NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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RECEIVED BY;.
SENATE 
S. B. NO. 926
Introduced by SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA
AN ACT ENHA->ICING THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, 
FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136, AS AMENDED, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “LAND TRANSPORTATION AND 
TRAFFIC CODE,” APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The current crisis faced by the Philippines in the realm of public 
transportation involves a wide array of stakeholders, and an even wider array of 
concerns. Specifically, the government must pay particular concern to the majority 
of the Filipino population that are directly affected by the use of roads and traffic 
routes: the pedestrian.
Indeed, protection of Filipino pedestrians should be of paramount concern. 
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Status Report on Road 
Safety found that incidents of road traffic deaths continue to rise in the Philippines. 
More specifically, the WHO found that 12,690 road traffic deaths occurred in the 
country in 2016, and that about half of these road traffic deaths involved 
vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians.1
Latest report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission 
for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) shows that despite the lockdowns imposed 
during the COVID-19 pandemic, vehicular accidents persisted in Metro Manila.2
1 ABS-CBN News, Road Traffic Deaths Continue to Rise in the Philippines; WHO report, December 21,2018, 
accessible at https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/21/18/road-traffic-deaths-continue-to-rise-in-the- 
philippines-who-report {last acce^:sed June 24, 2019).
2 Sandy Mae Gaspay, UN ESCAP, Sustainable Urban Transport Index for Metro Manila and Impacts of
COVID-19 
on 
Mobility, 
October 
2021, 
accessible 
at
https://repositorv.unescap.ora/bitstream/handle/20.500.12870/4156/ESCAP-2021-RP-Sustainable-urban-
transport-index-Metrc-Manila-impacts-COVID-19-mobilitv.pdf?seauence=1&isAllowed=v {last accessed July 
14, 2022).


In 2020, a total of 345 Filipinos died due to vehicular crashes - 243 drivers, 27 
passengers, and 75 pedestrians.3
In addition to establishing sufficient infrastructure, systems, and programs 
to alleviate traffic, institudonalizing the “right-of-way” culture in the use of roads, 
walkways and other means for pedestrian access will greatly help in lessening the 
number of road traffic deaths. This bill seeks to enhance the country’s traffic laws 
by (a) respecting the rights of pedestrians, (b) clarifying the rules on when a 
pedestrian should yield to a driver, or vice versa, (c) penalizing any person who 
violates the right-of-way of pedestrians; (d) establishing more pedestrian crossing 
signs; and (e) mandating the training of erring drivers and pedestrians.
The passage of this measure will not only ensure safety of our pedestrians, 
but also provide a comprehensive solution to the country’s persistent traffic 
problems, especially in Metro areas, by mandating a system of behavior and 
accountability for the commuting public, including both drivers and pedestrians.
The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
SENATE 
S. B. NO. 926
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AN ACT ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, 
FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136, AS AMENDED, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “LAND TRANSPORTATION AND 
TRAFFIC CODE,” APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Pedestrian 
Safety Act”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the 
State to provide and ensure safe and convenient pedestrian travel and access, 
whether by foot, wheelchair, walker, stroller or any other means. To this end, 
the State shall provide convenient and safe passage for pedestrians on and 
across all streets and highways, increase levels of walking and pedestrian 
travel, and reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries.
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - For the purposes of this Act, the 
following terms shall be defined as follows;
(a) 
Crosswalk refers to the part of the roadway set aside for 
pedestrian traffic;
(b) 
Intersection refers to any place where one line of roadway meets 
another roadway. Intersections include cross streets, side streets, 
alleys, freeway entrances, and any other location where vehicles 
traveling on different highways or roads join each other; and
(c) 
Pedestrian refers to a person on foot or who uses a conveyance 
such as roller skates, skateboard, etc., other than a bicycle, an


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electric scooter or similar equipment. A pedestrian can also be a 
person with a disability using a tricycle, quadricycle, or wheelchair 
for transportation.
SEC. 4. Right-Of-Way of Pedestrians. - A new Article lll-A of the Land 
Transportation and Traffic Code, as amended, is hereby provided to read as 
follows:
ARTICLE III-A
RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PEDESTRIANS
SECTION 44-A. RiGHT-OF-WAY OF PEDESTRIANS. -
(a) 
THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT- 
OF-WAY TO A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE 
ROADWAY WITHIN ANY MARKED CROSSWALK OR 
WITHIN ANY UNMARKED CROSSWALK AT AN 
INTERSECTION, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED 
IN THIS SECTION.
(b) 
THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE APPROACHING A 
PEDESTRIAN WITHIN ANY MARKED OR UNMARKED 
CROSSWALK SHALL EXERCISE ALL DUE CARE AND 
SHALL REDUCE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE OR 
TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION RELATING TO THE 
OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AS NECESSARY TO 
SAFEGUARD THE SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIAN.
(c) 
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY,
THIS SECTION SHALL NOT RELIEVE:
(1)
A PEDESTRIAN FROM THE DUTY OF USING 
DUE CARE FOR HIS OR HER SAFETY. NO 
PEDESTRIAN SHALL SUDDENLY LEAVE A 
CURB OR OTHER PLACE OF SAFETY AND 
WALK OR RUN INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE 
THAT IS SO CLOSE AS TO CONSTITUTE AN 
IMMEDIATE HAZARD. NO PEDESTRIAN SHALL 
ALSO UNNECESSARILY STOP OR DELAY 
TRAFFIC WHILE IN A MARKED OR UNMARKED 
CROSSWALK: AND
A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE HAS THE DUTY OF 
EXERCISING DUE CARE FOR THE SAFETY OF 
ANY PEDESTRIAN WITHIN ANY MARKED 
CROSSWALK OR WITHIN ANY UNMARKED 
CROSSWALK AT AN INTERSECTION.
SECTION 44-B. REMOVAL OF CROSSWALKS. -
(2)


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(a) 
AN EXISTING MARKED CROSSWALK MAY NOT BE 
REMOVED UNLESS NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO 
BE HEARD IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC NOT LESS 
THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED 
DATE OF REMOVAL. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER 
PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, THE NOTICE OF 
PROPOSED REMOVAL SHALL BE POSTED AT THE 
CROSSWALK IDENTIFIED FOR REMOVAL
(b) 
THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (A) ABOVE 
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, 
NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) 
THAT THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE INPUT 
RELATING TO THE SCHEDULED REMOVAL; 
AND
(2) 
THE FORM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE 
INPUT AUTHORIZED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) 
ABOVE.
SECTION 44-C. NO OVERTAKING AT INTERSECTIONS WITH 
MARKED OR UNMARKED CROSSWALKS. - WHENEVER 
ANY VEHICLE HAS STOPPED AT A MARKED CROSSWALK 
OR AT ANY UNMARKED CROSSWALK AT AN 
INTERSECTION TO PERMIT A PEDESTRIAN TO CROSS THE 
ROADWAY, THE DRIVER OF ANY OTHER VEHICLE 
APPROACHING FROM THE REAR SHALL NOT OVERTAKE 
AND PASS THE STOPPED VEHICLE.
SECTION 44-D. SIDEWALKS. - THE DRIVER OF ANY MOTOR 
VEHICLE, PRIOR TO DRIVING OVER OR UPON ANY 
SIDEWALK, SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ANY 
PEDESTRIAN APPROACHING THEREON.
SECTION 44-E. UNDERPASS AND OVERPASS. -
WHENEVER ANY PEDESTRIAN CROSSES A ROADWAY 
OTHER THAN BY MEANS OF A PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL OR 
OVERHEAD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, IF A PEDESTRIAN 
TUNNEL OR OVERHEAD CROSSING SERVES THE PLACE 
WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN IS CROSSING THE ROADWAY, 
SUCH PEDESTRIAN SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO 
ALL VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY SO NEAR AS TO 
CONSTITUTE AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THIS 
SECTION SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AS A PROHIBITION 
AGAINST THE INSTALLATION OF CROSSWALKS WHERE A 
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL OR OVERHEAD CROSSING EXISTS, 
SHOULD PUBLIC NECESSITY AND SAFETY DICTATE.


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SECTION 44-F. INSTANCES WHERE PEDESTRIANS SHALL 
YIELD TO VEHICLES. - EVERY PEDESTRIAN UPON A 
ROADWAY AT ANY POINT OTHER THAN WITHIN A MARKED 
CROSSWALK OR WITHIN AN UNMARKED CROSSWALK AT 
AN INTERSECTION SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO 
ALL VEHICLES UPON THE ROADWAY SO NEAR AS TO 
CONSTITUTE AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD; PROVIDED, THAT, 
THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE SHALL CONTINUE TO 
EXERCISE DUE CARE FOR THE SAFETY OF ANY 
PEDESTRIAN UPON A ROADWAY.
SECTION 44-G. CROSSING ON CROSSWALKS. - BETWEEN 
ADJACENT INTERSECTIONS CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC 
CONTROL SIGNAL DEVICES OR BY POLICE OFFICERS, 
PEDESTRIANS SHALL NOT CROSS THE ROADWAY AT ANY 
PLACE EXCEPT IN A CROSSWALK.
SECTION 44-H. ROADWAYS.-
(a) 
NO PEDESTRIAN MAY WALK UPON ANY ROADWAY 
OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 
OTHERWISE THAN CLOSE TO HIS OR HER LEFT- 
HAND EDGE OF THE ROADWAY.
(b) 
A PEDESTRIAN MAY WALK CLOSE TO HIS OR HER 
RIGHT-HAND EDGE OF THE ROADWAY IF A 
CROSSWALK OR OTHER MEANS OF SAFELY 
CROSSING THE ROADWAY IS NOT AVAILABLE OR IF 
EXISTING TRAFFIC OR OTHER CONDITIONS WOULD 
COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF A PEDESTRIAN 
ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE ROAD.
SEC. 44-1. SOLICITATION OF RIDES. - NO PERSON SHALL 
STAND IN A ROADWAY WHICH IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED 
LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF 
SOLICITING A RIDE FROM THE DRIVER OF ANY VEHICLE.
SEC. 44-J. RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS. - PROVINCIAL BOARD, 
MUNICIPAL BOARD, OR CITY COUNCIL HAVING 
JURISDICTION OVER AN AREA SHALL PROVIDE 
APPROPRIATE SIGNS OR MARKINGS FOR PEDESTRIAN 
CROSSING.
SECTION 44-K. PENALTY. -
(a) THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT VIOLATES THE 
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A 
FINE RANGING FROM TWO THOUSAND PESOS


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(PHP2,000.00) TO 
(PHP20.000.00);
TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS
(b) A PEDESTRIAN FOUND TO BE VIOLATING THE 
PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A 
FINE RANGING FROM ONE THOUSAND PESOS 
(PHP1,000.00) 
TO TEN THOUSAND PESOS
(PHP10,000.00).
THE FINES IMPOSED HEREIN SHALL BE WITHOUT 
PREJUDICE TO ANY OTHER CRIMINAL, CIVIL AND 
ADMINISTRATIVE CASE THAT MAY BE FILED AGAINST THE 
OFFENDER.
SECTION 44-L. TRAINING OR REFRESHER COURSE. - ANY
PERSON WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS 
ACT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO THE 
APPROPRIATE TRAINING OR REFRESHER COURSE WITH 
THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 
AUTHORITY (TESDA) OR ITS ACCREDITED TRAINING 
CENTERS.
SEC. 5. Information Campaign. - The Department of Transportation 
(DOTr) shall conduct sustained information and education drives aimed at 
enhancing pedestrian and driver education.
The DOTr and the Land Transportation Office shall also closely 
coordinate with TESDA for the establishment of a training program for drivers 
and motorists consistent with the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days 
from the effectivity of this Act, the DOTr, in consultation with the appropriate 
stakeholders and in coordination with different government agencies that 
regulate traffic, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations to 
effectively implement this Act.
SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act 
(GAA).
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not affected thereby shall 
continue to be in full force and effect.
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - Section 42(c) of Republic Act No. 4136, 
otherwise known as Land Transportation and Traffic Code, as amended, is 
hereby repealed.


In addition, all laws, proclamations, executive orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, 
modified or amended accordingly.
SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation.
Approved,