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The Road Safety Operation Centre reported on Monday the country had 296 accidents on
Sunday, which resulted in 39 deaths and 299 injured...........
This year's three-day tally registered 756 accidents, 752 injuries and 100 deaths, all fewer than last year when 948 accidents occurred, leading to 965 injuries and 129 deaths.............
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The number of road accidents and injuries has passed 1,000 in the first four days of the Songkran holiday travel period, with some holidaymakers beginning their trips back to Bangkok on Tuesday.
The Road Safety Operation Centre said that 241 accidents occurred on
Monday, leaving 34 people dead and 249 injured............
In the first four days of the 2024 Songkran holiday, the country recorded 1,266 accidents with 1,244 injuries and 169 deaths........
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Traffic accidents killed 171 people and injured 1,208 others during the first five days of the Songkran holiday, as of Tuesday night.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Wednesday that from April 11-15 inclusive there were 1,216 reported traffic accidents nationwide in which 171 people were killed and 1,208 others were injured............
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Traffic accidents killed 200 people during six days in the Songkran festival holiday period from April 11 to 16, with Bangkok recording the highest number of road fatalities.
Kachorn Srichawanothai, deputy permanent secretary for the interior, said on Thursday that the fatalities resulted from 1,377 traffic accidents in which 1,362 people were injured.
“Motorcycles are the most common kind of vehicles involved in the accidents, accounting for 83.32% of the incidents… I would like people to wear helmets whenever they ride on motorcycles and please seriously follow traffic rules,” he said.
From April 11 to 16, the southern province of Phatthalung had the most traffic accidents at 52. The northern province of Lampang recorded the highest number of injured people, 56. Bangkok saw the highest road fatalities at 16, he said.
On April 16 (Wednesday) alone, Mr Kachorn said there were 155 traffic accidents, 22 fatalities and 149 injured people. Lampang had the most accidents and the highest number of injured people, at nine for both. The most common cause of the accidents was speeding.
Saharat Wongsakulwiwat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said most Songkran travellers had already returned to Bangkok and major provinces.
Pichet Kunathammarak, director-general of the Department of Rail Transport, said that people took about 1 million train trips on Wednesday.
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