Phuket passes Day 1 of Songkran Seven Days of Danger with no deaths

The Phuket News

 

Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong posts a Songrkran road-safety sticker to a vehicle at the Phuket Highways Office road-safety command centre yesterday (April 11). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: -- The island last night passed its first 24 hours of this year’s Songkran Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign with zero deaths, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Phuket office has reported.

 

However nine people were reported injured in eight accidents across the island during the 24-hour period for Day One of the campaign, from midnight to midnight yesterday (April 11).

 

Five of the accidents were in Kathu District, which includes Patong and Kamala, and the remaining three accidents were in Muang District, which which encompasses Phuket Town, Kata-Karon, Wichit, Chalong, Rawai and Nai Harn.

 

All people injured were in motorbike collisions with a variety of vehicles, including a pickup truck, a van and a car.

 

The news comes after Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong yesterday officially opened a road-safety centre at the Phuket Highways Office and staged a ceremony to launch the Seven Days campaign at the Phuket Checkpoint onto the island at Tha Chatcchai.

 

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However nine people were reported injured in eight accidents across the island during the 24-hour period for Day One of the campaign, from midnight to midnight yesterday (April 11).

 

How many of these died en route to hospital or after admission.........?

Congratulations Phuket the rest of the country was not so lucky. The g/f tells me there was over 400 accidents and 30 or so dead.