webfact Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 380 people died in New Year's 7-day festive seasonBANGKOK: -- The Road Accidents Prevention Centre said a total of 380 people died and 3,505 injured in 3,379 road accidents throughout the country during the seven days of the New Year's festive season, starting from December 25.Of the total death toll, Nakhon Ratchasima had the highest deaths of 15 people.Only on January 4, the last day of the seven dangerous days, 40 persons died and 289 injured in 287 accidents happened in a single day.Drunk driving was blamed to be the main cause of most accidents or 20.14%, followed by speeding, 17.28%.Chiang Mai had the highest accumulated cases of 139 accidents and injuries of 140 people.Compared with last year’s road accidents, this year’s fatalities were higher.Last year, 367 people died, 3,344 injured in a total 3,174 accidents during the same period.Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/380-people-died-in-new-years-7-day-festive-season -- Thai PBS 2016-01-05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Another success story for the government, more deaths than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 So 13 more dead than last year! A cracking success somehow looks different, dear government! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviajero Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 All these deaths are terrible but why is it news every year. On average nearly 500 people die in RTA's every week of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunna Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 They must be using a different calendar to me starting from December 25.on January 4, the last day of the seven dangerous days, I make that 11 days I have read it starts on 29 December and in another report 30 December which would end today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Utter disgrace and every death a family tragedy, yet nothing effective is ever done. Thailand needs a real DRIVING TEST with nobody allowed to pay for one if they cannot pass it. Edited January 5, 2016 by jacky54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 "......Drunk driving was blamed to be the main cause of most accidents or 20.14%......." Correct terminology should be used here. Drunk driving doesn't cause accidents. Never ever. Most crashes are caused by careless or reckless driving. Alcohol consumption just happens to be a contributory factor in many of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 All these deaths are terrible but why is it news every year. On average nearly 500 people die in RTA's every week of the year. Yeah, so they haven't even reached the weekly target yet....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padped Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 If alcohol is to blame as the major causes of these accidents then more diligent Random Breath Testing needs to be set up all over the country and not just on holidays. In Australia I was pulled over at 10 am on a weekday and breath tested...negative of course but it shows just how hard line the police in Australia are on drunk driving. It needs to be enforced at random times in random spots all over the country as well as the license checks and rego checks wearing of seat belts and as for little kids on bikes without helmets don't get me started. Also I see that it's not just New Year when Thailand has these terrible fatalities but Songkran and any other holiday. My condolences and deepest sympathies to the families who have lost loved ones in this latest 7 days of drunken carnage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Every year, for many years now, around this time, we get to read the same horrible news of how many people lost their lives on those cursed 7 days, and every year with we say the same things to our selves, feeling sorry and hopelessness reading the numbers of the dead and injured, and every year, promises are made for better enforcements of road and driving laws and behavior to lower the number of the dead and injured and every year they fail...., so will all can be assured that next year we will be reading the item with similar numbers give or take.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Last year it was 341 reported road deaths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlic Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Exactly how do these figures compare to a normal 7 days...does anyone know? How any of us who have driven through the Issan farmlands and lived to tell the tale is a miracle in itself Edited January 5, 2016 by Tanlic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 "......Drunk driving was blamed to be the main cause of most accidents or 20.14%......." Correct terminology should be used here. Drunk driving doesn't cause accidents. Never ever. Most crashes are caused by careless or reckless driving. Alcohol consumption just happens to be a contributory factor in many of these. Some people get t a "tunnel view"even after one beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHERNSTAR Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 There die 26 000 people per year on Thailands roads that is 71 per day. If you take 71 x 7 days it = 499, thus the death toll over this deadly period is less than on normal deadly days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 always wondered why so many WAT s in Thailand , they get plenty of customers and now we wait for Songkran to repeat the carnage, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 After all the alcohol over New Year I still don't know if I'm one of them. Alcohol must really damage brains... Or is something wrong with my Alzheimer? What was it all about? Nooo, I don't have a work permit for my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPB65 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 War casualty figures as usual. Same again in April. Happy new year. The regularity of this never ending carnage is Darwinian. To never learn from the same mistakes is absolute madness. Seriously, what is wrong with these people ? Answers on a postcard to....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldiablo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The funniest part about this whole thing is that this government still claims it was a success. Shows just how out of the realm of reality they truly are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Speeding and drunken driving, for Gods sake lower the speed limit, 120 km per hour some roads is to fast for these clowns. Nz lowers the limit on holidays from 100kmp down to 90 kmp with zero or sometime a 5kmp tolerance and in suburbs from 50 down to 40 kmp, this combined with cops everywhere with speed cameras and high fines plus random alcohol testing all over the country has dramatically reduced the holiday Rd Toll. Random testing all year + vehicle confiscation is common practice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cute Koala Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 This will news will never change for the better unless the police start some proactive traffic policing instead of the continual reactive. Perhaps one day....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabula Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Utter disgrace and every death a family tragedy, yet nothing effective is ever done. Thailand needs a real DRIVING TEST with nobody allowed to pay for one if they cannot pass it. At age 68 I just finished a Thai driving school and passed the written and driving test on the first try. At the time of the testing there were about 200 applicants and only 10 of us passed. The new driving written exam is very hard to pass and the driving course looks easy, but different and tricky for drivers use to driving from the left side of the vehicle. Many of my Thai friends recently gave up on the 3rd try trying to get a license. I've been licensed in the U.S., Costa Rica and here. The Thai drivers license course preparation was the hardest I ever encountered. The problems I see are over crowded roads, alcohol and drug abuse, combined with a lack of commen sense! My opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transporter Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The only reason there were only 380 deaths instead of the usual weekly 499 is because there were less people on the roads due to holiday time. I would like to see the real stats of how many were motorbikes and how many minivans. Every morning school run I see stupidity on the roads and nothing changes because you cannot educate a person who already believes they know everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Speeding and drunken driving, for Gods sake lower the speed limit, 120 km per hour some roads is to fast for these clowns. Nz lowers the limit on holidays from 100kmp down to 90 kmp with zero or sometime a 5kmp tolerance and in suburbs from 50 down to 40 kmp, this combined with cops everywhere with speed cameras and high fines plus random alcohol testing all over the country has dramatically reduced the holiday Rd Toll. Random testing all year + vehicle confiscation is common practice as well. There's a speed limit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 There die 26 000 people per year on Thailands roads that is 71 per day. If you take 71 x 7 days it = 499, thus the death toll over this deadly period is less than on normal deadly days. so in fact the government is to be congratulated for a resounding success in reducing the number of accidents and deaths during a period of vastly increased traffic movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwikeith Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Speeding and drunken driving, for Gods sake lower the speed limit, 120 km per hour some roads is to fast for these clowns. Nz lowers the limit on holidays from 100kmp down to 90 kmp with zero or sometime a 5kmp tolerance and in suburbs from 50 down to 40 kmp, this combined with cops everywhere with speed cameras and high fines plus random alcohol testing all over the country has dramatically reduced the holiday Rd Toll. Random testing all year + vehicle confiscation is common practice as well. There's a speed limit? Yeh, right, needs a speed limit that is enforced most thais take no notice of speed limits and you don't see police enforcing speed limits either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Maybe it time for the government to stop messing around an implement huge fines for people who fail a breathalyser test. I'm talking about perhaps a100,000 plus Baht fine with no exceptions, and if they cannot pay with in let's say a week, then jail time. You have to really frighten people. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Here's a novel idea. Give out tickets and fines for moving violations. Edited January 5, 2016 by canuckamuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The funniest part about this whole thing is that this government still claims it was a success. Shows just how out of the realm of reality they truly are. No that's just funny. The funniest is thinking if there was nothing done to claim a success over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtemple Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I used to work for the New Zealand Road Tansport Agency. The reduction of road fatalities was achieved by a strategy developed by Tony Bliss. Tony's strategy was internationally recognised as best practice and he went on to promote this strategy through his employment at the World Bank. The stThe Government Transport Agency just sits on its balls and does nothing but congratulate itself for achieving wonderous new targets This strategy works on the princials of safe engineering - Cars and Roads. Education - hard hiting TV commercials etc and Strict Enforcement by the Police. This is undepinned by an understanding of the economic cost of a life and government willingness to establish and fund a road safety organisation mandated to reduce road trauma. I don't see Thailand ever being able to adopt this strategy. New Zealand was able to cut its road fatality toll by half in a very short time. New Zealand also has the benefit of an educated population which demonstrates high levels of road courtesy. I don't see any level of road courtesy in Thailand from the Thai. I don't think they know what courtesy means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Just think, this carnage will be repeated in only three months time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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