio of Registered Vehicles per Km Length of National Road	Regional Share of Registered Motor Vehicles (In%)	Regional Share of Registered Cars (In%)	Regional Share of Registered UV/SUV (In%)	Regional Share of Registered Trucks (In%)	Regional Share of Registered Buses (In%)	Regional Share of Registered Motorcycles/ Tricycles (In%)	Regional Share of Registered Trailers (In%)
Phils.	100.0	16.0	1.4	4,806	199	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
NCR	28.7	20.6	1.3	11,288	902	28.3	55.6	35.6	20.7	32.0	17.6	45.0
CAR	1.3	13.7	1.3	3,327	63	1.2	1.2	2.0	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.2
I	5.5	11.8	1.5	4,407	204	5.6	3.0	4.3	4.1	6.7	7.2	2.4
II	3.2	9.5	1.7	3,804	119	3.6	1.2	2.9	5.0	3.6	4.4	9.6
III	12.8	16.9	1.5	5,526	388	13.6	9.8	14.0	16.2	10.1	14.2	12.6
IV						14.7	12.1	14.6	8.8	15.0	16.0	4.2
IV-A	13.0	15.8	1.4	4,760	350	N O B R E A K D O W N
IV-B	1.5	12.3	1.4	2,154	38	N O B R E A K D O W N
V	3.3	13.7	1.4	2,438	83	3.1	1.2	2.0	2.8	5.2	4.4	1.0
VI	5.3	12.1	1.5	2,902	108	5.3	3.3	4.9	9.3	5.8	5.6	2.6
VII	7.3	17.1	1.6	4,563	235	8.1	6.0	7.5	10.4	7.2	8.8	10.6
VIII	2.0	15.1	1.5	1,913	52	2.1	0.6	1.6	3.0	3.0	2.7	0.7
IX	2.6	11.0	1.7	3,017	144	3.0	0.6	1.9	2.3	2.7	4.3	0.7
X	3.6	12.6	1.2	3,440	100	2.9	1.5	2.7	4.2	2.6	3.3	2.4
XI	4.4	12.7	1.3	4,174	162	4.0	2.4	3.0	5.2	2.1	4.8	4.9
XII	3.9	8.8	1.4	3,838	150	3.5	1.2	2.4	5.3	2.1	4.6	3.0
XIII	1.7	9.0	0.9	1,960	46	1.1	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.8	1.5	0.2

Table 12. LTO Revenue Collection by Region: 2004 to 2008


Region	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	%Increase '05/'04	%Increase '06/'05	%Increase '07/'06	%Increase '08/'07
Phils.	8,866,804,709.33	9,618,606,335.45	10,087,161,922.96	10,438,575,746.96	11,048,015,053.92	8.5	4.9	3.5	5.8
NCR	3,306,833,472.04	3,628,557,791.22	3,734,132,616.61	3,823,015,288.11	4,052,156,650.49	9.7	2.9	2.4	6.0
C.A.R.	127,891,780.85	132,425,917.92	140,744,745.97	143,913,826.27	150,982,126.89	3.5	6.3	2.3	4.9
I	382,981,298.82	414,607,696.00	429,172,322.28	455,873,358.48	475,970,005.73	8.3	3.5	6.2	4.4
II	261,811,771.68	275,702,404.95	291,089,755.46	308,862,576.92	341,376,285.95	5.3	5.6	6.1	10.5
III	1,135,398,980.89	1,213,683,697.13	1,278,013,008.37	1,332,485,444.07	1,396,307,461.21	6.9	5.3	4.3	4.8
IV-A	1,060,796,880.42	1,148,348,416.42	1,203,350,049.47	1,257,639,421.76	1,341,562,410.29	8.3	4.8	4.5	6.7
IV-B	88,240,072.00	94,702,664.27	96,177,984.86	99,115,556.67	110,994,696.29	7.3	1.6	3.1	12.0
V	209,775,502.63	226,314,961.93	228,235,075.20	236,183,998.63	257,065,007.98	7.9	0.8	3.5	8.8
VI	488,507,221.16	521,469,114.52	559,391,318.65	575,073,119.35	585,666,729.78	6.7	7.3	2.8	1.8
VII	704,837,133.95	730,199,228.54	781,959,889.41	814,532,865.02	827,987,757.01	3.6	7.1	4.2	1.7
VIII	157,911,961.47	167,198,254.85	174,250,942.38	185,883,913.80	191,893,745.43	5.9	4.2	6.7	3.2
IX	159,899,491.40	178,023,500.85	171,640,943.57	181,513,979.75	204,560,063.25	11.3	(3.6)	5.8	12.7
X	225,800,937.92	247,026,330.75	274,034,853.21	282,022,334.11	305,769,377.13	9.4	10.9	2.9	8.4
XI	299,175,924.59	326,818,173.82	365,266,612.76	385,822,974.59	415,489,045.43	9.2	11.8	5.6	7.7
XII	185,612,469.11	236,391,097.97	279,289,855.73	274,875,678.05	301,877,975.66	27.4	18.1	(1.6)	9.8
XIII	71,329,810.40	77,137,084.31	80,411,949.03	81,761,411.38	88,355,715.40	8.1	4.2	1.7	8.1

Notes:

1. NCR figures are total of NCR Office and Central Office;
2. With estimated figures for Regions V for the month of Nov. & Dec. 2006;
3. Excluding the reports of the ff: R.O. & E-Patrol (Reg. VII-Dec. 2007); and Patin-ay D.O. (CARAGA-Dec. 2007);
4. Excluding Iloilo D. O. (June-July 2008), Iloilo Licensing Center (June to Dec 2008) and Kalibo D.O. (June to July 2008);
5. Total revenue comes from Motor Vehicle User's Charge (MVUC), Fines and Penalties (Law Enforcement), Licenses and Others.
Source: Land Transportation Office

Table 13. Most Frequently Committed Traffic Violations with Corresponding Fines/Penalties: 2004 to 2008

VIOLATION	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Fines/Penalties for Traffic and Administrative Violations	Remarks
RA 8750 Seatbelt Use Act	14,137	139,618	154,984	135,497	141,372	1,000	Failure to Install Seatbelt; 250 for failure to wear seatbelt
Sec 13 No CR/OR on Hand	38,497	47,805	55,471	53,782	63,508	150
Sec. 11 Unregistered/ Invalid MV Registration	24,504	30,505	42,665	53,863	62,044	2,000-4,000	2,000 if committed by the driver w/o the knowledge and consent of the owner; 4,000 if the driver is also the processor of the subject MV
Sec. 54 Prohibited Parking	37,371	40,217	45,655	48,437	58,830	200
Sec. 68Z Obstruction	59,149	61,468	47,468	48,296	49,535	200
Sec. 09 Student Driver Operating an MV w/o Accompanying Licensed Driver	13,145	19,398	28,232	38,401	46,235	500
Sec. 01 Driving w/o D_License	15,334	19,946	26,485	33,673	37,557	1,500
Sec. 02 Driving w/ Delinquent / Invalid Suspended, Ineffectual or Revoked License	16,119	20,374	29,241	33,969	36,518	400-1,000	400 if expired; 1,000 if license is suspended or revoked or improper
Sec. 57 Driving in Slippers/ Sleeveless Shirt (For-Hire)	16,688	26,520	32,020	34,626	32,088	1,000-5,000	counted as reckless driving
TOP 9 VIOLATIONS*	234,944	405,851	462,221	480,544	527,687
% INCREASE IN TOP 9 VIOLATIONS		72.7	13.9	4.0	9.8
TOTAL APPREHENDED DRIVERS	617,111	719,563	892,319	899,701	930,088
% INCREASE IN APPREHENSIONS		16.6	24.0	0.8	3.4
TOTAL LICENSES/PERMITS ISSUED	3,284,170	3,548,041	3,711,856	3,972,645	4,184,499
% INCREASE IN LICENSES/PERMITS		8.0	4.6	7.0	5.3
RATIO OF APPREHENDED DRIVERS TO TOTAL LICENSES ISSUED	18.8%	20.3%	24.0%	22.6%	22.2%

Source: Land Transportation Office

Notes:

1. Excluding the reports of Tagbilaran D.O. & Dumaguete D.O. (Reg. VII-Dec. 2008)
2. With estimated figures for Region V for the months of Nov. & Dec. 2006
3. Excludes data of LTO-C.O.-LES for the period Jan.-Sept. 2005
4. Top 9 Violations includeRA 8750, No OR/CR on Hand, Unregistered/Invalid MV Registration, Prohibited Parking, Obstruction, Student Driver Operating an MV w/o Accompanying Licensed Driver, Driving w/ Delinquent/ Invalid/ Suspended, Ineffectual or Revoked License and Driving in Slippers (for For-Hire).

Table 14. Top 5 Most Expensive Traffic and Administrative Violations to Commit

VIOLATION	Amount (PhP)	Remarks
1. Operating a right-hand drive motor vehicle	50,000
2. Unauthorized use of bell, siren or exhaust whistle	15,000	with forfeiture of the said gadgets in favor of the government
3. Driving Under the Influence of Drugs	10,000
4. Illegal transfer or use of MV regularly issued MV plates, tags or stickers except security plates on authorized MV	10,000	1. owners/operators are conclusively presumed to have committed the illegal transfer; 2. drivers of MV involved in illegal transfer of plates, sticker shall suffer the suspension of their driver's license for 3 months;
		3. if the MV is used in the commissions of a crime, its owner shall suffer the penalty of 12,000 fine and suspension of plates and registration certificate and Official Receipt for 2 years
5. Tourist operating or allowing the use of non-Philippine registered MV beyond the 90-day period of his sojourn in the country	5,000	1. the MV shall not be allowed to operate by the confiscation of its plates, OR & CR until properly registered; 2. in addition, if the driver is a holder of local driver's license, the same shall be suspended for one month

Source: Land Transportation Office

Table 15. LTO Revenue Collection by Source: 2004 to 2008

Source	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	inc 05/04	inc 06/05	inc 07/06	inc 08/07
Fines and Penalties (Law Enforcement)	231,503,005.55	283,451,728.27	383,594,462.84	356,506,460.78	399,807,393.79	22.4	35.3	(7.1)	12.1
License Fee	536,252,766.65	570,769,411.95	596,826,662.63	620,180,644.37	692,816,186.50	6.4	4.6	3.9	11.7
Motor Vehicle Users Charge	6,649,035,538.56	7,217,253,124.26	7,493,998,775.21	7,737,627,762.49	7,956,988,412.50	8.5	3.8	3.3	2.8
Others	1,450,013,398.57	1,547,132,070.97	1,612,742,022.28	1,724,260,879.32	1,998,403,061.13	6.7	4.2	6.9	15.9
TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTION	8,866,804,709.33	9,618,606,335.45	10,087,161,922.96	10,438,575,746.96	11,048,015,053.92	8.5	4.9	3.5	5.8
ratio of fines and penalties to total revenue collection	2.6	2.9	3.8	3.4	3.6
ratio of license fee to total revenue collection	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.3
ratio of MVUC to total revenue collection	75.0	75.0	74.3	74.1	72.0
ratio of others to total revenue collection	16.4	16.1	16.0	16.5	18.1

Note: Others include trust liabilities, science tax, miscellaneous income, capital revenue and other penalties on MV, licenses and science tax.

Source: Land Transportation Office

Table 16. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: 1998 to 2007

Year	Number of Accident			Damage to Property (number of vehicles)	ratio of damaged vehicles to total number of MV registered
Year	Fatal	Non-fatal	Total	Damage to Property (number of vehicles)
1998	940	1,863	2,803	6,537	0.2
1999	719	2,150	2,869	7,726	0.2
2000	704	1,719	2,423	11,386	0.3
2001	627	1,399	2,026	6,696	0.2
2002	714	3,034	3,748	9,623	0.2
2003	800	4,177	4,977	11,441	0.3
2004	1,054	3,860	4,914	9,288	0.2
2005	578	3,779	4,357	7,068	0.1
2006	674	3,767	4,441	10,623	0.2
2007	718	3,569	4,287	7,267	0.1
Average					0.2

Note: Fatal accidents are those that caused death

Source: Department of Transportation and Communication.

Table 17. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS ON TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS:
1998 to 2007

Year	Number of Accident			Number of Fatalities		ratio of fatalities to accidents
Year	TRAFFIC	MARITIME	AIR	TRAFFIC	MARITIME	TRAFFIC	MARITIME

2000	2,423	151	162	704	177	0.3	1.2
2001	2,026	168	8	627	59	0.3	0.4
2002	3,748	152	21	714	73	0.2	0.5
2003	4,977	255	20	800	74	0.2	0.3
2004	4,914	227	23	1,054	144	0.2	0.6
2005	4,357	122	17	578	25	0.1	0.2
2006	4,441	114	15	674	62	0.2	0.5
Total	26,886	1,189	266	5,151	614	0.2	0.5
share of accidents to total	94.9%	4.2%	0.9%

Source: Department of Transportation and Communication.

Notes:

1. No data available on the number of Accidents in Air from 1998 to 1999 and 2007
2. No available data on fatalities on Air accidents
3. Don Juan Tragedy happened in 1980 with 18 dead and 115 missing
4. The worst marine mishap happened in 1987 when MV Doña Paz collided with MT Vector leaving 1800++ casualties

Posted 12 October 2009


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