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Road crash fatalities up 35% in 2024 – HPG

MANILA, Philippines — The number of people killed in road crashes increased by at least 35 percent last year, a majority of which were caused by reckless motorists.

Data from the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) showed there were 2,747 people who perished in road mishaps in 2024, higher than the 2,030 fatalities in 2023, a spike of 35.32 percent.

Vehicular crashes last year went up by 27.6 percent, from 24,495 cases in 2023 to 31,258 incidents in 2024.

What’s disturbing is that 27,248 or 87.17 percent of the incidents were caused by reckless driving such as bad overtaking, improper turning, speeding, drunk driving, overloading and using mobile phones while driving.

Mechanical defects, meanwhile, accounted for 790 incidents or 2.52 percent and poor road conditions were blamed for 725 cases or 2.31 percent.

The other 2,495 or 7.98 percent of the cases were caused by other reasons such as calamities and animals crossing roads.

Automobiles ranked first in vehicles involved in road crashes with 17,100, followed by motorcycles with 15,690, trucks with 4,730 and tricycles, 4,224.

The HPG released the figures after a motovlogger died during a motorcycle stunt exhibition along the Marilaque Highway in Tanay, Rizal last week.

The victim was attempting a “Superman” stunt when he crashed on the side of the highway together with a motorcycle rider.

Instead of getting sympathy, netizens lambasted the victim as four bystanders were injured because of his dangerous stunt.

The HPG has intensified its visibility along the highway, from 17 to at least 32 officers, to deter motorists from doing stunts

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