Road death toll jumps to 109 in first two days of safe driving campaign

[webfact]

Road death toll jumps to 109 in first two days of safe driving campaign

 

 

Authorities have been instructed to tighten up traffic controls in high risk areas as the death toll for the first two days of the seven-day dangerous travel period over the New Year holidays increased from 43 to 109 and the number of injured rose by 527 to 993.

 

Road accidents during that 48 hours were recorded at 974, with the southern province of Surat Thani topping the list with 33 incidents and 37 people injured. Chiang Rai and Nakhon Sawan had the highest death toll at 6 each.

 

Drink driving has been a factor in 35.49% of the accidents and motorcycles have been blamed for 74.57%.  65.1% of the accidents occurred on Highway Department’s roads and 30.98% on secondary roads under the jurisdiction of tambon administration organizations and villages.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/road-death-toll-jumps-to-109-in-first-two-days-of-safe-driving-campaign/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-12-30

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[thasoss]

why does this country do nothing to stop this carnage? Is it just put in the "too hard basket"

Or is it a buddha thing.............reincarnation,so why bother everyone comes back anyway?

[MasterBaker]

One day these morons will understand that this is not about traffic controls...

[cardinalblue]

That explains the increase in the soi dog population...

 

w/o proper road enforcement, doesn’t matter how many campaign slogans and committee meetings of big wigs you have...

 

thais continue to drive reckless with abandon...example - drove yesterday from CM to KK....Thais passing over double solid yellow line when the other direction has a 2 lane incl passable lane...mind boggling

 

 

[ChrisY1]

1 hour ago, thasoss said:

why does this country do nothing to stop this carnage? Is it just put in the "too hard basket"

Or is it a buddha thing.............reincarnation,so why bother everyone comes back anyway?

Nobody cares !

[blazes]

Road accidents during that 48 hours were recorded at 974, with the southern province of Surat Thani topping the list with 33 incidents and 37 people injured.

 

Was it TAT the other day that announced that whole plane loads of Russians are now flying directly from Siberia to Surat Thani.

Erm, the Russians are well known to be trying to catch up with Thailand in the traffic fatality league.

[Just1Voice]

They just don't care. 

[Somtamnication]

Me thinks it these deaths will draw more quality drivers to Thailand, let's say, more Indians and Chinese. Better drivers, all!

[Ventenio]

so if 70,000,000 then 69,999,891 safe.   not bad.

 

i was on the roads for a few hours yesterday and the traffic is madness.  everyone going home because of the new holiday on Monday.   five cars passing on the wrong side of the road as cars coming the other way are forced to the shoulder.  crazy

[RichardColeman]

Putting this into perspective, Uk road deaths is about 3 a day for roughly about the same size population. So over a months worth of UK death in just 2 days. Pathetic.

[whaleboneman]

Thailand, doing whatever it can to reduce an overpopulated planet.

[Assurancetourix]

21 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

as cars coming the other way are forced to the shoulder.  crazy

by knocking over and killing some motorcyclists;
then in the statistics, we will see that a large percentage of motorcyclists are involved in accidents while in reality they have nothing to do with them ...

Edited December 30, 2019 by Assurancetourix

[sammieuk1]

On the second day of slaughter my true love said to me 109 dead and a PM in an ivory tree????

 

Passed by the funeral of one of the two victims slaughtered a few hundred meters from my house they were on a scooter doing a u-turn when a warp speed pickup took them out from behind. seriously take care and make it to next year. me I think I will stay in and hope a careering pickup doesn't take me out in my sleep Happy New Year????   

 

 

 

[madmitch]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Authorities have been instructed to tighten up traffic controls in high risk areas

Isn't every road in Thailand a high risk area?

[berrec]

Thailand motorists out for a pleasurable drive over the New Year period.

[mike787]

Just a normal day in the thunder dome.

[Assurancetourix]

4 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Isn't every road in Thailand a high risk area?

No, 

Not at all, but Thai people are still new to driving;
driving schools are very rare in Thailand and students even more rare ...
Also without knowing where and by whom the instructors were trained.
When it comes to going from Sawang daen Din to Nong Khai, the inhabitants of Sawang know only one road; the 22 to Udon Thani then the ring road and then the 2 to Nong Khai ..
While there are at least four other roads, maybe a little longer but completely deserted; almost no traffic

and I keep riding my bicycle, avoiding well on busy roads.

 

Photo shot yesterday morning 

 

[Chassa]

10 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

While there are at least four other roads, maybe a little longer but completely deserted; almost no traffic

Very scenic too!

[saminoz]

My wife's cousin accounted for two of those deaths, colliding with a motorcyce/food stall trying to do a u-turn, no lights in the early morning.  H and the motorcucle rider were klled on the scene.  Alchohol was not a factor as he stopped drinking two years ago when his brother was killed at the same time of year on the roads!

He was, though, going too fast (IMHO) judging from the state of his car which left the road, rolled several times and ended up submerged in a ditch.

What strikes me is the nonchalance with which the bad news is greeted by the Thais, including my wife who is comparatively well educated and more western in approach to life!

[saminoz]

"877,714 vehicles were stopped for checks across the country, 194,549 people were charged with traffic violations, including 53,072 cases of not wearing crash helmets and 48,249 cases of driving with licenses."

Imagine if they included the cases of people driving without licenses!!! 

[Krataiboy]

motorcycles have been blamed for 74.57% (of total accidents). 

 

Blamed by whom? The drivers of the vehicles they tangled with? Or has some government official or journo jumped to conclusions because, as usual, most of the dead and injured were on motorbikes?

 

Usual sloppy reporting and no meaningful analysis. 

 

 

[Millcx]

1 hour ago, whaleboneman said:

Thailand, doing whatever it can to reduce an overpopulated planet.

They will blame the falangs in a special report for all carnage

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, thasoss said:

why does this country do nothing to stop this carnage? Is it just put in the "too hard basket"

Or is it a buddha thing.............reincarnation,so why bother everyone comes back anyway?

None of the above really, the stark truth is the populous itself.
Nothing the police, officials or ministers will do will change a damn thing.

The majority of Thais are to stubborn or just plain lazy to change their habits.

They're happy with no driving tuition... that costs money and time, both they'll swear they don't have!

They're happy not wearing helmets, that costs money too.
They're happy putting the whole family in the rear tray of a vehicle... they only have one pick-up.

They're happy with 3+ or more on a motorcycle... they only have one.

They're happy celebrating all day and driving home under the influence, or even blind drunk.
They're happy with taking a chance of being stopped, pay a fine and carry on regardless.

They're happy with road death or injury and accept that as a bad luck.

Anyone who tries to change any of the above will be met with cries of protest... from these very same people.

In short the government/police etc etc have given up and let the masses have their way and keep the peace.

Up-setting the majority of the populous would harm the votes!

Death on the road while a tragedy is acceptable, losing votes is most definitely not!

[tinca tinca]

driving education, driving education, driving education IS THE ONLY WAY forward.....start with the basics....and teach good driving from the beginning....

Enforce the laws already in existance.....and hand out severe fines, and in some cases crush the vehicles, and also hand out proper jail terms !!!

[Purdey]

Yesterday Bangkok was so easy to drive through. The only police checks were in areas where roads narrowed but no police on expressway booths. With a police force backed by the military, they could have checkpoints on every major street, but no. Partly, the political will is not there to harass people into better driving. Perhaps a better rail system would encourage Thais to stop driving, but the dual track rail system discussed since the 90s is still not a reality. Mass transportation would really help lower the death toll.

[kiwikeith]

3 hours ago, thasoss said:

why does this country do nothing to stop this carnage? Is it just put in the "too hard basket"

Or is it a buddha thing.............reincarnation,so why bother everyone comes back anyway?

Old faithfuls prayers and selfie's are being ignored.

I beg you to not drink does not hold water, Thai drivers are ,shocking, the bikes are immune to accidents, I still see no helmets, I still see babies on bikes and lunatics driving at mad speeds, flashing lights as they go " get out of my way me first".

I do not see BIB on the road, I do not see enforcement, and I do see that the idiots are thinking of raising the speed limits.

The roads here are suicide lanes and old faithfuls prayers won't cut it.

'

[kiwikeith]

9 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Yesterday Bangkok was so easy to drive through. The only police checks were in areas where roads narrowed but no police on expressway booths. With a police force backed by the military, they could have checkpoints on every major street, but no. Partly, the political will is not there to harass people into better driving. Perhaps a better rail system would encourage Thais to stop driving, but the dual track rail system discussed since the 90s is still not a reality. Mass transportation would really help lower the death toll.

Might lower the death toll for Chinese tourists, won't help Thais

[Road Warrior]

they will never learn !!  life here so cheap ???  sad 

[Elkski]

Did see police pulling over  for no helmets  yesterday but also man going through red light because  he can.   This am having  coffee at a sidewalk  stall  and man from a parked minivan for hire comes up and  gets  bottle of soap 20 baht.  I guess he implied he was with us  and we would pay. Barista even bagged it for him. Then as he drove off she asked if were with  him.  This is the thai  criminal  mind.  Imho.  This guy has done like this before.  He saw an opportunity.   

[emptypockets]

56 minutes ago, mike787 said:

Just a normal day in the thunder dome.

Nonsense. It has been said many times, and quoted on this forum, that all fatalities are included in the gross yearly total yet people still peddle the above myth.

Curious to know how the author of the alleged statistics actually found the numbers used if they aren't actually published. Just a guess, I guess.