Seven people killed, 24 injured when double decker bus crashes in Phetchaburi

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Seven people killed, 24 injured when double decker bus crashes in Phetchaburi


Image: Daily News

PHETCHABURI:-- Seven people have been killed and 24 injured when a double decker VIP bus crashed in Phetchaburi province in the early hours of Monday morning.

The bus had left Chumporn at 9:30pm and had been travelling to Bangkok.

Reports in Thai media claimed that the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel when the bus was travelling at high speed.

The injured were taken to Petcharat and Phra Chom Khao hospitals in Muang district.

More info coming soon….

Source: Daily News / Manager Online


-- 2016-05-23

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Seven killed in bus crash in Phetchaburi



PHETCHABURI:-- Seven passengers were killed and 20 others injured when the double-deck bus they travelled in rammed a roadside power post and overturned on Phetkasem highway in Muang district of Phetchaburi before dawn today.

The incident happened at 3 am Monday morning.

The bus belongs to Choke-anand Tour. It was taking about 40 passengers from Chumphon to Bangkok.

Highway police said the incident happened while it was raining.

The bus driver might not be accustomed to the highway which is slippery when there was rain.

The bus might approach a slippery curve at high speed, skidding off the highway, and ramming at a power pole, police said.

Six died on the spot and another died at Phrachomklao hospital in Phetchaburi after 20 others were admitted.

Rescue team found a survivor trapped under the overturned bus when they pulled the bus back out of the pole.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/164250


-- Thai PBS 2016-05-23

[tracker1]

Again the slaughter will never cease ! surely any Government with a bit of power can do something about this hideous situation !

[worgeordie]

Think they are going to have a co driver with a stick to keep hitting

the driver on the head every few minutes to make sure he's awake.

but the co driver could also fall asleep.!

Falling asleep,and dodgy brakes seem to be the major cause of bus

accidents, R.I.P. the dead,

regards worgeordie

[hkt83100]

And again, blame it on the rain. Yes, it is raining for the first time in history, so the drivers are not used to wet and possibly slippery roads. Good grief! Get a life!

[clockman]

But they are proud of, fixing the lottery price, and removing deck chairs, Human life means nothing!

[clockman]

The bus looks like one of those cheap Thai made death traps!

[richard_smith237]

In the UK there are measurable standards for the aggregate used on the roads.

Measurements for wear, polishability, smoothness / roughness etc are all taken before an aggregate is accepted for use on UK's highways.

This allows for maximum longevity and better grip on the roads in varying conditions. The UK's roads are far from perfect (a debate for another time), but I'd hazard a guess that the higher quality of grip prevents numbers accidents.

In Thailand I suspect they use 'any aggregate' which polishes easily and after rain these road surfaces become slick, particularly when it rains after a lengthy dry spell.

Anyone with half a brain knows this and adjusts their driving.

Those driving public transport seem to be unaware of this.

Perhaps the culture of using the guys who are too uneducated or dumb to carry out any other work and have them drive heavy vehicles, trucks, lorries, Busses and Mini-Vans is simply wrong. These guys need specific education... I see a 'clamp down coming'...

Driver education

Driver fatigue

Poor road conditions (slippy surfaces)

Poor road marking

Poor vehicle maintenance (breaks and tyres)

These are issues readily addressed in developed nations, addressing these issue here would potentially save 1000's of lives per year... IF only those in positions of decision making power even cared about this enough to think about it.

[mercman24]

came back from Pattaya on the bus last friday, speed alarm going off constantly (sat behind driver) what pissed me off was a green and white tourist bus who flew past us and kept on slowing down, like playing a cat and mouse game, i bet we overtook him about six times only for him to go hurtling past again.a total nob end.

[zakk9]

In the UK there are measurable standards for the aggregate used on the roads.

Measurements for wear, polishability, smoothness / roughness etc are all taken before an aggregate is accepted for use on UK's highways.

This allows for maximum longevity and better grip on the roads in varying conditions. The UK's roads are far from perfect (a debate for another time), but I'd hazard a guess that the higher quality of grip prevents numbers accidents.

In Thailand I suspect they use 'any aggregate' which polishes easily and after rain these road surfaces become slick, particularly when it rains after a lengthy dry spell.

Anyone with half a brain knows this and adjusts their driving.

Those driving public transport seem to be unaware of this.

Perhaps the culture of using the guys who are too uneducated or dumb to carry out any other work and have them drive heavy vehicles, trucks, lorries, Busses and Mini-Vans is simply wrong. These guys need specific education... I see a 'clamp down coming'...

Driver education

Driver fatigue

Poor road conditions (slippy surfaces)

Poor road marking

Poor vehicle maintenance (breaks and tyres)

These are issues readily addressed in developed nations, addressing these issue here would potentially save 1000's of lives per year... IF only those in positions of decision making power even cared about this enough to think about it.

Here's a simple answer to your entire post: They simply don't care.

[kannot]

In the UK there are measurable standards for the aggregate used on the roads.

Measurements for wear, polishability, smoothness / roughness etc are all taken before an aggregate is accepted for use on UK's highways.

This allows for maximum longevity and better grip on the roads in varying conditions. The UK's roads are far from perfect (a debate for another time), but I'd hazard a guess that the higher quality of grip prevents numbers accidents.

In Thailand I suspect they use 'any aggregate' which polishes easily and after rain these road surfaces become slick, particularly when it rains after a lengthy dry spell.

Anyone with half a brain knows this and adjusts their driving.

Those driving public transport seem to be unaware of this.

Perhaps the culture of using the guys who are too uneducated or dumb to carry out any other work and have them drive heavy vehicles, trucks, lorries, Busses and Mini-Vans is simply wrong. These guys need specific education... I see a 'clamp down coming'...

Driver education

Driver fatigue

Poor road conditions (slippy surfaces)

Poor road marking

Poor vehicle maintenance (breaks and tyres)

These are issues readily addressed in developed nations, addressing these issue here would potentially save 1000's of lives per year... IF only those in positions of decision making power even cared about this enough to think about it.

Theres less aggregate available lately, on enquiring it seems the quarries were selling the explosives off to any Tom Dick or Harry so the army stepped in and limited the amount they could have. One local owner of two quarries here had to shut one down as he didnt have enough explosive and the second one has lorries queuing up to get the aggregate.

At least the large compensation from the bus co. will help the families out eh???? oh sorry i forgot "were in Thailand"

Edited May 23, 2016 by kannot

[DM07]

Where are all the "I don't want Thailand to become a nanny-state"- guys now?

No one wants a "nanny"- state...but a bunch of life- saving regulations (if enforced) don't equal nanny- state!

[rmacee]

If they had a half decent railway service down the East coast it would take some of this traffic off the road .. Same from BKK all the way to Ubon ..

[Thian]

Many drivers fell asleep last week, is the stock of yaba finished?

[donnybay]

80 people killed on Thailand's road every day on average

[anon467848]

No doubt some Govt. person will give this some lip service about clampdown on this or that, utter verbiage all the time. If nothing is enforced what is the point?

All commercial vehicles should be fitted with a tachograph, and if travelling for 8 hours or longer then a second driver should be in the vehicle. Given how little these drivers are paid, it would hardly cost the operators a fortune.

[eddie61]

Since these were VIP's sitting in a VIP bus, I suppose they will be given VIP treatment in hospital, and a VIP day in court suing the VIP bus company.

Lets see...

[thaiduncankk]

The bus looks like one of those cheap Thai made death traps!

Yes, I offer wonder why some of these death traps are labelled as V.I.P.

[DM07]

The bus looks like one of those cheap Thai made death traps!

Yes, I offer wonder why some of these death traps are labelled as V.I.P.

...because they were built by Very Irresponsible Plonkers?

[hdkane]

And again, blame it on the rain. Yes, it is raining for the first time in history, so the drivers are not used to wet and possibly slippery roads. Good grief! Get a life!

So many times, when I encounter Thais at work, I think, "Is this the first time you've done this?" I cannot imagine that a driver would know to accommodate road conditions.

[Colabamumbai]

The Thai government is powerless, unless you dislike on F.B.

[chrisinth]

came back from Pattaya on the bus last friday, speed alarm going off constantly (sat behind driver) what pissed me off was a green and white tourist bus who flew past us and kept on slowing down, like playing a cat and mouse game, i bet we overtook him about six times only for him to go hurtling past again.a total nob end.

That's one of the times it gets really dangerous, when two dicks are measuring their related anatomies that gives them their genetic classification.

[oldlakey]

Christ almighty roll on tuesday

R I P to all those souls who have departed today

[Khun Paul]

Again the only winners are the WATs and the Funeral services, RIP to the deceased and I hope the injured get better. As fior the driver and the BUS company puill their licences for at least 6 months and prosecute the driver for death of the passengers.

[Bobobirdiebuddy]

It will never end. There is no hope for anything to change - there is no will to change, the government can't or won't enforce the existing laws and employers will keep hiring ill trained drivers for, as we all know, it's all about money and the hell with the people.

[Canuk23]

The government will do nothing because they don't give a <deleted>

they never did they never will. End of story... NEXT !!!

[wabothai]

Since these were VIP's sitting in a VIP bus, I suppose they will be given VIP treatment in hospital, and a VIP day in court suing the VIP bus company.

Lets see...

they don't have the slightest idea what the stupid expression VIP means.

[Fookhaht]

80 people killed on Thailand's road every day on average

Your source?

[wabothai]

How difficult is it in today's government to pass a law where a second driver is mandatory on all buses?

[a10ams]

The people who make the laws, rules and regulations don't travel on these buses.