113 people die on Thai roads in first 3 days of Thailand’s Songkran festival

[snoop1130]

 

113 people have died and 853 others have been injured in 869 road accidents since Monday, during the first three days of this year’s Songkran festival, according to the Department of Public Disasters Prevention and Mitigation.

 

30.51% of the accidents involved drunk driving and 30.21% involved speeding. Motorcycles were involved in 81.36% of the accidents, 7.10% involved pickup trucks.

 

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38.97% of the accidents took place on the country’s highways and 35.95% on secondary roads in villages and areas under the jurisdiction of Tambon (sub-district) Administration Organizations.

 

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[TheFishman1]

I don’t believe any of the numbers that Thailand puts out to the public TIT

[ikke1959]

This year different from other years, where there were provincial cases.. This year it seems that there are far less accidents injured and deaths...... Probably to show that the RTP is doing their job and the measurements are working... But reality????

 

Just in the Netherlands last year only 518 deaths... and that in 1 year....

Edited April 14, 2022 by ikke1959

[hotchilli]

Thailands lawless roads and a love of alcohol... what could possibly;y go wrong?

[IAMHERE]

I believe the numbers well enough but don't know if they are over or under the average. If I were guessing I'd say a bit under.

[GreasyFingers]

Remember when posters here were saying Covid deaths were nothing compared to Thai road deaths.

[Road Warrior]

sad so many road deaths , 

[shackleton]

We discuss this subject every year nothing changes just the numbers ????

[bkk6060]

I see the poor driving habits more since I have started driving a car.  Sorry to some who blame the cops, I do not believe this is an issue that can be solved by RTP.  The engineering of the roadways and very poor driver education and habits (ie: people on their phones) seem to me to be the issues.  All this is going to continue for many years.  They could hope to improve in the future by giving extensive training and education to new generations of drivers.  But, unfortunately that will probably not happen.

 

[KhunBENQ]

8 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

I believe the numbers well enough but don't know if they are over or under the average. If I were guessing I'd say a bit under.

Under average. 113 in two days would be a pre Covid normal number.

[KhunBENQ]

6 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

Remember when posters here were saying Covid deaths were nothing compared to Thai road deaths.

The difference is, that road death is road death (on the spot).

Covid death? As far as I remember WHO rule: every person dying within 30 days after being tested positive is a Covid death.

Every positive tested dying in hospital is a Covid death.

Think about it.

 

[zzaa09]

....the conscious and macabre count continues. 

[Kenneth White]

The breakdown with these percentages are interesting and shows where drivers education is needed most, but why pickup trucks.

 

I have a suggestion for the Thai government and RTP. Road signs are a good reminder when driving. Simple phrases like Buckle Up for Safety and have a graphics of a set belt. And Don't Drink and Drive you could loose you license have a graphic of a torn drives license. You might be surprised how these subluminal work.