A woman was already using the pedestrian crosswalk in Barangay Dungon A, Jaro District, Iloilo City. However, a motorcycle still crashed into her.

She sustained wounds on the head and hands, and is still at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a medical facility, as of this writing.

Meanwhile, a college student succumbed to severe injuries, after being hit by an ambulance of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 6's Regional Medical and Dental Unit, while crossing Barangay Dungon B, Jaro on June 4, 2025.

The victims are just two of 33 individuals who were hit while crossing the road in Iloilo City despite using the pedestrian lane, according to the Iloilo City Police Office - Traffic Enforcement Unit (ICPO-TEU).

From January 1 to June 17, 2025, one pedestrian was logged hurt in City Proper, five in La Paz, 10 in Jaro, seven in Molo, five in Mandurriao, and five in Arevalo. It turned out that human error is the main reason for the incidents, as drivers violated traffic rules most especially the speed limit ordinance.

“Majority is human error or human factor kasi may magagawa naman tayo upang mapababa o ma-mitigate natin ang aksidente,” Major Shella Mae Sangrines, ICPO spokesperson, said.

It was in 2015 when the City Council passed Ordinance 2015-283 on speed limit regulation that was amended in 2017.

Based on the ordinance, from General Luna Street to Benigno Aquino, Jr. Avenue and on to Ungka Jaro, the speed limit is at 60 kph only for cars and motorcycles, while 50 kph only for trucks and buses.

For other highways, local and national, 30 kph is set for cars and motorcycles, and 20 kph for trucks and buses.

For circumferential, radial, and coastal roads, 70 kph is set for cars and motorcycles, while 40 kph for trucks and buses.

Iloilo City Councilor Sedfrey Cabaluna, chairman of the Committee on Transportation, admitted that the speed limit ordinance has not been implemented stringently for lack of necessary devices.

”Una diyan is really the procurement of necessary devices, speed guns to detect kung sino ang umaapaw sa speed limit, in other places here in the country mayroon rin silang video cameras or CCTVs that will detect kung umaapaw ka sa speed limit so these will allow us to enforce that ordinance,” Cabaluna said.

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) welcomes the possibility of more speed guns, as they have one unit coming up.

 “We have a speed gun with image capturing. So pinalabas namin iyon sa supply at i-train ang mga enforcers,” Atty. Gaudioso Geduspan, LTO 6 director, said.