Accident Car Crash at Pattaya Junction Injures Two as Vehicle Ploughs into Som Tam Stall

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Workpoint.

 

A road crash occurred early evening on 22 July, in Bang Lamung district, Chonburi province, when a car crossing a junction was struck by a delivery pickup truck and then veered off course, crashing into a roadside som tam stall and injuring two people.

 

The incident took place at approximately 18:00 at the railway road intersection of Soi Nong Yai in the Nong Prue subdistrict, on the inbound side towards Pattaya. Rescue workers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation quickly responded to the emergency.

 

At the scene, responders found a silver Honda Jazz with Bangkok registration plates, driven by 38-year-old Ms Thanyawan, who fortunately escaped injury. However, the vehicle had collided with a local Isaan-style restaurant, causing damage. Two people were injured in the crash, 59-year-old Ms Boonpeng and 14-year-old Miss Rungaradee, who were preparing food inside the premises at the time. Both were treated at the scene and later transported to hospital for further care.

 

The other vehicle involved was a Nissan Navara box truck used for goods delivery, driven by 70-year-old Mr Satit. He remained at the scene and cooperated with police.

 

 

According to Ms Thanyawan, she was crossing the railway junction en route to Sukhumvit Road when she noticed the oncoming pickup truck. Believing it would yield, she proceeded cautiously. However, the truck struck her vehicle squarely in the middle, causing it to spin. In the panic that followed, she intended to brake but mistakenly pressed the accelerator, launching her car into the roadside eatery.

 

Mr Satit stated that he had been following traffic along the railway line road. As a car in the right-hand lane slowed to turn, he stated he assumed the intersection was clear and proceeded, unaware of the Honda Jazz crossing ahead.

 

CCTV footage captured the exact moment of the collision and has been handed over to police to assist with the investigation. Authorities have pledged to ensure a fair and thorough legal process for all parties involved.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Workpoint 2025-07-23

 

 

 

 

 

[Geoffggi]

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

he stated he assumed the intersection was clear and proceeded

 

There it is the dredded Assumed & we all know what that does .................LOL

[jacko45k]

The delivery truck should have given way to traffic crossing the railway line...all the junctions are dodgy and are particularly bad at busy times. 

[Gsxrnz]

The Jazz gets a broadside bump and then the driver hits the gas pedal in a panic and ploughs full steam ahead into the som-tam shack. The speed only being arrested by the adjacent power pole.  Classic! 

[VBer]

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

According to Ms Thanyawan,

 

1 hour ago, Georgealbert said:

Mr Satit stated

And no one mentioned clearly visible priority road signs. Nobody cares about it anyway 😀

[jacko45k]

15 minutes ago, VBer said:

And no one mentioned clearly visible priority road signs. Nobody cares about it anyway

Not sure there are any whatsoever, there really aren't any signs to tell drivers the lanes are one way on the Railway Line rd. Some of the lights may flash amber or red to give some idea. 

[VBer]

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

Not sure there are any whatsoever,

Priority sign is clearly visible on video

[hotandsticky]

5 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Not sure there are any whatsoever, there really aren't any signs to tell drivers the lanes are one way on the Railway Line rd. Some of the lights may flash amber or red to give some idea. 

 

 

Whilst that relief was a great idea in principle (and still is) it an accident waiting to happen. As you say, priorities are rarely signed properly (although obvious in this case) and it often seems a game of 'who dares wins' - everyone assumes they have the right of way whether they are traveling North/South or East/West. Delivery drivers (of which there are many) are often the biggest chancers.

[johng]

That railway road is a real mess   and they haven't even got the

"high speed" dual tracks laid yet !  hopefully there will be a much better layout  when they do , elevated  parts on either the road or the railway   and much better  right of way markings  which are totally inadequate at the moment.

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

driven by 70-year-old Mr Satit. He remained at the scene and cooperated with police.

 

They have to state this because they flee the scene so often.

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 hour ago, VBer said:

Priority sign is clearly visible on video

 

Correct, but expecting any of them to actually understand right of way is pointless. Educating them in this is an act of futility.

 

They are all brilliant drivers. No need to teach them anything.

[lordgrinz]

Yes, why stop at a STOP sign, the typical Thai driver, ignorant.

 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

he stated he assumed the intersection was clear and proceeded

 

[NorthernRyland]

 

why were they pushing their way through the intersection. I can see a stop sign on one side and it appears there's a traffic light also. Not sure who's at fault even but generally it's never  a good idea to go through any intersection in Thailand without really slowing down and looking first.

 

 

[actonion]

Having watched many of these  video's   and being a passinger when  my  Thai wife is driving  i miust say that Thai's  reflex's  seem to be   very slow to react,   this video  shows the car crossing the junction and the pick up slams into he, it looks to me like the pick up could have brake, & avoided the collision, unless otherwise distracted, my wife  keeps her foot on the gas pedal  seconds after the car in front is showing a stop light, I shout  STOP, the we all lunge forward...Monkeys could do a better job behind the wheel

[lordgrinz]

3 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

why were they pushing their way through the intersection. I can see a stop sign on one side and it appears there's a traffic light also. Not sure who's at fault even but generally it's never  a good idea to go through any intersection in Thailand without really slowing down and looking first.

 

 

 

There is a STOP sign and a stop line, he didn't even remotely try to slow down, just barreled right through it like all Thai's do......someone in this cesspool of a country has to do something about these dangerous driving habits, they go unchecked daily, now it is common behavior for the ignorant among us.

[johng]

4 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

There is a STOP sign and a stop line,

 Both  are hard to notice   stop line and reverse triangle painted on the road to denote a stop are hardly/not visible... the small stop sign on the right  totally inadequate...yes there are traffic lights but they are mostly not operational as they cause major traffic jams...in my opinion the traffic lights  on the railway road should be  permanently set to flash red   thus indicating that  traffic on the railway road should give way  to cross traffic....not that I really agree that cross traffic should have priority  but that's what they have decided  so they should make it 100% obvious and clear  with the road markings and traffic lights...at the moment its a horrible mess...+ the undulating and pock marked surface.

[KhunBENQ]

4 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

There is a STOP sign and a stop line, he didn't even remotely try to slow down

STOP sign too small for delivery truck. Must be at least 2 meters on both sides 

Bloody idiot!

On the rare occasion that I use these roads when in Pattaya I am always prepared for the worst.

[KhunBENQ]

20 minutes ago, johng said:

the small stop sign on the right  totally inadequate

Fully agree.

On the other hand, is it the first time that this idiot drives that road?

He is not the typical "Chinese Tourist" 😁

[lordgrinz]

5 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Fully agree.

On the other hand, is it the first time that this idiot drives that road?

He is not the typical "Chinese Tourist" 😁

 

Wouldn't make any difference, there is an entrance road (from Pracha Chuen Rd) I take for Sirat Expressway toll road heading North that has 3 large stop signs at one stop point, every car ignores them. They know the signs are there, they've just been programmed by lack of enforcement to drive like idiots. The entire culture of Thailand is to blame, ignorance is bliss among Thai's.

[johng]

12 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

STOP sign too small for delivery truck. Must be at least 2 meters on both sides 

They have the traffic  light gantry which they could display a very prominent huge stop sign  as well as painting the road with (lasting paint) stop lines and reverse triangles and setting the lights to flash red  which means stop and give way to other traffic..I think even an idiot like me would get the clue with these very obvious signs.

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

There is a STOP sign and a stop line, he didn't even remotely try to slow down, just barreled right through it like all Thai's do......someone in this cesspool of a country has to do something about these dangerous driving habits, they go unchecked daily, now it is common behavior for the ignorant among us.

 

Agreed - There is a stop sign and a 'stop line'...     the Box-Truck driver, driving recklessly.

 

Was the car driver panicked after being hit - unable to find the brake !!! - pretty crappy driving too !!! 

 

Priority is clearly for the road crossing the railway line and there's an obvious reason for this: - the road crossing the railway has to have priority so that in times of heavy traffic it can clear when the rail crossing barriers engage. 

 

 

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If I'm not mistaken - this is the same road (a junction or two further along) where last year a man on a Mobility scooter was 'taken out' by a speeding driver who barrelled across the intersection (driving parallel to the railway lines)... 

...  a couple of posters claimed that road parallel (running alongside) the railway line had priority, and when contradicted they stated, that even though signs exist, every local knows that 'drivers' travelling parallel to the railway lines blow through that junction and expect everyone else to stop as if 'local rules of the road' have superseded giveaway signage.

 

 

 

 

 

[Gaixare]

14 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

generally it's never  a good idea to go through any intersection in Thailand without really slowing down and looking first.

 

Absolutely true

[Gaixare]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Was the car driver panicked after being hit - unable to find the brake !!!

 

Same for pickup driver, he mixed accelerator and break pedal. Or just Old lion didn't have force for run.

 

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Agreed - There is a stop sign and a 'stop line'... 

 

Traffic light have priority over signs... I cant see it on the video.

If it was green light is jazz fault otherwise pickup driver.

[richard_smith237]

36 minutes ago, Gaixare said:

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Was the car driver panicked after being hit - unable to find the brake !!!

 

Same for pickup driver, he mixed accelerator and break pedal. Or just Old lion didn't have force for run.

 

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Agreed - There is a stop sign and a 'stop line'... 

 

Traffic light have priority over signs... I cant see it on the video.

If it was green light is jazz fault otherwise pickup driver.

 

That truck was not stopping or slowing for anything... 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

43 minutes ago, Gaixare said:

Traffic light have priority over signs... I cant see it on the video.

If it was green light is jazz fault otherwise pickup driver.

 

Also - if you look at the traffic behavior of the other vehicles...  it clear the lights were not in action.

 

#1 - Van edges across the junction slowly.

#2 - Black car, enters the junction and turns right slowly.

 

When watching the video:

IMO - the Honda Jazz driver was careless entering a junction like that without greater caution - but had priority.

The Box van driver was reckless blowing through the junction at speed - and did not have priority.

[NorthernRyland]

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

If I'm not mistaken - this is the same road (a junction or two further along) where last year a man on a Mobility scooter was 'taken out' by a speeding driver who barrelled across the intersection (driving parallel to the railway lines)... 

...  a couple of posters claimed that road parallel (running alongside) the railway line had priority, and when contradicted they stated, that even though signs exist, every local knows that 'drivers' travelling parallel to the railway lines blow through that junction and expect everyone else to stop as if 'local rules of the road' have superseded giveaway signage.

 

 

 

people posted photos and I don't think it's the same one but it may have been along the same road. Indeed it looks very similar .

 

[Gaixare]

53 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

That truck was not stopping or slowing for anything... 

 

If green light was for him is OK. 

 

50 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Also - if you look at the traffic behavior of the other vehicles...  it clear the lights were not in action.

 

Excuse but I can not think like that. Here periodically the crowd of cars/motos can easy ignore traffic lights/signs for few seconds or even more.

 

55 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

IMO - the Honda Jazz driver was careless entering a junction like that without greater caution - but had priority.

The Box van driver was reckless blowing through the junction at speed - and did not have priority.

 

Traffic regulations have not changed fundamentally since the 70s. There are no "shades of gray" in traffic regulations, there are priorities. A working traffic light has the highest priority. I have already written who is to blame earlier.

1 hour ago, Gaixare said:

If it was green light is jazz fault otherwise pickup driver.

 

 

In Thailand there is a special priority - the farang is to blame for everything.

 

But to be honest, I had a case when the video recording of my recorder completely changed the course of the case. And the farang from the status of the culprit became the victim.

 

The best talisman on the roads of Thailand is a video recorder!

 

[Gaixare]

2 minutes ago, Gaixare said:

A working traffic light has the highest priority.

 

Excuse me. The policeman who regulates traffic has the highest priority. It's just that I haven't seen them on the road for a long time and forgot.

[Gaixare]

So... Traffic light there. Can not be seen on the video.

[Gaixare]

Exactly a year ago it did not work...