Thailand Road Carnage: 750cc bike slams into Vios crossing the road - two dead two injured

[webfact]

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported on a horrific smash on Pahonyothin Road, KM marker 290, in Muang district of Chainat in central Thailand.

 

A Suzuki GSX-R750 had slammed into a black Toyota Vios whose female driver was trying to cross the main road to the other side.

 

The superbike slammed into the door of the Vios trapping the driver.

 

Despite the attention of rescue teams driver Orn-uma, 42, died at the scene from head trauma.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The bike rider had multiple injuries and was already dead.

 

He was named as 40 year old Pheeraphan from Nakhon Sawan. 

 

Two occupants of the car Chirawit, 44 and and a boy called Thanakorn were taken to hospital with injuries. 

 

When the wife of the motorcyclist arrived on the scene she suspected the worst when she moved the white sheet.

 

She gasped saying: "I told him not to come".

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

She explained that her husband was a mechanic known as Joon who was with two biker buddies. She had warned him not to ride such a big machine but he wouldn't listen. 

 

The people in the car were going home after attending a funeral.  

 

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[Kwasaki]

Warned not to ride such a big machine because car drivers will not take any notice of you if they want to cross the road in front of you. 

RIP killed by another bad car driver and probably an inexperienced big bike rider. 

Edited February 2, 2022 by Kwasaki

[RichardColeman]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

The people in the car were going home after attending a funeral.  

probably from another road accident

[2long]

Almost certainly a combination of speed (I'm not saying how fast) and the driver either not looking properly or not being able to see properly... or at least not being able to judge the speed of the bike properly.

RIP to both involved.

 

Will others learn from this? I guess not, but hope so.

[SS1]

Not entirely sure from the photos, but looks like another idiot driver cutting accross 3 lines straight to cross the road through a u-turn. 

[bradiston]

The ASEAN NOW accident investigation teams are out as usual. Already figured out who's to blame and why. Great going guys, from a couple of photos, excellent work. Not.

[JonnyF]

Very sad.

 

But nothing to do with the size of the bike. They only go as fast as you twist the throttle. They're not wild horses with a mind of their own.

 

Looks like the Vios was doing the old "Pull onto the highway and get straight into the outside lane while still doing 10kph to make a U turn" trick. Probably while simultaneously perfecting the "No need to look if I do it slow" routine.

[Chelseafan]

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Very sad.

 

But nothing to do with the size of the bike. They only go as fast as you twist the throttle. They're not wild horses with a mind of their own.

 

Looks like the Vios was doing the old "Pull onto the highway and get straight into the outside lane while still doing 10kph to make a U turn" trick. Probably while simultaneously perfecting the "No need to look if I do it slow" routine.

 

I've lost count the amount of times I've had to brake hard in the outer lane for this very reason and without being misogynistic its nearly always women.

 

Edited February 2, 2022 by Chelseafan

[alien365]

57 minutes ago, bradiston said:

The ASEAN NOW accident investigation teams are out as usual. Already figured out who's to blame and why. Great going guys, from a couple of photos, excellent work. Not.

It's a forum so deal with it. Based on our experience driving/riding on the roads here we face potential threats like this regularly. It's only natural we will say what we believe happened on a forum. 

Edited February 2, 2022 by alien365

[Hummin]

49 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

 

I've lost count the amount of times I've had to brake hard in the outer lane for this very reason and without being misogynistic its nearly always women.

 

When we see a U-turn comes up, we slow down a little bit try to read the traffic from any possible horisontal angle,  be ready and wait for it. 

 

My experience Thai drivers do not slow down before they have to, and often to late if they believe they have the right on their side. 

 

Anyway, the traffic from behind is always responsible for the traffic in front. Golden rule in Thailand

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, SS1 said:

Not entirely sure from the photos, but looks like another idiot driver cutting accross 3 lines straight to cross the road through a u-turn. 

Looking at the photo, it looks like a perfect broadside, she was a dumb driver not aware of her actions, and the rider was obviously using too much gas.

[bradiston]

1 hour ago, alien365 said:

It's a forum so deal with it. Based on our experience driving/riding on the roads here we face potential threats like this regularly. It's only natural we will say what we believe happened on a forum. 

Without any real evidence? Moved to ASEAN now jury forum.

[Kwasaki]

32 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Without any real evidence? Moved to ASEAN now jury forum.

If you read the car was crossing a main road, the motorbike rider was riding on the main road. 

The picture shows a whooping great dent in the side of the car made by the motorbike.

How much more evidence do you need.

It's the classic 'T' bone crash scenario not rocket science.

[Chelseafan]

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

Anyway, the traffic from behind is always responsible for the traffic in front. Golden rule in Thailand

For sure but its the responsibility of the driver coming onto the motorway to give way and only proceed when its safe. Some of these veichles are so old that they don't have the ability to pick up speed quickly and shouldnt be on the road full stop

 

[Chelseafan]

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

When we see a U-turn comes up, we slow down a little bit try to read the traffic from any possible horisontal angle,  be ready and wait for it. 

 

My experience Thai drivers do not slow down before they have to, and often to late if they believe they have the right on their side. 

 

Anyway, the traffic from behind is always responsible for the traffic in front. Golden rule in Thailand

 

My rule is to indicate very early when entering a u-turn and reduce speed slowly...

..

[it is what it is]

5 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Very sad.

 

But nothing to do with the size of the bike. They only go as fast as you twist the throttle. They're not wild horses with a mind of their own.

 

Looks like the Vios was doing the old "Pull onto the highway and get straight into the outside lane while still doing 10kph to make a U turn" trick. Probably while simultaneously perfecting the "No need to look if I do it slow" routine.

agree, very sad.

 

not sure anyone was blaming the bike, or the car.

[Hummin]

1 hour ago, Chelseafan said:

For sure but its the responsibility of the driver coming onto the motorway to give way and only proceed when its safe. Some of these veichles are so old that they don't have the ability to pick up speed quickly and shouldnt be on the road full stop

 

For mine and yours sake, you do not take it for granted. This something that happens quite often, and if you do not pay attention to it, it can be the last thing you do. 

 

So many distractions that it is easy to loose focus

[Tropposurfer]

Take a look at the impact zone of the bike in the car ... Takes a lot of speed for a bike to do that even to a lightweight, small Toyota.

[Deli]

8 hours ago, 2long said:

Almost certainly a combination of speed (I'm not saying how fast) and the driver either not looking properly or not being able to see properly... or at least not being able to judge the speed of the bike properly.

RIP to both involved.

 

Will others learn from this? I guess not, but hope so.

Female car driver xing the road...

Says a lot to me. 1 jand on the phone, chatting with passengers about the food at the funeral and moving at snail speed...

Just thinking

[bradiston]

14 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

If you read the car was crossing a main road, the motorbike rider was riding on the main road. 

The picture shows a whooping great dent in the side of the car made by the motorbike.

How much more evidence do you need.

It's the classic 'T' bone crash scenario not rocket science.

Absurd. What speed was the bike travelling at? What were the driving conditions? It takes 2 to t-bone. Without a proper accident investigation, you can write this stuff any way you want.

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

Absurd. What speed was the bike travelling at? What were the driving conditions? It takes 2 to t-bone. Without a proper accident investigation, you can write this stuff any way you want.

You make no sense whatsoever.

You are obviously not a a regular road user. 

[KhunBENQ]

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I simply can't get the facts together from the report.

Edited February 3, 2022 by KhunBENQ

[ChipButty]

I live in a small tamboon and whenever I see these big bikes they are always flying along, I had 3 of them Ducati bikes along side of me at the lights the other day, once the lights turned to green they were gone 

[bradiston]

4 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

You make no sense whatsoever.

You are obviously not a a regular road user. 

15 years driving a black cab in London. 0 points on my licence. What bit of "you have no idea what you're talking about" don't you understand?

[Artisi]

On 2/2/2022 at 3:20 PM, alien365 said:

It's a forum so deal with it. Based on our experience driving/riding on the roads here we face potential threats like this regularly. It's only natural we will say what we believe happened on a forum. 

But saying it doesn't make it a fact..... 

[Artisi]

On 2/3/2022 at 7:40 AM, bradiston said:

Absurd. What speed was the bike travelling at? What were the driving conditions? It takes 2 to t-bone. Without a proper accident investigation, you can write this stuff any way you want.

The local BIB would have completed a full and thorough investigation - - easy to see cause, bike hit car in door. 

[BangkokReady]

On 2/2/2022 at 2:29 PM, JonnyF said:

But nothing to do with the size of the bike. They only go as fast as you twist the throttle. They're not wild horses with a mind of their own.

The bigger the bike, the faster they go.  If he was on a smaller bike, he would not have been able to go as fast.  Limit the size of bike people are allowed to drive, limit the speed they can reach.

 

So no, not nothing to do with the size of the bike.

[alien365]

14 hours ago, Artisi said:

But saying it doesn't make it a fact..... 

Nobody ever said it did. We're simply giving our opinions on a forum. If nobody posted their opinions there would be no forums to read. 

[Artisi]

54 minutes ago, alien365 said:

Nobody ever said it did. We're simply giving our opinions on a forum. If nobody posted their opinions there would be no forums to read. 

And the sky might fall in as well.