Evaluation Of Vehicular Accidents In General Santos City

Vehicular accidents are a major problem in developing cities. General Santos City is no exception to this nationwide dilemma. In General Santos City high incidences of road accidents have been recorded in the last several years due to various factors. Road accident is commonly attributed to the collision of vehicles, pedestrians, or an object that will result in death, disability, and damage to property. The study evaluates the occurrence of vehicular accidents in General Santos City from the year 2011 to 2016 and events were evaluated using the factors that contribute to the accidents. This study used percentage frequency distribution to analyze the data that has been gathered from the Traffic Management Unit in order to determine the most frequent causes of vehicular accidents. The data has been analyzed according to Human factors (Conditions and Human Activity) and Environmental/Vehicular Factors (Weather, Period of Occurrence, Location, and Vehicle condition). Results of the study show that out of 17675 accidents for the past six years, 7289 of these are motorcycles, 5303 are automobiles and 2956, 1604, and 416 are tricycles, trucks, and jeeps, respectively. While bus has the lowest with 107. 2016 has the highest number of vehicular accidents for the past 6 years with 3920 accidents recorded. Due to the high percentage of human factors that causes vehicular accidents, further study about the behavior of drivers is suggested to better understand the causes of vehicular accidents.