THE Transportation Management and Traffic Regulation Office (TMTRO) and Iloilo City Police Office (Icpo) said the city has an average of 16 cases of traffic accidents per day.
The National Statistics Coordinating Board (NSCB) collated the traffic accidents report, showing that from 2008 to 2010, traffic accidents and casualties are fluctuating.
The NSCB reports showed that in 2010, there were 5,927 cases of traffic accidents, 11 deaths and 844 injuries.
Out of the 5,927 reported traffic accidents in 2010, 84 percent or 4,963 were due to vehicle-to-vehicle collision, eight percent or 474 involved vehicle-to-pedestrian accidents, four percent or 260 involved vehicle-to-fixed objects collision, and another four percent or 230 involved non-collision vehicular accidents.
