Thailand Reports Total of 63 Deaths in Two Days of the ‘Songkran Seven Days Road Safety Campaign’

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Goongnang Suksawat
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Thailand –

A total of 541 road accidents, with 550 injuries and 63 deaths, were reported on Saturday (April 13th) by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) in two days (April 11th -April 12th) of the ‘Seven Days Road Safety Campaign’ during Songkran (April 11th – April 17th) 2024.

The province with the highest fatalities was Roi-Et with 5 deaths.

The highest number of accidents was Prachuap Khiri Khan with 21 and the highest number of injuries was in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla, in the south of Thailand, with 22 injuries each.

There were 38 deaths, 307 road accidents and 299 injuries in total reported on the second day (April 12th) of the campaign.

Most were caused by excessive speeding (41 percent). About 84 percent of the accidents involved motorcycles. Most road accidents occurred on highways (40 percent) between 4:01 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

A total of 234 road accidents, with 248 injuries and 25 deaths, were reported on Friday (April 12th) by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) on the first day (April 11th) of the ‘Seven Days Road Safety Campaign’ during Songkran (April 11th – April 17th) 2024.

The original version of this article appeared on our sister website, The TPN National News, owned by our parent company TPN media.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.