895 lives, properties spared 

from traffic accidents in ‘20 

CORTES, Bohol, Sept 23 (PIA)—Eight hundred and 95 may be a small number, but when it represents lives and property spared, it is that big. 

In Bohol, the fear of getting infected by the corona virus disease (COVID) and the police measures in keeping people off the streets and inside their houses has contributed much to the decrease in traffic related incidents which could otherwise waste lives and damage properties. 

At the recent virtual Provincial Peace and Order Council and Provincial anti-Drug Abuse Council Meeting here, Bohol police chief, Police Senior Superintendent Joselito Clarito admitted the quarantine measures have contributed to the decrease in traffic related crimes. 

In their report to the Council, police base camp in Bohol Camp Francisco Dagohoy through Police Major Norman Nuez revealed that the total vehicular accidents getting to the police blotters across the island from January to September 2020 is 35% lower than those which transpired in 2019. 

From 2,543 vehicular accidents which either resulted in physical injuries, damage to property, homicide or death in 2019, the number slowed down to 1,648, sparing motorists and communities of the hassles associated with vehicular accidents in 2020. 

The figures, which reflect the cases happening between January to September in 2019 and 2020 showed that in the beginning months of 2019, of the 2,543 vehicular accidents, 1379 of these resulted to physical injuries, 1,078 resulted to damage to properties and deaths and homicide in 86 cases. 

By 2020, until recently, the number of vehicular accidents reached 1,648. 

Of the figure, 797 of these accidents resulted to physical injuries, 803 accidents resulted to damage to property and 48 people got unlucky when they were either hit, side-swept or were driver-passenger victims of the vehicular accidents. 

While Bohol recorded a 35.19% decrease in traffic related vehicular accidents in 2020 compared to 2019, physical injuries also dove to 42.20% from 1,479 to 797 in 2020. 

As to vehicular accidents resulting to damage to properties, Camp Dagohoy thorugh Operations Chief Major Norman Nuez said 275 cases were taken off the potential victims of either injuries, damages to property or death. 

This as 2019 showed that there were 1078 vehicular accidents while in 2020, there were only some 803 cases which resulted to damage to property. 

As to the vehicular accidents which resulted to homicide or deaths, in 2020, of the 2543 cases, 86 of those recorded traffic related vehicular accidents resulted in the death or homicide of 86 persons. 

By 2020, there have been 48 persons who were either driver or passengers involved in vehicular accidents who died or bystanders, pedestrians or other motorists who were unintentionally killed due to these accidents. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol) 

EVEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BRAKED. At the time of the pandemic, when orders to keep people at home continue, road accidents and traffic related incidents have lessened, saving more lives and properties, or keeping people from injuries. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol)