In the early hours of this morning, a collision between two vans in Chon Buri province led to five people being injured. Police and emergency services from Samed Police Station were alerted to the crash at a red light intersection in Samed, Mueang Chon Buri, at around 5am.

 

En route to pick up employees, the driver of a Toyota van failed to notice another vehicle positioned at a stop-light. As a result, a forceful impact occurred, causing substantial damage and injuries to five people. The area of the clash was near the Kiri red light intersection, Samed sub-district.

 

At the scene of the accident were two Toyota vans. A van with the registration นข3646 Phayao was stopped at the red light when it was hit from behind, causing significant damage. The driver, 37 year old Niphon, was among the victims. 

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

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Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/eastern-thailand/chonburi-van-collision-leaves-five-injured-in-early-morning-accident-drivers-under-investigation-2

 

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3 minutes ago, webfact said:

En route to pick up employees, the driver of a Toyota van failed to notice another vehicle positioned at a stop-light.

He should have gone to SpecSavers ...... 

 

regards worgeordie

13 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

He should have gone to SpecSavers ...... 

 

regards worgeordie

Brake failure geordie....not eyesight

With all due respect to the injured one must be happy there are 2 more of these death traps and, hopefully, their drivers off the road for some time.

I will never do longer distance journeys in these vans.

 

I survived visa runs on them in the mid-90s and numerous sojourns to Pattaya over the years, never again.

Failure to see red or amber has always been a problem here ????

3 hours ago, webfact said:

En route to pick up employees, the driver of a Toyota van failed to notice another vehicle positioned at a stop-light

Ground-hog day.

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Failure to see red or amber has always been a problem here ????

They see it just fine.  It just signals them to acclerate even more.

21 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Failure to see red or amber has always been a problem here ????

Meh, once you've seen one red light you've seen 'em all init 

22 hours ago, webfact said:

the driver of a Toyota van failed to notice another vehicle positioned at a stop-light.

Nothing to say, 'cept a normal day on Thai roads.

I blame the one in front for stopping at a red light, who does that.  

It's not a van its a bus ! At least the one in the pic. is.