Thailand's traffic related death rates in a global context

[Jingthing]

I found this interesting, also the ratio of the different kinds of traffic deaths detailed as well. I guess no surprise really that motorcycle incidents are the majority.

That toll has reached now 1.24 million per year and is on course to triple to 3.6 million per year by 2030.

In the developing world, where this pandemic has hit hardest, road accidents will become the fifth leading cause of death, leapfrogging past HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other familiar killers, according to the most recent Global Burden of Disease study. The victims, not so surprisingly, tend to be poor and overwhelmingly young and male.

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/09/visualizing-the-global-road-safety-crisis/

Thailand
38.1 deaths per 100,000 people

Reported: 13,365 Estimated: 26,312

Cars 13.3%

Motorcycles 73.5%

Cyclists 3%

Peds 7.8%

Other 2.5%

Edited September 20, 2013 by Jingthing

[robblok]

No suprise there as your more at risk on a bike when hit, plus if you look how the locals drive their bike and the majority of those are young guys. Not a surprise at all. I still ride my bike and car and i love it, it will never be as safe as a car but you can of course make the risks a lot less by driving the right way.

[Jingthing]

No suprise there as your more at risk on a bike when hit, plus if you look how the locals drive their bike and the majority of those are young guys. Not a surprise at all. I still ride my bike and car and i love it, it will never be as safe as a car but you can of course make the risks a lot less by driving the right way.

Of course, but also so many more people are riding bikes in the first place here compared to developed countries.

[Briggsy]

Nice link, Jingthing.

Laughing at the enforcement levels. They appear to be based on participant's responses only. There is no way helmet and drunk-driving enforcement levels are that good. In almost every province of Thailand the majority don't wear a helmet except when going in to the centre of the amphoe. Most Thai cops would have no idea how to get a breath alcohol reading except by sniffing the driver and most cops drink drive themselves.

Thailand appears to have one of the worst road fatality rates in the world.

[robblok]

No suprise there as your more at risk on a bike when hit, plus if you look how the locals drive their bike and the majority of those are young guys. Not a surprise at all. I still ride my bike and car and i love it, it will never be as safe as a car but you can of course make the risks a lot less by driving the right way.

Of course, but also so many more people are riding bikes in the first place here compared to developed countries.

Good point, but i was more thinking why the bike deaths are so high in comparison to car deaths here in Thailand. I was not comparing it with other countries because then your observation is quite right. I know that back in the Netherlands there are not that many motorbikes compared with here.

But no matter how you look at it driving a motorbike is always more risky as in a car, but one can do a lot to improve the chances.

I still see many riders without helmets.. no wonder they die in accidents. Yesterday saw a rider with a helmet but the strap was loose (so the helmet was there only to ward off the police).

Yesterday on my drive to JJ market in BKK i loved it light traffic and i was much faster as I could have been with the car plus its interesting to drive. When on my bike im much more focused then in the car.

[WitawatWatawit]

I wonder how many innocent little kids and babies are included in the motorbike fatalities?

[metisdead]

Already running here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/668076-thailand-is-not-quite-the-hub-of-world-traffic-fatalities/