Buriram Expats

Buriram Province - General Category => Thailand News clippings => Topic started by: Westlife on April 10, 2015, 04:04:27 PM

Title: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day
Post by: Westlife on April 10, 2015, 04:04:27 PM: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day

(http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/10-4-2558-13-28-58-wpcf_728x410.jpg)

The so-called “Seven Dangerous Days of the Songkran festival” started yesterday April 9 with 324 road accidents killing 25 people.
Major causes of these fatal accidents, involving mostly motorcycles, remained to be drunk driving and speeding.

The Road Safety Directing Centre reported Friday that since the start of the campaign to reduce road accidents during the seven dangerous period (April 9-15), 25 people were killed and 348 were injured in a total of 324 accident cases on the first day of the campaign or on April 9.

It said major cause is drunk driving or 25.31%, followed by speeding, 24.38%.

Motorcycles are the vehicles engaged in most accidents or 80.77%.

Nakhon Si Thammarat province in the South recorded the highest road mishaps with 16 cases, while Krabi and Phetburi having the highest death toll of two each.

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/25-died-in-first-day-of-the-7-day-dangerous-day
Title: Re: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day
Post by: Westlife on April 10, 2015, 04:16:56 PM: The Seven Dangerous Days of Songkran has now started . Below is a comparison for the last 8 years .Will we see a drop this year or just same same ???

Songkran 2007: 361 deaths, 4,805 injuries and 4,274 accidents
Songkran 2008: 368 deaths, 4,801 injuries and 4,243 accidents
Songkran 2009: 373 deaths, 4,332 injuries and 3,977 accidents
Songkran 2010: 361 deaths, 3,802 injuries and 3,516 accidents
Songkran 2011: 271 deaths, 3,476 injuries and 3,215 accidents
Songkran 2012: 320 deaths, 3,320 injuries and 3,129 accidents
Songkran 2013: 321 deaths, 3,040 injuries and 2,828 accidents
Songkran 2014: 322 deaths, 3,225 injuries and 2,992 accidents
Title: Re: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day
Post by: rufusredtail on April 10, 2015, 05:51:33 PM: They need to change the car license system , make it harder to get, and enforce road rules , introduce .05 breath test, get caught 3 months off the road , 2nd offence 6 months, 3rd 2 years , 4th car crushed and jail 6 months .
Title: Re: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day
Post by: Admin on April 10, 2015, 05:57:43 PM: Quote from: Westlife on April 10, 2015, 04:16:56 PM
The Seven Dangerous Days of Songkran has now started . Below is a comparison for the last 8 years .Will we see a drop this year or just same same ???

Songkran 2007: 361 deaths, 4,805 injuries and 4,274 accidents
Songkran 2008: 368 deaths, 4,801 injuries and 4,243 accidents
Songkran 2009: 373 deaths, 4,332 injuries and 3,977 accidents
Songkran 2010: 361 deaths, 3,802 injuries and 3,516 accidents
Songkran 2011: 271 deaths, 3,476 injuries and 3,215 accidents
Songkran 2012: 320 deaths, 3,320 injuries and 3,129 accidents
Songkran 2013: 321 deaths, 3,040 injuries and 2,828 accidents
Songkran 2014: 322 deaths, 3,225 injuries and 2,992 accidents
Can you post your source of information? link? sawadi
Title: Re: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day
Post by: Westlife on April 10, 2015, 06:42:22 PM: Quote from: Admin on April 10, 2015, 05:57:43 PM

Can you post your source of information? link? sawadi

Figures for 2007 -2014 here ... http://www.richardbarrow.com/2014/04/road-accident-statistics-for-songkran-2007-2014/

(http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/Smileys/Version01/sawadi.gif)
Title: Re: 25 died in first day of the 7-day dangerous day
Post by: davureborn on April 10, 2015, 07:17:34 PM: Yeah, yeah, officially 28 000 deaths a year which makes 71 a day methinks.
25? great news...
don't get involved in this opaque statistical rubbish which somebody seems to think no one will notice.
Anyway it's mostly motorcyclists so it don't matter.