Thailand Road Carnage: NINETY FOUR reported dead on Monday - nearly a MILLION injured this year

 

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Staggering statistics from an Ubon Ratchathani accident site online said that 94 people had been reported dead in 24 hours from midnight to midnight on Monday. 

 

Thaivisa notes that some of these may have been late reports from the long weekend but it is still an abnormally high figure even for a Monday. 

 

The site said that 3,311 were reported injured in the same period. 

 

Of the 94 dead 78 were motorcyclists and 16 were in cars. 

 

There were 89 Thais killed and 5 foreigners. 

 

Ninety one were adults and three were children under 15. 

 

This brought the year's total to 14,492 dead on Thai roads and 952,271 injured. 

 

 

With 17 days to go including the notoriously dangerous New Year period the number of injured could top a million, notes Thaivisa and the dead "at the scene" could easily surpass that from last year based on figures earlier published by Daily News. 

 

This in a year when the lockdown made the Thai roads particularly quiet for a long period. 

 

Many have called Thailand's road accident statistics a national disgrace that has never been properly addressed.

 

Senior government officials have admitted that the death toll, when those who die in and on the way to hospitals is added, is at least 20,000 a year.

 

Accident prevention groups say the figure is higher still at about 25,000 per year. 

 

Source: Facebook Ubon Ratchathani

 

 

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8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Many have called Thailand's road accident statistics a national disgrace that has never been properly addressed.

 

So true.

You could copy and paste this for an indefinite number years news, nothing will change unfortunately. 

Edited December 15, 20205 yr by Thaiwrath

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Many have called Thailand's road accident statistics a national disgrace

while the covid statistics is a national pride...... ????

Probably they didn't wear a face mask.

2 minutes ago, zhounan said:

Probably they didn't wear a face mask.

Where I am they wear face masks on bikes, but no helmets. Go figure.....

The cost of this carnage must be staggering.....it must be cheaper to teach them how to drive properly.

.....and according to a recent survey, Thai people are more afraid of catching Covid than they are getting killed or injured on their roads.

Which is an immensely sad testament on human nature which would be rather funny if it wasn't so pathetic. 

I guess this is the only way to support the local automotive industry. More accidents so they can sell more new cars.

Nice one Thailand.

Top marks again.

you should be ashamed of yourselves

 

 

And the government does nothing, absolutely nothing against this carnage!

 

They are only busy misusing politically the Covid pandamic for their own agenda of protecting the political status quo, by prolonging the state of emergency and diverting the public attention away from the real problems of the country. The daily road carnage is one of these unsolved big problems.

 

Nothing what this government does regarding Covid is really done by an intention to protect the life of Thailands citizens. They do it for other reasons, because the life of the people is not of any interest for them. Not one jota. Is there any better proof of that than their inactivity regarding the daily road carnage?

Just now, shady86 said:

I guess this is the only way to support the local automotive industry. More accidents so they can sell more new cars.

Yes but 50% of them come back.

Thailand, The Hub of Cut and Shut. 

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

With 17 days to go including the notoriously dangerous New Year period the number of injured could top a million, notes Thaivisa and the dead "at the scene" could easily surpass that from last year based on figures earlier published by Daily News

 

A million .! a million injured .! If that is accurate then it is beyond shameful .. 

Everyone in the Gov' and authorities who should be trying to put a halt to this should write that figure on their bathroom mirrors so that it's the first thing they see in the morn' to concentrate their minds ..

Where's Anutin ? he's health lackey , what's he got to say on this national shame .. 

Edited December 15, 20205 yr by Justgrazing
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67 reported dead on the long weekend, 94 reported dead on Monday! Three guesses which is the most auspicious day to die!

Just now, Justgrazing said:

 

A million .! a million .! If that is accurate then it is beyond shameful .. 

Everyone in the Gov' and authorities who should be trying to put a halt to this should write that figure on their bathroom mirrors so that it's the first thing they see in the morn' to concentrate their minds ..

Where's Anutin ? he's health lackey , what's he got to say on this national shame .. 

To be fair the top dog has told people he wants it stopped......can't do more than that.

1 minute ago, Justgrazing said:

If that is accurate then it is beyond shameful .. 

Happens year in, year out, nobody seems too concerned, don't stress!

27 minutes ago, sungod said:

Where I am they wear face masks on bikes, but no helmets. Go figure.....

Good. A face mask is enough to save you!????

25 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

The cost of this carnage must be staggering.....it must be cheaper to teach them how to drive properly.

the figures would be the same even if all were taught and had licences

3 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

67 reported dead on the long weekend, 94 reported dead on Monday! Three guesses which is the most auspicious day to die!

Beat me to it.  My sentiments exactly.  Only 67 dead over 4 days and then in one 24 hour period 94 died.  You can not make this up.  Wonder how many of the accidents were between Midnight on Sunday and 6 am Monday morning in just that 6 hour window.  Rushing to get home before school and work.  Starting to believe that Thailand mantra for driving or riding is "Drive it like you stole it"

 

Road safety and car accidents are much more of a problem in Thailand than COVID.  They took many precautions to combat COVID including killing their economy. Yet they do nothing to address road safety, unlicensed drivers and an extreme number of road related accidents and deaths.

A military backed government obsessed with zero covid cases and who don't care about continuing yearly deaths on Thai roads.

 

This same applies to worsening air pollution in Bangkok and elsewhere.

 

Nothing is ever done and never will be.

1 hour ago, Surelynot said:

The cost of this carnage must be staggering.....it must be cheaper to teach them how to drive properly.

I would have thought with the ridiculous amounts of death, injuries, hospital bills, write offs, funeral bills , repairs and law suits, driving insurance in Thailand SHOULD make driving basically so expensive they would never drive again !

15,000 fatalities is around half what it was a few years ago... so perhaps the Covid lockdowns & alcohol ban has made some impact.

 

But a million injuries is shocking.. that's 1.5% of the population...!

This shouldn't be surprising. After all, a recent poll claimed that Thais were more concerned about contracting Covid than being involved - and likely losing their lives - in traffic accidents. What a simple mindset.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaivisa notes that some of these may have been late reports from the long weekend

The number of 67(!) reported for a four(!) day long weekend in other news can not be true by any means.

They can't get their numbers right.

Edited December 15, 20205 yr by KhunBENQ

3 hours ago, Surelynot said:

The cost of this carnage must be staggering.....it must be cheaper to teach them how to drive properly.

The cost of all the Carnage on Thai roads really is staggering.

A while back, some reputable International Organization put the cost of all the Deaths and Injuries sustained at a whopping 12 % of GDP.

Now I do not suggest that these figures are wholly correct, and I may be having a senior moment, but it is fairly easy to see how such a figure could possibly be this large.

 

 

 

Edited December 15, 20205 yr by Cake Monster

Just how many of the road accidents were from big bikes? Enough for us to get a new license? Drivers training is needed by many. Every time I am on the road I see so many stupid moves, and they act like they control the road and will drive any way they want.  Have you noticed when you beep your horn if means nothing to them, they just keep doing what they were doing. I can only tell you what my area is like as I ride almost every day.

Nearly a million injured ?? 
Wow !! That is some highly impressive numbers right there !

952271 will be this weeks winning lottery number ! 

3 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Just how many of the road accidents were from big bikes? Enough for us to get a new license? Drivers training is needed by many. Every time I am on the road I see so many stupid moves, and they act like they control the road and will drive any way they want.  Have you noticed when you beep your horn if means nothing to them, they just keep doing what they were doing. I can only tell you what my area is like as I ride almost every day.

They have amulets don't forget.

5 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Just how many of the road accidents were from big bikes? Enough for us to get a new license? Drivers training is needed by many. Every time I am on the road I see so many stupid moves, and they act like they control the road and will drive any way they want.  Have you noticed when you beep your horn if means nothing to them, they just keep doing what they were doing. I can only tell you what my area is like as I ride almost every day.

They regard beeping the horn as an aggressive act, they lose face! But is is absolutely necessary for letting them know you are there and/or they are doing something stupid.

 

Comes back to that inability to take responsibility for one's actions...

4 hours ago, shady86 said:

I guess this is the only way to support the local automotive industry. More accidents so they can sell more new cars.

Did you think this up all by yourself considering that road deaths attributed to cars is approx. 20% of the yearly total-- so can't see too many new car sales in that especially when those killed won't be buying cars for many years after re-incarnation.