167 people killed in road accidents for the first three days

 

 

Casualties from road accidents for the first three days of the “Seven Dangerous Days” of safety driving campaign have risen to 167 killed and 1,793 injured, with drunk driving being the main culprit of the road carnage.

 

According to the Centre for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents during the New Year’s festival, the updated report showed that, on December 30, there were altogether 649 road accidents, resulting to 73 deaths and 688 people injured, with drunk driving accounting for 47.92 percent of the accidents followed by speeding, which accounted for 21.88 percent of the accidents.

 

Motorcycles accounted for 78.77 percent of the accidents on December 30, followed by 8.07 percent from pickup trucks. 65.95 percent of the incidents took place on straight roads under the jurisdiction of the Highways Department, with 26.66 percent of the incidents occurring during 4 pm-8 pm.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/167-people-killed-road-accidents-first-three-days/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-12-31

Come on, Thailand, that's a measly 55.66 a day.  I know you can get it up to 60 per day with just a little effort. lol

 

Deja Vu?...............I'm sure I have read this before?

Better so far than recent years, but still so very tragic. The numbers for last year and the year before can be found here:
http://www.richardbarrow.com/2017/01/full-road-accident-statistics-for-new-year-2016-2017-in-thailand/

167 deaths already registered but many more expected from those with life-threatening injuries in hospital. These typically add a further 10% onto the initial figure, 16 let's say, giving a 'grand' - no sic-pun intended - total of 183.

 

Last year's 3-day total was 199, so we could be in for a nigh-on10% reduction . . . if we're not careful.

It's a lost cause I'm afraid.


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At what point do they start shooting survivors to meet their declared target?

199 in 2016 for the same period, now 167 in day 3 of 2017, hang in there guys, its a start in the right direction, and if it proves to be successful after day 7, they might just actually adopt this is a good thing and a step in the right direction, i.e. taking responsibility for its citizens and saving their lives, because their citizens are absolutely lost when it comes to drinking and driving as its been open slather since day dot, now to curb it in for once and for all.

 

Every life saved matters, every life has a father, a mother, sister, brother, son, daughter, and so on and so forth that doesn't need to grieve. 

 

Edited December 31, 20178 yr by 4MyEgo

24 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

It's a lost cause I'm afraid.


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With nearly 50% of all the accidents being caused by drink driving, the time has come for Thailand to treat the matter seriously. No more petty fines or bribes on the side the road. When people know they are going to face serious jail time for drink driving, regardless of who they are, we will see the number of innocent lives lost drop dramatically. Then they need to get real with road law enforcement, though we all know none of this is likely to happen, as the Government doesn't have the balls to actually implement unpopular policies, so the dead will continue to mount up.

every year same same but different year

Chiang Mai and Buri Ram registered the highest number of accidents on December 30 with 27 each while Buri Ram and Maha Sarakham scored the highest death toll on a single day at five each.

 

For three running days from Dec 28-30, Chiang Mai topped the list of highest number of accidents at 62 cases. Si Sa Ket recorded the highest accumulated death toll at nine and Buri Ram recorded the highest number of injuries at 69.

 

 

 

Best drivers are obviously Isaanerjos////

Edited December 31, 20178 yr by jenny2017

1 hour ago, Ossy said:

167 deaths already registered but many more expected from those with life-threatening injuries in hospital. These typically add a further 10% onto the initial figure, 16 let's say, giving a 'grand' - no sic-pun intended - total of 183.

 

Last year's 3-day total was 199, so we could be in for a nigh-on10% reduction . . . if we're not careful.

Fair point, but are they added to the tally on the day they died or the day of their fatal injury?

Every time, this time of year, the govt clowns do their song and dance. I remember the HUGE publicity they came out with last year - TV and media campaigns. And someone was clever enough to say - "Hey! Let'a have a countdown! Everyone loves a countdown!"

 

And with 3 days to go, of plastering this year's road slaughter up and compared against last year's massacres, the whole things was far worse (again, as it is every year) that the whole publicity campaign quietly disappeared from the public eyes, half way through the 7 days, and with great loss of face all round.

 

And at the end of 2017 here we go again. It looks like the ridiculous idea of setting up hundreds of free chicken soup stalls by the roadside (this years Bright Idea) was just as shit-useless as everyone (except the Thai authorities) knew it would be. 

 

 The whole damn thing would be insanely funny if it didn't all revolve around hundreds of lives being lost and thousands of injuries.

 

 

Edited December 31, 20178 yr by robsamui

A nation of alcoholics  by the looks of  things.

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

With nearly 50% of all the accidents being caused by drink driving, the time has come for Thailand to treat the matter seriously. No more petty fines or bribes on the side the road. When people know they are going to face serious jail time for drink driving, regardless of who they are, we will see the number of innocent lives lost drop dramatically. Then they need to get real with road law enforcement, though we all know none of this is likely to happen, as the Government doesn't have the balls to actually implement unpopular policies, so the dead will continue to mount up.

 

The last Songkram hoiliday son-in-law got stopped by the police , well drunk ,no crash helmet no driving license, got fined 3000 baht, about to leave the roadside checkpoint , police said another 500 baht S-in-L  , what for BIB said to buy some whiskey.

With an attitude like that, how will things ever change as has been said before never?

Last Son-in-Law died ,he and a mate drunk on a motorbike, no helmets hit the back of a bus , both well dead.this was 19 years ago , nothing has changed. 

Getting closer to the magic number of 365 daily average of 61. Keep on truckin'

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Dunno why this keeps being a story, it's the same every single year.
Bit like flooding. You can just recycle the same news articles year after year.
Must make being a journalist a little like a grade school teacher who just trots out the same lesson plan year after year

4 hours ago, DNPBC0 said:

Fair point, but are they added to the tally on the day they died or the day of their fatal injury?

Sorry . . . I'm not sure about that but I surely wish you a HNY!

All this shows is a meagre reduction  of deaths from normal days

 

 

So surely it mean the whatever policing Blah blah must be extended to 365 days a year!

6 hours ago, DNPBC0 said:

Fair point, but are they added to the tally on the day they died or the day of their fatal injury?

On the day they died.

It doesn’t matter if it is a holiday or a normal day. The number of casualties is the same. I can’t understand this hype of preventing accidents during the holidays when during the other days the guard is let down by news and police force. I see bad driving all year around! There is more to it to stop this carnage. I’m glad that TV is showing commercials about dangerous driving now. At least something is moving on into the right direction. 

All these campaigns are such a farce and have no bearings on how many die when you have numbers so close year after year after year....

 

thai driving behaviors are not being altered changed modified whatever...

 

30 minutes on the road tells you that....yesterday two turn lanes at the signal with the outer turn straight or turn...I am  in the outer one turning and the guy in the inner one goes straight...thank god I know how Thai drivers driver....do as they please irregardless to the rules of the road....

Meanwhile the NINE police officers posted at Baan Amphur Pattaya have not even glanced at the road and I have passed them every day.  What a waste of resources if they can be labelled that; on my return journey in the dark I pass scores of bikes without lights on stretches of ill-lit roads weaving and racing in and out of traffic.

The numbers are down because they are adjusted... there would be lots of embarrassment / loss of face if the numbers went up, despite the huge campaign/budget and all the publicity to reduce the deaths.

 

It's a futile exercise, as the Thais don't like rules and being told what to do, and without adequate policing and education, nothing is going to change their way of thinking. The majority of Thais still have a 3rd world country mind set...

Edited January 1, 20188 yr by merlin2002

If they really want to surpass that 400 mark, they'll have to do better - a lot better!!

16 hours ago, darksidedog said:

With nearly 50% of all the accidents being caused by drink driving, the time has come for Thailand to treat the matter seriously. No more petty fines or bribes on the side the road. When people know they are going to face serious jail time for drink driving, regardless of who they are, we will see the number of innocent lives lost drop dramatically. Then they need to get real with road law enforcement, though we all know none of this is likely to happen, as the Government doesn't have the balls to actually implement unpopular policies, so the dead will continue to mount up.

Surely the key statistic is the 77% of accidents involve motorcycles. The authorities  must do something about this if they are going to have a real effect on road safety. 

Unlicensed, untrained, unprotected motorcyclists are the biggest road problem in urban and rural Thailand. The drunk driving aspect just makes it worse but it’s not the main cause.

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A failed country with no brain!

So far in three days in Phetchabun city , I haven't seen one road block for checks...In fact the only policeman I have seen was off duty drinking in small cafe.  and a couple sitting outside there box in ban Kok. Perhaps they are just waiting to spring into action somewhere!

Edited January 1, 20188 yr by phetpeter