webfact Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Songkran: Fifty nine road deaths on Sunday - four day total 237 Picture: Daily News Daily News reported that fifty nine people died in road accidents on Sunday. The fourth day of the "Seven Deadly Days of Songkran" brought the total to 237. This was said to be less than last year. A police spokesman has said that arrests for DUI are up 20%. Sunday saw 567 accidents nationwide with 598 injuries. From 11th to 14th April inclusive there had been 2,232 accidents and 2,322 injuries. Lt-Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat of the Road Safety Directing Center said that drunk driving was responsible for 42% of accidents with speeding accounting for 25%. Some 78% of all acccidents involved motorcycles with 67% of accidents happening on straight stretches of roads. The rest of the accidents occurred in built up areas and side roads. He said that the worst time for accidents was 4 to 8 pm each day. He said campaigns and enforcement had led to a 20% rise in DUI arrests. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-04-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 The 67% of accidents happening on straight stretches of roads statistic must be a world class number one surely no one can beat this???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 What's different here,,,,,,,,,the daily average road deaths is over 50 a day all year long based on a news article posted here on TV last month,,,,,,,,,,,so I see no significant increase compared to a non-Songkran day. It's business as usual 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) 26 minutes ago, webfact said: "Seven Deadly Days of Songkran" Why don't the RSDC stay committed with a better campaign: "365 Deadly Days of Thailand"? Or they've planed to take a holiday until next Songkran? Edited April 16, 2019 by RotBenz8888 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum2200 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Build speed barriers along highways... This would greatly reduce fatality when vehicles loss control and would not smash into the trees.Sent from my SM-G975F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted April 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said: 100% of these stats are total nonsense. 88.2% of these statistics are made up on the spot. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehrdad Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Really some of people very like expiry life in songkran !!! Note :: (( some of stupid people with drunk driving)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Thats an average of 59.25 people per day ! The Vietnam War did not have an average death toll that high on the American side A National disgrace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Spectrum2200 said: Build speed barriers along highways... This would greatly reduce fatality when vehicles loss control and would not smash into the trees. Sent from my SM-G975F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app They'd kill themselves on the barriers instead... you can't stop a Thai doing what they do best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminomadic Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Numbers 2 and 3 are a LOCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Considering that the death rate on a normal day is mid 60s, then actually it should be called "The seven not quite as deady as usual days" as the police farce are compelled to actually get out there and do something due to media and political pressure to make it look good. So, ironically, you are actually safer to travel at these times than normal when apathy reigns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man River Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Doesn't take into account accidents caused by texting while driving Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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