National –
Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDOM) today (January 2nd) reported a total of 574 accidents, with 73 deaths and 574 injuries, on the fourth day (January 2nd) of the ‘New Year’s Seven Days of Danger’ road accidents campaign.
Accidents were mostly caused by drunk driving (37.28 percent), followed by excessive speeding (35.71). About 89.27 percent of the accidents involved motorcycles.
37.80 percent of road accidents occurred most on national highways, followed by 36.93 percent in provincial subdistricts and local villages. Most accidents occurred between 3:01 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. at 25.96 percent.
The highest number of accidents was in Kanchanaburi (24 times) and Kanchanaburi also had the highest number of injuries (31 people). The province with the highest fatalities was Bangkok (6 people).
In a total of four days (December 29th- January 1st) of the Seven Days of Danger, there has been a total of 1,906 road accidents, 1,894 injuries, and 226 deaths.
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