webfact Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 116 Die in Songkran Traffic AccidentsBy Chayanit ItthipongmaeteeStaff ReporterA van crash Monday in Prachinburi's Ban Sang District that killed four including the driver and injured six. Photo: Prachinonline / FacebookBANGKOK — Threats to confiscate vehicles from motorists caught drunk have failed to stop road accidents occurring during Songkran this year.116 people were killed and 981 injured in 907 road accidents on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Wednesday morning. Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1460532933 -- Khaosod English 2016-04-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Solid effort, well on target to beat last years numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Gravy Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 This is on the official day one. So all the talk from the current people in charge has done little to change things. What a surprise. What a shame of so many wasted lives. If this is a civilised world you can keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 This is on the official day one. So all the talk from the current people in charge has done little to change things. What a surprise. What a shame of so many wasted lives. If this is a civilised world you can keep it. Day 1 was 52 dead. This number is for both day 1 and day 2. Still below average though so all is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 116 died and 981 injured in two days of Songkran celebrationsAnother 64 people died and 550 others injured in the second day of the Songkran safety drive campaign, raising total road death toll in two days to 116 killed and 981 injured.The centre for the prevention and reduction of road accidents of the Department of Public Disasters Prevention and Mitigation said today that only in a single day yesterday, 64 were killed and 550 injured in 520 road accidents.Main causes of the accidents are drunk during which accounted for 36.35% of the 520 accidents, and speeding, 33.46%.Motorcycles accounted for the bulk of the accidents or 81.03%, followed by pickup trucks, 6.8%.Chiang Mai topped the highest incidence of road accidents with 19 cases, and Phichit topped highest death toll of six yesterday.In conclusion, 116 people died and 981 injured in two days of the Songkran safety drive campaign in which a total of 907 cases were reported.Chiang Mai had the highest accumulated incidents of 45 accidents, while Buriram recorded the highest deaths of eight in two days.Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/159427 -- Thai PBS 2016-04-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jucel Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The Thai word for war is Songkram. How ironic, considering the number of casualties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Insanity......Repeating the same tired policies over and over and expecting a reduction in the death toll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodunchar Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Stay off the roads. Go home and visit your family outside of the crush. Better safe than sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 A quick search on google on statistics for 2014, the daily carnage is around 80/day. Richard Barrows and Asia correspondent Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingba Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thailand is the second from worst country in the world when it comes to traffic accidents behind Nigeria...This isn't hard to figure out as anyone who has gone down to get a Thai drivers license can clearly see that the testing process in Thailand is an absolute joke...There is zero education here in proper driving skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 This 2-day number of traffic fatalities may actually be lower than the average. According to the WHO's numbers for 2013, there were a total of 24,237 traffic death fatalities in Thailand. That averaged to 66 road deaths each and every day. If 2013 wasn't an exceptional year for bad and/or intoxicated driving, this Songkran is actually slightly lower than the usual national average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Now to be known as Songkran suicide. Driving or riding during this period as 'attempted suicide'. I am at home and may use the BTS. Better Than Suicide. I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron19 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 This is on the official day one. So all the talk from the current people in charge has done little to change things. What a surprise. What a shame of so many wasted lives. If this is a civilised world you can keep it. Day 1 was 52 dead. This number is for both day 1 and day 2. Still below average though so all is good. ( 116 people died and 981 injured in two days of the Songkran safety drive campaign ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 This 2-day number of traffic fatalities may actually be lower than the average. According to the WHO's numbers for 2013, there were a total of 24,237 traffic death fatalities in Thailand. That averaged to 66 road deaths each and every day. If 2013 wasn't an exceptional year for bad and/or intoxicated driving, this Songkran is actually slightly lower than the usual national average. Every songkran and new years period are lower than the daily national average. These types of threads are nothing more than clickbait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozyjon Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 116 die in Songkran traffic accidents and counting,,, how sad,,, waste of lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 This 2-day number of traffic fatalities may actually be lower than the average. According to the WHO's numbers for 2013, there were a total of 24,237 traffic death fatalities in Thailand. That averaged to 66 road deaths each and every day. If 2013 wasn't an exceptional year for bad and/or intoxicated driving, this Songkran is actually slightly lower than the usual national average. If you believe the daily released figures as truly accurate then yes it appears safer to drive at Songkran which begs the question why label them 'the seven deadly days'? I for one don't believe the figures having lived in a province reporting zero deaths when I know for a fact there had been fatalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thailand is the second from worst country in the world when it comes to traffic accidents behind Nigeria...This isn't hard to figure out as anyone who has gone down to get a Thai drivers license can clearly see that the testing process in Thailand is an absolute joke...There is zero education here in proper driving skills Incorrect 1 Namibia 2 Thailand 3. Iran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmj Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The report says 52 Monday and 64 on Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searat7 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Drunk driving during Songkran should result in an automatic 1 year jail sentence ; not just pay small fee and pick up your vehicle a few days later. These people need a serious wake up call, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 .....any way of verifying anything they say or publish anyway.....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English 1 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The reason for all this slaughter is due to the way Thai are brought up and the school brainwashing. Thai Boys especially are brought up to believe they are Demi Gods who have never been told Sit Down, Be Quiet, Your wrong..... They do not understand the word NO! At school they are brainwashed to believe that Thailand is #1 in the World in every way! They believe it! So, when they get their 'bike they still think that rules do not apply to them. 'I CAN DO WHATEVER I LIKE BECAUSE I AM A THAI BOY' who will never grow up in his head or will die early on the racetrack. That's the reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Drunk driving during Songkran should result in an automatic 1 year jail sentence ; not just pay small fee and pick up your vehicle a few days later. These people need a serious wake up call, They can't jail any more people......20,000 were arrested as announced 2 days ago...and now a further 20,000 arrested for drunk driving in the past 2 days.......who the hell makes up these figures.....Noddy and Big Ears?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgma Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Its hard for me to swollow, this once traditional hand and head sprinkling family ceremony is transferred in a druken stupa with people gambling away their and other peoples lives. Today my wife went with the kids on a motorcycle gunning water on the road. Its like walking on eggs for me,praying they won't get hurt. Who can reach an accident when crowds of people block the roads? I hope the days pass quicker then normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 "BANGKOK — Threats to confiscate vehicles from motorists caught drunk have failed to stop road accidents occurring during Songkran this year." and we all know why, don't we? It's because the drunks all know that is all they are, just threats, and the drivers all know this, that is why all these drunken scumbags keep driving, killing themselves and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomuck Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Its hard for me to swollow, this once traditional hand and head sprinkling family ceremony . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Ban all Thais from driving. And just let the Farangs carry on? Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartempion Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Please note these deaths are "on the scene" I guess they never add "deaths within 30 days" in their stats, makes figures "look better" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 as the "normal" death rate is allegedly 80 per day, 116 over 2 days represents a reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Ban all Thais from driving. Yeah, back to the oxcarts would attract a lot more quality tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehard60 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 2 days and double the carnage. 5 days left. The cops are doing a great job aren't they. All the safety plans don't work here in Thailand as no one has any respect for the law or the cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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