Minivan, bus and road accidents

[Nereus]

At least they are consistent:

Three killed, 9 injured in bus-truck collision

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/transpo ... -collision

MAHA SARAKHAM -- Three people were killed and nine others injured, two of them seriously, when a tour bus collided head-on with a pickup truck in Kantharawichai district early Sunday, Thairath Online reported.

The accident occurred at 2.40am between kilometres 18 and 19 on Thinanond road near Ban Khok Ma in tambon Khok Phra.

Police learned from passengers of the tour bus, which was heading for Nakhon Phanom's Renu Nakhon district from Bangkok, that the driver was trying to overtake another vehicle when it collided head-on with an oncoming Mitsubishi Triton pickup with employees of a telephone company on board.

Three men in the pickup were killed. Two were identified as Viroj Sikalang and Saravuth Sikalang. The other was a Laotian who was not identified.

Virat Thongsophon, 51, the driver of the tour bus, and Pacharida Kaeomaneechai, 29, the bus hostess, were seriously injured. They were admitted to Maha Sarakham Hospital. Seven passengers were slightly injured.

[PeteC]

These stories seem to be coming almost daily now, and we're only seeing reports on the worst. I'm sure dozens more per day out there. Pete

[Nereus]

Todays addition. It is almost like they are having a competition. And again in the early hours of the day.
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3 killed, 43 hurt in tour bus crash

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -bus-crash

SING BURI --Three people, including a local leader, were killed and 43 others hurt when a double-decker tour bus carrying local officials on a study trip plunged into a roadside ditch and overturned in Phrom Buri district in the early hours of Tuesday.

[nil]

Falling asleep and brake failures seem to be the most common causes. I recently did a bus journey from here to Mukdahan. It took 14 hours and only had a 20 minute break halfway through. I looked up my home country's rules (UK) and the maximum daily driving limit is 9 hours.

[Nereus]

And so the practice run up to Songkran continues.

2 more bus wrecks claim 3 lives, hurt 71


http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... es-hurt-71

Five fatal coach wrecks in a week

Three people was killed and 71 people hurt in two Northeast bus crashes on Wednesday, bringing the total number of major coach wrecks to five in just the past week.

The accident took place around 3am In Kalasin's Yang Talat district when a tour bus packed with students and teachers was struck by a pickup truck that ran a red light at the Yang Talat intersection, said Pol Lt Udomsil Nachainak, a duty officer at Somdet police station.

The impact killed pickup driver Hamad Yadam, 29. Fifty-two students and teachers on the tour bus were injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital.................................................>

[PeteC]

Officials consider banning commuter vans from long distance services

http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/03/09/r ... e-services

I think it will snow in Bangkok before this happens. Pete

[usual suspect]

Anyone see the news report on TV of the tour bus that crashed today..the scene of the crash was covered (believe it or not) by a traffic camera..shows the bus exiting a bend sideways-on at nearly 45' before slewing the other way, hitting the central reservation, flipping onto it's side & sliding across into the ditch..proper movie stuff..cause??..Sheer speed & stupidity ..

(2 killed I think, Oh & guess what?..the driver ran away!)

[Big Boy]

It's on Channel 3 as I type.

[DTHHSA]

Minibus on its side in the ditch near the entrance to Mrigadayawan Palace/Rama 6 Army Camp as I drove past around 7.00 this morning. Few other minibuses of the Bangkok - Hua Hin variety stopped to 'assist'.

Didn't seem a lot of urgency so let's hope the bus was empty.

[usual suspect]

A report this week was suggesting the P.M. is considering putting a ban on all interstate minivans operating out of BKK.
(The report did actually say that minivans were a popular option for getting to the resorts of Hua Hin & Pattaya due to the trip only taking 1 hour)
1 hour? How about linking about 15 of them together, give them their own lane on the Hwy 35/4 and then there's no need for a high speed rail-link

[Bristolian]

A report this week was suggesting the P.M. is considering putting a ban on all interstate minivans operating out of BKK.
(The report did actually say that minivans were a popular option for getting to the resorts of Hua Hin & Pattaya due to the trip only taking 1 hour)
1 hour? How about linking about 15 of them together, give them their own lane on the Hwy 35/4 and then there's no need for a high speed rail-link

Naaah it would never work, Top Gear tried it with caravans and it was a bloody mess! come to think of it no different than today. All crashes in one place at the same time mmmm!

[bsdk1960]

Falling asleep and brake failures seem to be the most common causes. I recently did a bus journey from here to Mukdahan. It took 14 hours and only had a 20 minute break halfway through. I looked up my home country's rules (UK) and the maximum daily driving limit is 9 hours.

Here is the Danish rules,and I'm sure many others counties to ;

The general rules are:

An uninterrupted driving time shall not exceed 4 ½ hour.
After a driving period of 4½ hours a driver shall take a break of at least 45 minutes unless he begins a rest.
The break of 45 minutes can be replaced by a break of at least 15 minutes, followed by a break of at least 30 minutes distributed over the period. There can not swap the order of the breaks.
During pause and rest the driver may not perform any other work or be available to the carrier.
The daily driving time shall not exceed 9 hours.
2 times a week the driving period may be up to 10 hours.
The weekly driving time shall not exceed 56 hours.
In two consecutive weeks, the total driving time shall not exceed 90 hours.
The week is the period between Monday. 12:00 and Sunday. 24.00.

[buksida]

Today's daily death report ...

Van-fuel truck crash kills two
Two Myanmar workers were killed and 13 others injured when a van they were travelling in slammed into a fuel truck in Muang district on Saturday.

The accident took place at Doi Ruak between kilometre makers 67 and 68 on the Tak-Mae Sot road in tambon Mae Thor, said police.

The van was carrying migrant workers from Mae Sot district to Samut Sakhon province when it crashed head-on with the fuel truck. The force of the crash killed two workers instantly and injured 13 others. Rescue workers rushed the injured workers to a nearby hospital.

The drivers of the two vehicles escaped unhurt. Police were investigating.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -kills-two

[barrys]

[quote="buksida"] The drivers of the two vehicles escaped unhurt. Police were investigating.

"Escaped unhurt" - meaning they were simply uninjured, or belted it hell for leather as is their wont ...

[Nereus]

Today not finished yet Buksi:

Three killed, five injured in Sa Kaeo collision

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -collision

SA KAEO -- Three people were killed and five others injured in head-on collision between two pick-up trucks in Watthana Nakhon district of this eastern province on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred at 9.20am at an intersection near Ban Nong Yang in tambon Tha Kwien, involving an Isuzu pick-up truck with six people on board and a Nissan pick-up truck with two passengers.

All six people in the Isuzu pick-up were injured, one of them, a woman, seriously. The woman, Chonthicha Promthao, later died at a hospital in the provincial town.

In the Nissan pick-up truck, Chaiya Boonruam, 36, the driver, and his eight-year-old son Chaiyan were killed.

The injured were admitted to Watthana Nakhon Hospital.