Two accidents every week involving public transport buses
"There were 104 road accidents involving public transport buses or field study vehicles last year resulting in 49 deaths at the scene and injuries to 675 people last year
The most cited causes of such accidents were speeding, driver exhaustion caused by long hours at the wheel, driver dozing off, driver's unfamiliarity with the route as well as the vehicle's poor condition, ministry spokesman Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai said Tuesday."
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Latest report say's 4 dead..25 in hospital..
But we all know that the driver..2 days from now (when the 'speed' is out of his system) will turn himself in to the RTP, & providing he serves an undisclosed period of time as a monk... will be excused of his actions.. RiP to those poor innocent passengers..
This is what happens to a Ford Fiesta when hit in the back by a Mercedes going 200kph. Two students dead and one hi-so doing his best to escape as many charges as possible, along with the help of his good ol' Dad of course. Pete
BUNG KAN — Five people, including one woman, were killed in a head-on crash involving two pickup trucks in Seka district on Tuesday morning.
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How the hell does this happen? Photo at link.
May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil know`s you`re dead!
NAKHON PATHOM -- Two people were killed and about 30 others injured after a train hit a double-decker bus at a railway crossing in tambon Ngiew Rai in Nakhon Chaisi district on Sunday, media reports said. The accident occurred at about 7.30am when the bus loaded with tourists heading of Koh Samet in Rayong was hit on one side by the train which was heading for Nam Tok railway station in Kanchanaburi.
The driver of the bus was reportedly killed on spot and about 30 of the passengers were injured. The injured were separately admitted to Nakhon Chaisi Hospital, Phutthamonthon Hospital, Huay Phlu Hospital. Two of the injured died later at hospitals.
Police were investigating the cause of the accident.
EDIT: Watching that I think I see warning lights not flashing, and an automatic barrier gate not down? See what you think. Hard to see but seems something is there on the far side of the tracks.
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"... Such accidents occur often in Thailand, where many railway crossings do not have barriers."
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Don't know why I bother really. As already posted, and if you bother to watch the video, the crossing had newly installed lights and barriers. They had recently been installed but not in use. And that may be why the driver stopped and then proceeded again, as the lights were not flashing he may have assumed that there was no train approaching.
Right at the end of the video the lights can be plainly seen. I do not do Facebook, but on another site there is a link to the accident on that site, which shows a big red sign in Thai, attached to the lights, which MAY be saying that the lights are not yet in use.
It is also possible that the driver stalled the bus engine, as just before he starts to take off again there is a big cloud of black smoke from the exhaust, and then the bus stops right on the tracks.
The real Thai part of it is the car approaching from the other direction, that actually runs right off the road after crossing the tracks. Neither driver prepared to wait a few seconds.
May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil know`s you`re dead!
Nereus wrote:Yes, it was reported in the Bangkok Post that the lights have just been installed, but not commissioned yet.
Isn't the new crossing at Hua Hin Soi 2 a bit like that? At first glance it looks like a working level crossing, but then you notice that the barrier booms haven't been installed yet, and maybe the lights don't work yet either. It's like a trap waiting for someone to cross thinking it's safe though a train might becoming.
Being able to see the tracks is the only warning a safe and sane driver needs at a RR crossing.
This link has video from two angles. The train is clearly visible in the second part of the clip. The reasonable explanation is the bus driver didn't look for the train until it was too late. The acceleration and accompanying exhaust cloud shows he saw it, then the brake lights showed he realized he wasn't going to make it across.
RiP to those poor innocent passengers.. 
