BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand’s Songkran road toll rose to 154 deaths after four days, as authorities tightened checks on water-play zones, Family Day travel and return journeys to Bangkok.
Thailand’s Songkran road toll rose to 154 deaths after the first four days of the holiday road safety campaign, with 755 accidents and 705 injuries recorded nationwide between April 10 and 13, according to the Road Safety Operation Centre’s latest briefing on Tuesday morning.
The April 13 tally alone showed:237 accidents; 224 injuries; 51 deaths
Yodsapol Venukosess, secretary-general of the Office of the Vocational Education Commission, chaired the briefing, while Theerapat Kachamat, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, spoke in his capacity as secretary to the centre’s committee.
The centre said the deadliest single-day factors on Monday (April 13) remained persistent and deeply concerning. Speeding was the leading cause of crashes at 41.77%, followed by drink-driving at 27.43%.
Motorcycles were involved in 70.93% of accidents, while most crashes occurred on straight roads (75.53%) and on local roads in tambon and village areas (36.29%). The peak accident period was 3.01pm to 6pm, accounting for 20.25% of cases.
People aged 20–29 and 30–39 accounted for the highest shares of injuries and deaths, at 17.82% each. On April 13, Chumphon and Chiang Rai recorded the highest number of accidents, with 12 cases each, while Chumphon had the highest number of injuries at 13.
Pathum Thani and Loei recorded the highest number of deaths, with four each. Based on the four-day cumulative tally, Lampang had the highest number of accidents and injuries, while Bangkok recorded the highest death toll. -- The Nation Thailand/ANN
