The Impact of Localized Road Traffic Accident Information and Safety Awareness at Barangay Commonwealth Quezon City

Abstract

There are a lot of initiatives by the government and non-government organizations to facilitate the proper and right education of motorists and people to bridge the gap of ignorance but to no avail. Still, there are road related accidents and fatalities caused by traffic road signs ignorance. However, the ignorance of the people is not actually their fault but rather the fault of the government to ensure proper education of the people, especially the motorists, regarding traffic signs and road markings the government have installed, especially the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in the Philippines who are in charge of this public obligation. The strict implementation of traffic laws and the law enforcers that implement it must be the priority to provide safe road access to commuters going to places they need to go. The researchers aim to determine the impact of the localized road traffic accident information and safety awareness to the citizens of the community. The researchers used the descriptive method, a type of research design which aims to describe the nature of a situation as it exists at the time of the study and to explore the causes of a particular phenomenon. The research aimed at employing this method which is a board class of non-experimental study. It is the most appropriate method for the study since it is intended to observe, describe, and document the demographic profile of the respondents and their assessment of the road accident in Barangay, Commonwealth. The researchers used the questionnaire and interview to facilitate the gathering of data. This is the main data instrument which contains a question raised from the statement of the problem and the personal information of the respondents. The respondents were described according to different demographic profiles. The majority of the respondents were from the age bracket 21 to 30 years old; 68% were male; 50% were married, and 28% were college graduates. As attested by the group of respondents on the problems encountered in road accident in terms of private vehicle, public vehicle, and government vehicles, most responses were regarded as agree. As attested by the group of respondents, on the significant factor that causes an accident, most responses were regarded as Strongly Agree. As attested by the group of respondents, the effect of the driver who committed road accident were regarded “strongly agree”. As attested by the group of respondents, the suggestion/recommendation measures that can be undertaken to minimize the problem of a road accident were regarded as Strong Agree. The findings of the study demonstrate the impact of localized road traffic accident information and safety awareness to the people residing at Brgy. Commonwealth, Quezon City. It gives a clear perception of the community regarding the measures done by the local government to prevent road accidents through the localized road traffic accident information and safety awareness.