Over 4,000 motorcycle road crashes recorded from January to April, PNP-HPG says

Philippine National Police - Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) on Friday expressed concern over the high number of road crashes involving motorcycles.

“For the past year, ang nakita naming mataas ang concern namin is two wheel vehicles, mga motor, 'yun kasi ang mataas ang statistics in terms of road crash incident,” PNP-HPG chief Police Brigadier General Raul Bargamento told reporters.

(For the past year, we had a high concern on two-wheel vehicles because of the high number of road crash accidents.)

Based on PNP-HPG data, a total of 4,029 incidents were reported from January to April this year. Meanwhile, 8,342 incidents were reported in 2022.

Due to this, Bargamento said he directed PNP-HPG regional units to conduct road safety seminars especially for motorcycle groups. He said he monitored many local and national biker groups in the country now.

Bargamento also reminded motorcycle drivers to be cautious and disciplined on the road as well as to always follow traffic rules and laws to avoid accidents.

“'Yung mga drivers natin ng motor, kaunting ingat po. Huwag tayong kumpiyansa. Dahil gumagamit tayo ng motor, maging disiplinado tayo. Lagi nating sundin ang batas trapiko,” he said.

(I advise our motorcycle drivers to be extra careful. Do not be complacent. Because we are using motorcycles, let’s be disciplined and always follow traffic rules.)

Meanwhile, Bargamento said he is eyeing to deploy their additional motorcycles and mobiles to provincial units so they can also conduct operations in their areas.

“May mga probinsya po kami na wala pang Highway Patrol na nadestino because wala kaming mobility asset na magagamit,” he said.

(There are provinces with no Highway Patrol because we do not have assets to use.)

Also, Bargamento said the PNP-HPG is set to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for the interconnectivity of their systems in June.

He said it will speed up the access of HPG personnel to LTO’s records on vehicles and drivers.

On Friday, the PNP-HPG celebrated its 68th founding anniversary through a ceremony at Camp Crame.—AOL, GMA Integrated News