Road Satetv Action Plan - Land Transportation Office

1 road Satetv Action plan Theme: LTO e Drive road SAfETY ADVOCACY PPOGP'''. Hi1 23 2019, 8'00 JI TO 8-."~J~nr E~~. Em ~ .. ~. QtotzonC1tf Message of the Assistant Secretary 1. Message of the Executive Director 2. Administrative Order 3. 2019 LTO road Safety Action plan Copyright Land Transportation Office -Central Office Background 5. All Rights Reserved The Land Transportation Office 6. Rationale and Objectives 7. Statement of Policy 8. Policy Framework: 5 Pillars and Stages 9. Procedure 11. May be reproduced for academic purposes only Complimentary.

2 Pillar 1: Qualified Drivers 14. Pillar 2: :hicle~., ,. Not for sale Pillar 3: traffic _Discipline 22. ;..:._ _ Pillar 4: Community Relations 26. Pillar 5: Legislative Initiatives Website: E-mail: Face book: I Message from the Executive Director The Land Transportation Office is pleased to We, at the LTO, are positive that this RSAP will be present its road Safety Action plan (RSAP) - a a game changer for the country's road safety proactive, comprehensive and inclusive plan that initiatives since the plan is focused and directed. aims to help achieve the Philippine-declared vision of zero deaths on the road , with the interim target to We believe it will require, and encourage a reduce road crash death rate by twenty (20) percent paradigm shift - from an individual-based or by 2022.

3 "kanya-kanya" effort, to convergence, the result of which are synchronized road safety endeavors that The LTO-RSAP organizes, integrates, and will benefit every road user. The need for mobility and access to transport, as well as the mainstreams all road safety initiatives of the Agency, aggressive sales campaign of motor vehicle manufacturers have aligned with established international and resulted in the rapid motorization in the country. With more We, at the LTO, encourage our partners to join Philippine approaches. us, as we make the Philippine roads safe.

4 Vehicles on the roads, more people become vulnerable to road crashes. The RSAP formalizes the framework, identifies Together, let us save lives. Statistics show that there is a yearly increase in the number of road the components, initiatives, the timelines and focal crash deaths and injuries. persons/ offices for each initiative. It encourages commitment to Action , as we ll as accountability from With the frequency of road crash reports in the quad-media, people tend to the concerned offices of the Agency. It serves as a see these as normal, a part of everyday life.

5 The impact of road crash does not tool for all LTO Offices in the conduct of road safety enter the awareness of people, other than the victims. initiatives. It is a paradox that sporadic epidemics have been given due attention, while the more pervasive and lethal road crash issue has long been lying at the sidelines. The reality is, a road crash not only affects the individual, but his family, the community and the country as well. The socio-economic cost of road crashes is ''. estimated to be in billions of pesos a year. Thus, under the leadership of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, and through the guidance of Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur P.

6 Tugade, the We believe it will require, LTO came up with its own framework to reduce, if not totally eliminate road and encourage a paradigm crashes. shift-from an individual- The LTO road Safety Action plan (RSAP) intends to mainstream road safety based or "kanya-kanya". in the LTO. This document provides a comprehensive and integrated policy and plan that will address the five (5) LTO Mandate-related Pillars of road Safety: effort, to convergence, the Qualified Drivers; road Worthy Vehicles,; traffic Discipline; Community Relations.

7 111 - result of which are synchronized road safety ''. and Legislative initiatives. endeavors that will benefit We, at the LTO, are therefore every road user. ' '. pleased to present to you the The reality is, a road crash LTO road Safety Action plan , not only affects the individual, as we commit to make the but his family, the community country's road safe. and the country as well. The socio-economic cost of road crashes is estimated to be in billions of pesos a year. ''. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. DEPARTMENT OF Transportation . LAND Transportation Office .

8 East Avenue, Quezon City E-mail Address: l!omai!bpx@1to opy ph Website: www Ito gov ph r .. - -- -- - -- ------ - - - ..,.._, o. t ~1.:0 NDl:1~ .. t.. l .0 RECEIVED. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER No. 2019- ~ BY: W~. DAI :: II- /<j -1'l1ME : I M'v :.rv GENfcRAL SfRVICES SECTIO~. TO All Officials and Employees SUBJECT Land Transportation Office road Safety Action plan DATE 11 November 2019. WHEREAS, the 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Report on road Crash estimated that million road traffic deaths occur eve1y year, with injuries at 20.

9 To 50 million, thus, n1aking road traffic injury the 8th leading cause of death worldwide;. WHEREAS, the same Report pointed to road c rash as the leading cause of death for children and young adults b etween 5 to 29 in the Philippines;. WHEREAS, the United Na tions Econ o rni c and Social for th e Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) appraises that road crashes kil l more than 730,000 peop le a year in the Asia-Pacific region, w ith one person k ille d in a road crash every 40 seco nd s, equivalent to losing 2,000 lives a day;. WHEREAS, statistics fron1 the Data for road In cident Visualiz ation Evaluation and Reporting System (DRIVERS) revea l that frrnn January to Dece mber 2018, there were 3, 050 reported cases of road traffic incide n ts, with 614 cases invo lving fata Uties, 2686 cases road SAFETY.

10 Involving injuries, and 320 cases w ith damage to property;. WHEREAS, in Metro Mani la alone, record s from th e Metropolitan Ivlanila Development Auth ority's (MMDA's) Metro Manila Accident Reporting nnd Analysis Sys tem (MM RAS) showed a con s iste n t upward tre nd in road cras h incide nts in Metro Manila;. w -HEREAS, the Department o f Transportation (DOTr) is cw re n tly i1npl e m e nting the Pu blic Utility Mod e rni za tion Program (PUVMP) to improve th e qua li ty of service Action plan . and to improve road safety, by v irtue of De partment Order ( ) No.