76 people killed on Thai roads on Tuesday, 483 killed in August - year's fatalities top 8,500

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76 people killed on Thai roads on Tuesday, 483 killed in August - year's fatalities top 8,500

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported yet more appalling carnage on the nation's roads.

 

Dead at the scene of accidents on Tuesday were another 76 people.

 

This brought the fatality figure for the first 11 days of August to 483. 

 

The total for 2020 stands at 8,516.

 

Many more will have died after deaths on the way to and at hospitals are added to the tally. The death toll on the Thai roads has been accepted by government figures as being in excess of 20,000 annually and some estimates put the figure at between 24-26,000, notes Thaivisa.

 

Reporting on the latest deaths in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the carnage, Daily News said that a Mitsubishi Triton driven by a 63 year old man had hit a power pole in Muang district of Buriram. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

It burst into flames and locals managed to extricate the driver before he was incinerated. He was alive and taken to hospital.

 

His wife later went to the police and said that he had been tired from work. 

 

It is thought he fell asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The media warned the Thai public about driving while tired. 

 

Huge signs that say in Thai "Nguang Jort Phak" (sleepy, take a rest) have been erected on the highways all over Thailand in recent years in an effort to combat this, notes Thaivisa. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[ezzra]

Scary figures indeed, and the more holidays and extra, extended off days the government gives willy nilly to the people just to look good more the higher the dead and injured toll will be

[PatOngo]

55 minutes ago, Paiman said:

Something basic is missing.

Basic common sense!

[Phuketshrew]

76 deaths on the roads, but no reported deaths from Covid. Priorities?

[damascase]

So, 78 in one day? So the roads will be closed from now on? 

[JusticeGB]

58 covid19 deaths in the last 5 months so close down the country. 68 road deaths in one day why not ban driving?

[mtls2005]

Road deaths are #9 on the list here.

 

Are we going to get a daily tally on 

 

heart disease

stroke

lower respiratory infections

liver cancer

kidney disease

lung Cancer

HIV/AIDs

 

Cirrhosis

 

 

?

[Scot123]

Question to thai government: Why all the fuss over a virus that maybe killing a couple of people in thailand when you have a mass murderer "Thai Roads"? The reaction to a virus if transferred to roads would mean closing all roads and returning to buffalo carts.

[Bender Rodriguez]

microsleep, brake failure

 

or no driving skills, high speed, alcohol, yabaa

[Pilotman]

This report does not provide comparative figures.   A daily monthly or annual figure is a bit meaningless without context. How does Tuesday compare to other holiday days, how do the annual figures compare to previous years, how many of the  dead were on motorbikes, what is the age profile of those who have died, what locations are more deadly?  Without those comparative numbers, this report is not even interesting, let alone useful in drawing conclusions. 

[bobbin1955]

3 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

76 deaths on the roads, but no reported deaths from Covid. Priorities?

Correct Covid forgotten - business as normal for the government 555!

[Khunangkaro]

3 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Basic common sense!

Time for lock down on the roads... 

[sammieuk1]

Got to be good at something ???? 

[Emdog]

Not including those who die in hospital is typically insane.

"Thailand had the world’s second-highest rate of road fatalities per capita.." (2015 numbers)

"The government vowed at a United Nations forum in 2015 to halve the number of road traffic deaths by 2020."

So much for vows....

US has 36k deaths last year

Thailand maybe 25k, numbers game

USA is about 5x population of Thailand....

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/world/asia/thailand-inequality-road-fatalities.html

 

 

 

 

[loong]

4 hours ago, Paiman said:

They do like the Power poles.

 

They do not grasp the fact, that 2 items can not occupy the same space.

 

Something basic is missing.

 

IT is about time that the authorities realised that they could cut road accidents by half simply by burying all power cables and of course removing these highly suicidal power poles.

[scammed]

ignoring right of way and lane cutting

[Snackbar]

The road sign says ‘Take a nap’

 

What could go wrong?

[cxxis]

Thailand is protecting the potential visitors to the contry from this ideocracy by keeping the borders closed due to C-19.

[Mung]

1 hour ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

microsleep, brake failure

 

or no driving skills, high speed, alcohol, yabaa

Yaabaa probably makes you drive more efficiently 

[PatOngo]

4 hours ago, damascase said:

So, 78 in one day? So the roads will be closed from now on? 

No, they don't really care about road fatalities!

[tonysilly]

Maybe the government should keep all Thai people off the road for six months??? No! Can Not! Hospital make money mak mak    so sad. Corona only killed 58, and Thai road kills thousands.  When we they learn???

[barney42bb]

Not Rocket Science to any reasonable pragmatist...While all this just puts the COVID19 paranoia into perspective.

[PatOngo]

4 minutes ago, tonysilly said:

When we they learn???

They won't!.............Farang tink too mut!

 

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by PatOngo

[Oldie]

4 hours ago, damascase said:

So, 78 in one day? So the roads will be closed from now on? 

Not yet. At first people should be only allowed to drive with masks. Obviously they help. 

[crickets]

Driving on public holidays is horrible.....had to swerve twice from pickups travelling on the wrong side of the road speeding on Tuesday. I usually keep the family of the road and wont let the wife drive far during them. Most accidents occur because of not one stupid person but two coming together at the same time. see it so often.

[PEE TEE]

So it goes on ..why am i not surprised ? 

[PEE TEE]

Every wednesday night I drive 7k I count most times average of 28 motor bikes with no lights  yet the police expect this but not helmets in the day time .  

[Swedenlars]

And what is weather forecast for tomorrow?

[ronaldo0]

Yeah Covid is very bad !! Lunatics running the asylum comes to mind !

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Huge signs that say in Thai "Nguang Jort Phak" (sleepy, take a rest) have been erected on the highways all over Thailand in recent years in an effort to combat this, notes Thaivisa.

Can't read them when the eyelids are closed...