Seriously tho guys..... lets all get to see the new year in together eh? Leave the cars and bikes at home.....56 killed, 635 injured in road accidents on 1st 'dangerous day'
A total of 596 road accidents occurred on the first of 'seven dangerous New Year holidays' Tuesday, killing 56 people and injuring 635 others, a senior government announced Wednesday.
Surachai Tharasitpong, permanent secretary for Transport Ministry, held a press conference at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the Interior Ministry, to announce the statistics of the first day of the seven-day road accident monitoring period.
He said the number of accidents was 156 higher than that of the first day of the monitoring period for New Year holidays last year. And the death toll increased by 23 while the number of injured people was 157 higher.
He said most accidents or 38.26 per cent were caused by drunk driving.
Phitsanulok had the highest death toll of 4, followed by Bnagkok, Chainat, Chaiyaphum, Amnat Charoen and Chiang Rai, each of 3 deaths.
The Nation
what is funny tho is this shows how Thais are useless at maths:
No mate....100% - 39% = 61% .... therefore most accidents were NOT related to drink driving......He said most accidents or 38.26 per cent were caused by drunk driving