Thailand's seven most dangerous days

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STEVE G
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Re: Thailand's seven most dangerous days

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Last night must have been a real scene from hell.
Well it took over five hours to get to the airport last night but not really dangerous as the traffic was moving so slowly, particularly from Pethaburi to Samut Sakhon which was about 20 kph the whole way.
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New Year road death toll 365

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews ... h-toll-365

A total 365 were killed and 3,329 injured in 3,176 road accidents throughout the country over the “seven dangerous days” (Dec 27-Jan 2), Panadda Diskul, deputy permanent secretary for interior, said on Thursday.

The road death toll was reported on Wednesday at 332.

Anusorn Kaewkangwan, deputy director general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said the number of road accident was up 2.68% from the same period last year.

The road death toll also rose from last year’s 336 deaths by 8.63%, or 29 deaths, but the number of road accident was down 1.3%, he added.

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