Phuket survives Songkran main holiday with no road fatalities 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: The third day of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran holidays drew to a close at midnight last night with Phuket maintaining a record of zero deaths in road accidents during the campaign.
 

However, nine people were injured, all males, in nine accidents across the island during the 24-hour period (April 13, midnight too midnight), according to statistics provided by the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM).

 

One of the accidents were in Kathu District, which includes Patong and Kamala, and four accidents were in Muang District, which which encompasses Phuket Town, Kata-Karon, Wichit, Chalong, Rawai and Nai Harn. The other four accidents were in Thalang, which covers the northern half of Phuket.

 

The report brings Phuket’s tally so far for the Songkran Thai New Year road-safety campaign this year to 27 people injured (19 males, eight females) in 25 accidents – but no deaths.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-survives-songkran-main-holiday-with-no-road-fatalities-61779.php#pFb23MLGJxwVBmVS.97

 

 

 

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One small step, but in the right direction...

If it was not so dang hot in April, maybe I would go to Phuket for Songkran.

Oh well I will have to find another excuse to visit and swim in the ocean there

in the future.  Nice to hear of some where in Thailand that did not have anyone

killed so far in Songkran

Geezer