Phuket passes Day 3 of Songkran holidays with zero road deaths

[rooster59]

Phuket passes Day 3 of Songkran holidays with zero road deaths

The Phuket News

 

A Traffic Police officer on duty at the bottom of Patong Hill. Phuket has yet to one fatality on the roads in this year's Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign. Photo: Supplied
 

PHUKET: Phuket concluded Day 3 of this year’s Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign at midnight last night with zero deaths on the island’s roads in the 24-hour period.

 

The news came as the Department of Disaster Prevention & Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) announced its official daily report for the Songkran Seven Days campaign this morning (April 14).

 

For the 24 hours of April 13, the main holiday of the dangerous week on Phuket’s roads, there were 15 accidents reported in which 16 people injured, as follows:

• Muang District: 8 accidents, 9 people injured
• Kathu District: 4 accidents, 4 people injured
• Thalang District: 3 accidents, 3 people injured

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-passes-day-3-of-songkran-holidays-with-zero-road-deaths-66769.php#BGf8UJgp54khMTp8.97

 

 

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[Somtamnication]

Surreal to say this, but, impressive.

[dcsw53]

Hard to believe but if its true then why cant it happen every day ?

Police should say what they did differently, no way this result was spontaneous or luck.

[Moti24]

13 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Phuket passes Day 3 of Songkran holidays with zero road deaths

Must be saving their annual quota for buses with brake failure.