Thailand –
A total of 541 road accidents, with 550 injuries and 63 deaths, were reported on Saturday (April 13th) by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) in two days (April 11th -April 12th) of the ‘Seven Days Road Safety Campaign’ during Songkran (April 11th – April 17th) 2024.
The province with the total highest fatalities was Roi-Et with 5 deaths.
The total highest number of accidents was Prachuap Khiri Khan with 21 and the total highest number of injuries was in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla, in the south of Thailand, with 22 injuries each.
There were 38 deaths, 307 road accidents and 299 injuries in total reported on the second day (April 12th) of the campaign.
Most were caused by excessive speeding (41 percent). About 84 percent of the accidents involved motorcycles. Most road accidents occurred on highways (40 percent) between 4:01 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
