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Road Safety Thailand from the Thai Ministry of the Interior reported a total of 241 road accidents with 28 deaths and 246 injuries on the sixth day of the “seven dangerous days” of the Songkran holiday period, on April 16th.
According to the reports, the most common causes of road accidents were over-speeding with 41.49 percent of total accidents, followed by drunk driving with 25.31 percent and poor vision with 18.26 percent.
The majority of 84.34 percent of accidents significantly involved motorcycles. Most of the accidents occurred on straight routes, accounting for 80.91 percent of total accidents. About 38.59 percent of them were recorded on national highways while 38.17 percent were in community villages.
The most frequent time of accidents occurred between 18.01 – 19.00 hrs., accounting for 10.37 percent. The age of injuries and fatalities were mostly between 20 and 29 years old, accounting for 22.63 percent of all accidents reported yesterday.
The province with the highest number of accidents was Chiang Rai with 11 accidents. The highest number of injuries was reported in Lampang with 11 cases while the provinces with the highest fatalities were reported in Chiang Rai with three deaths.
Accumulatively, a total of 1,720 accidents with 237 deaths, and 1,696 injuries were recorded between April 11th to the 16th. The most accidents were reported in Chiang Mai at 62 times. The highest injuries were also recorded in Chiang Mai with 60 injuries while the highest fatalities were reported in Bangkok with 11 deaths.
Boontham Lertsukekasem, Secretary-General of the Road Safety Thailand, stated that a lot of cars have been traveling back to Bangkok as the end of the holiday is approaching. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), therefore, ordered related departments to survey the risky areas with high injuries and mortality rates. More traffic checkpoints and traffic officials will also be deployed to tighten surveillance and facilitate the public to prevent possible road accidents during heavy traffic.
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