Songkran road carnage thread 2019

[HHTel]

Has this alternative source for the road accident figures been mentioned yet? http://thairsc.com

Yes. It works if you try http://www.thairsc.com/

That just adds to the fact that none of the figures can be believed. Deaths much higher than reported by the authorities.

[charlesh]

Are you saying that 32 for today is under reported /Maybe some of the 100's injured may succumb too.

[hhinner]

Has this alternative source for the road accident figures been mentioned yet? http://thairsc.com

Yes. It works if you try http://www.thairsc.com/

Works for me as written. Depends on browser maybe.

[PeteC]

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https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... r-songkran

[Norseman]

Has this alternative source for the road accident figures been mentioned yet? http://thairsc.com

Yes. It works if you try http://www.thairsc.com/

Works for me as written. Depends on browser maybe.

That's is for sure good for you that it works as you wrote it, but why did you ask if it works when you clearly can read for yourself?

[PeteC]

Last one for this year.......

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https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... -provinces

[HHTel]

Even if those figures are to be believed, there's not much to shout about.

[buksida]

386 DIE DURING ‘7 DANGEROUS DAYS’ OF SONGKRAN
Drunk driving overtook speeding as the number one killer on Thai roads this Songkran, though total fatalities saw an 8 percent dip from last year.

During the annual “Seven Dangerous Days” from April 11 to 17, 3,338 road accidents resulted in 3,442 people injured and 386 dead, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced Thursday. Drunk driving and speeding were the foremost causes of accidents. These numbers exclude unreported accidents.

The proportion of accidents caused by drunk driving clocked in at 36.6 percent, followed by speeding at 28.3 percent. In 2018, when 418 people died during Songkran, speeding was the primary cause (accounting for 27.7 percent).

This year, the first day of Songkran saw the most deaths, 75, and accidents, 724.

Across the seven days, almost 80 percent of accidents involved motorcycles. At a little over 2,000 police checkpoints set up nationwide, more than 65,000 officers seized 7,282 vehicles and prosecuted a total of 210,883 people – largely for not wearing safety helmets (55,805 people) and not carrying a driving license (48,183 people).

The most deadly provinces were Lopburi and Udon Thani, where 15 people died respectively. Meanwhile, Nakhon Si Thammarat saw the highest number of people injured at 136. The province tied with Chiang Mai for having the highest number of accidents, 128.

Four provinces – Krabi, Phang Nago, Sukhothai, and Ang Thong – experienced no road deaths.

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crim ... -songkran/

[Dannie Boy]

During the “7 deadly days” they close a number of the u-turns on Petchkasem (I assume they do similar all over Thailand). I have never been convinced that this is a good idea - all they do is force more traffic further down the road and form bigger queues - what happens then - drivers get impatient at waiting and end up pulling out when there really isn’t enough space and the risk of an accident increases!!