Road deaths, injuries up for first 2 days of Songkran

By The Nation

 

 

In just the first two days of the Songkran holiday’ “seven-day dangerous period” from April 11-17, a total of 99 people have been killed in traffic accidents, with another 1,085 injured.

 

The road accident count for the beginning days of this year’s notorious Songkran period have increased compared to the same period last year, while nearly 60,000 drunk drivers were arrested by the end of the second day of strict road safety monitoring.

 

The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre on Friday reported a total 1,026 road accidents occurred during the first two of the “seven dangerous days”, leaving 1,085 people injured and 99 killed.

 

It was found that the number of accidents, injuries, and deaths on the road has increased this year, since on the second day of the 2017 Songkran holiday’s seven dangerous days there were 994 accidents, 1,035 injured people, and 95 deaths.

National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) deputy spokesperson Colonel Sirichan Ngathong said that road travel was still far from safe, with officers finding 56,051 people driving dangerously or drunk while driving on day two of the operation to suppress drunk driving.

 

Sirichan said that 32,592 of those cases involved motorcyclists. Officers have seized 835 motorcycles and total confiscated 356 motorcycle driving licences.

 

The remaining 23,459 cases involved private cars or public vehicles, leading to 494 seized cars and 1,741 confiscated driver’s licences.

 

At the conclusion of the overall operation for the first two days, there were 59,390 cases of reckless driving, with 38,546 sent to court and 1,475 vehicles seized.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30343118

 

 

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4 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) deputy spokesperson Colonel Sirichan Ngathong said that road travel was still far from safe,

beating us about the head with the obvious; the numbers are nutsly bad

Way to go Thailand. I knew you could do it. Keep up the excellent work  for being the Number 1 country for highway deaths in the world. NOT.

Edited April 13, 20188 yr by khwaibah

A sobering thought or not.

This cannot be correct, before the holiday government lackies were spouting off about 7% reduction this year.

They said that there were measures in place to make songkran safer.

 

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by colinneil

Wonder what the number will be after last night's mayhem? 

60,000 drunk drivers in 2 days, and that’s only the ones caught!! Ever need an example of how irresponsible and selfish people are !


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5 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Wonder what the number will be after last night's mayhem? 

Distorted and inaccurate!

Along with old fasion costumes, buffalo carts would probably be a wise choice for transport.

29 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Sirichan said that 32,592 of those cases involved motorcyclists. Officers have seized 835 motorcycles and total confiscated 356 motorcycle driving licences.

 

That's not a great deal of deterrent %% 

Should read 32,592 bikes and licences were confiscated !! Never mind, at least they will hang on to No.1 status for at least another year..

60,000 drinks arrested in just two days is an absolutely staggering number and shows that drivers just don't give a <deleted> about other road users.

Whoever is is charge should hang their head in shame and resign because it's obvious they have no idea how to deal with the problem.

Don't think anyone here is surprised by this. Terribly sad RIP to those that have passed and also for the many, many more to come. 

The Thai population has spoken. They wholeheartedly believe in the right to drink and drive at any speed they wish, forego crash helmets and create water throwing hazards on the highway. Rules are not to be obeyed but broken. Its been going on for years and efforts to stop it are repeatedly ignored. All thats left is to decide if this a majority decision.

Reading the same news posts year after year for the last 30 years or so,

drunks, speeding, arrests, dead, injured by the dozens that will culminate

to several hundred (400-500) tragic loss of lives year after year, after year,

what can be done? in reality, nothing much, there are people who will 

continue to drive recklessly and utter disregards to road rules no

matter what you say or do to change this behavior....

46 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

on the second day of the 2017 Songkran holiday’s seven dangerous days there were 994 accidents, 1,035 injured people, and 95 deaths.

Yesterday it was 49 deaths on the first day, now plus 95 for the second, 49 + 95 = ????. Where does the 99 come from pray tell.

It still amazes me that it has taken them 2562 years to get to this point.....Somethings wrong in paradise.

28 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

That's not a great deal of deterrent %% 

Should read 32,592 bikes and licences were confiscated !! Never mind, at least they will hang on to No.1 status for at least another year..

No, but it sure makes for an excellent money grab under the guise of safety.

29 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Distorted and inaccurate!

Yep! if anyone can make any sense of these numbers, please - do share?

It was posted on another thread that 62 people a day were killed on Thai roads on any given day on average

Using that number as a baseline what is the + or minus in incidents, sounds simple enough, why do they make it so incomprehensible!

8 minutes ago, CGW said:

Yep! if anyone can make any sense of these numbers, please - do share?

It was posted on another thread that 62 people a day were killed on Thai roads on any given day on average

Using that number as a baseline what is the + or minus in incidents, sounds simple enough, why do they make it so incomprehensible!

It's what people have come to expect! Truth has low priority.

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by PatOngo

60,000 drunk drivers in two days and 59,000 cases of reckless driving? That overtakes by a long way many countries annual totals. Truly disgraceful.

60,000 done for drink driving. some vehicles confiscated, some licences confiscated, some to appear in court and some nothing it appears. it's a bloody shambles basically. how can they hope to improve things 

54 minutes ago, colinneil said:

This cannot be correct, before the holiday government lackies were spouting off about 7% reduction this year.

They said that there were measures in place to make songkran safer.

 

Sure, but wishful thinking doesn't reduce road deaths, no matter how hard you think or wish or  predict. 

Simply a lost cause, like trying to herd cats or teach basic addition to 6 month olds. 

11 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

 how can they hope to improve things 

One (backward) step at a time! pathetic isn't it

No surprise.

 

The police are not in forcing the law.

This is tragic...too much so for "smart ass" remarks....Each and every one of these tragedies leave devastated families in their wake. RIP..to all the deceased.

This is what happens when you have a country run by the mouth with never any action. How could it posssible get better by doing nothing? 

39 minutes ago, Sonhia said:

No surprise.

 

The police are not in forcing the law.

Though it does appear the police only enforce the law a couple of times a year, there are tens of thousands of people bent on destruction.   A lack of personal conduct is to blame more than anything.   

1 hour ago, CGW said:

Yep! if anyone can make any sense of these numbers, please - do share?

It was posted on another thread that 62 people a day were killed on Thai roads on any given day on average

Using that number as a baseline what is the + or minus in incidents, sounds simple enough, why do they make it so incomprehensible!

It is probably because of this

99 people have been killed in traffic accidents, with another 1,085 injured.

 

Thailand initially reports dead at scene

But of those "1085 injured" many will not make it

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

This cannot be correct, before the holiday government lackies were spouting off about 7% reduction this year.

They said that there were measures in place to make songkran safer.

 

That's the ten year plan; they didn't print that bit.