Word of advice for those of you who often find themselves rushing to get home after work: Be careful behind the wheel.
According to data from the 2021 Metro Manila Accident Reporting and Analysis System (MMARAS) report, evening rush hours are more accident-prone compared to morning ones.
A total of 9,373 road crashes were recorded between 5pm and 8pm in 2021—a considerable bit higher than the 8,188 recorded between 6am to 9am.
While the difference in the number of recorded accidents between the two time periods is noticeable, there wasn’t too much of a gap in terms of crash severity. Morning rush hours saw 2,407 incidents that resulted in injury, while evening rush hours saw 2,419. The same goes for fatal incidents with 37 and 40 recorded in the morning and evening, respectively.
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Other takeaways if you break down the 2021 MMARAS into hours? The deadliest hour to drive is from 10pm to 11pm with 27 fatal accidents recorded. If we’re talking injuries, it’s from 7am to 8am with 849 incidents resulting in injury recorded.
You can check out the crash total for each hour in 2021 below:
MMARAS 2021 morning road crashes
- 12am to 12:59am - 780
- 1am to 1:59am - 842
- 2am to 2:59am - 654
- 3am to 3:59am - 726
- 4am to 4:59am - 969
- 5am to 5:59am - 1,320
- 6am to 6:59am - 1,999
- 7am to 7:59am - 2,947
- 8am to 8:59am - 3,242
- 9am to 9:59am - 3,055
- 10am to 10:59am - 3,420
- 11am to 11:59am - 3,689
MMARAS 2021 afternoon and evening road crashes
- 12pm to 12:59pm - 3,380
- 1pm to 1:59pm - 3,111
- 2pm to 2:59pm - 3,413
- 3pm to 3:59pm - 3,687
- 4pm to 4:59pm - 3,528
- 5pm to 5:59pm - 3,479
- 6pm to 6:59pm - 3,013
- 7pm to 7:59pm - 2,881
- 8pm to 8:59pm - 2,486
- 9pm to 9:59pm - 1,911
- 10pm to 10:59pm - 1,939
- 11pm to 11:59pm - 1,645
- Unrecorded time - 331
In total, a total of 58,447 road crashes were recorded in 2021. Based on your own experience last year, do you find this data accurate?
