Minivan, bus and road accidents

[Nereus]

UPDATE: Bus driver in fatal accident tests positive for methamphetamine

The barstward should be lined up against a wall and SHOT! None of us are safe on the roads when pricks like this are allowed to breathe the same air, never mind be on the road.

[Nereus]

Six killed, 12 injured in highway crash

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... hway-crash

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Six illegal Myanmar migrants were killed and 12 injured when the pickup they were travelling in crashed into the median divider fence on Phetkasem highway in Muang district early on Wednesday.

Five of the injured were reported to be in serious condition.

Pol Lt Col Suthep Jamikorn, duty investigator at Khlong Wan, said the accident occurred about 3am near kilometer marker 316+800 on the Bangkok-bound side of Phetkasem highway, near Nam Khao village in tambon Khlong Wan.

The black Chevrolet pickup crashed into the metal fence on the median strip of the highway.

The impact threw the passengers onto the highway, killing six and injuring 12 others, five seriously. The pickup driver fled before police and emergency services arrived, Pol Lt Col Suthep said.

After crashing into the fence, the pickup was hit from behind by a white Toyota van. Nobody in the van was hurt. The van driver said he was following closely behind the pickup and could not avoid hitting it.

The injured were taken to Prachuap Khiri Khan Hospital.

Police said the killed and injured were all from Mudong in Myanmar's Kachin State. They illegally crossed the border into Prachuap Khiri Khan and were on their way to jobs in Samut Sakhon.

A burst tyre caused the pickup to swerve into the median fence, police said.

Earlier on Tuesday night, 20 illegal Myanmar migrants were caught in Muang district.

About 11pm, a police-military patrol stopped a pickup on Wang Madua-Thammi road at Ban Hup Phai in tambon Huay Sai.

There 20 passengers, 17 men and three women. All were from Myanmar and had illegally crossed the border.

They were arrested and handed over to Muang police for legal proceedings and deportation.

[handdrummer]

"The van driver said he was following closely behind the pickup and couldn't avoid hitting it."
Why was he "following closely" at 3 am?

[Nereus]

"The van driver said he was following closely behind the pickup and couldn't avoid hitting it."
Why was he "following closely" at 3 am?

Because that is the way these idiots drive, regardless of what time it is!

[handdrummer]

"The van driver said he was following closely behind the pickup and couldn't avoid hitting it."
Why was he "following closely" at 3 am?

Because that is the way these idiots drive, regardless of what time it is!

Sorry, I forgot that thinking wasn't in the curriculum.

[PeteC]

Another one.

Bangkok-bound bus overturns in Korat, six hurt

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... t-six-hurt

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Six passengers were injured when a Bangkok-bound interprovincial passenger bus overturned in Non Sung district in the early hours of Saturday.

The Bangkok-Mukdahan bus overturned at kilometre markers 189 and 190 on Mittraparb Road when police arrived at the scene, said a police officer on duty at Non Sung police station. He received a report of the incident at 2.10am on Saturday.

All injured passengers were taken by rescue workers to Non Sung Hospital.

Bus driver Sombat Boonsomya, 67, told police that the bus was travelling from Mukdahan province to Bangkok with 20 passengers on board.

Mr Sombat said he lost control of the bus when he tried to overtake a truck, causing the bus to veer off the road and overturn.

It was raining at the time and the road was slippery, causing him to lose control of the vehicle, according to the driver.

Police would further interrogate the driver and other witnesses to find out the actual cause.

[buksida]

Passengers flee as van goes up in flames
Six company employees fled for their lives when the van they were travelling in erupted in flames on a road in Bang Phli district on Tuesday night.

Police said the incident was reported shortly before 10pm and occurred near kilometre marker 20 on the Bangkok-bound frontage road alongside Thepparat road (Bang Na-Trat highway).

The van was already engulfed in flames when two fire engines and rescuers arrived from Bang Chalong. It took firefighters over an hour to extinguish the blaze.

Van driver Vachara Suksongkham, 49, told police he was taking six workers from company premises on Thepparat road to Ayutthaya province.

Shortly after setting out on the journey he heard an explosion in the engine compartment, followed by smoke, and then flames that quickly spread through the van, which was fuelled by LPG.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -in-flames

[HHTel]

which was fuelled by LPG.

Probably caused by a leakage from the cylinder. Safety measures here are of a low priority.

[hhinner]

which was fuelled by LPG.

Probably caused by a leakage from the cylinder. Safety measures here are of a low priority.

Shortly after setting out on the journey he heard an explosion in the engine compartment, followed by smoke, and then flames that quickly spread through the van, which was fuelled by LPG.

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Aren't the cylinders in these vans normally at the back?

[Nereus]

which was fuelled by LPG.

Probably caused by a leakage from the cylinder. Safety measures here are of a low priority.

Unlikely to be the cyclinder, especially as it was stated that an explosion occured in the engine area, but you are correct about the rest of it.
These systems now have to be inspected each year prior to renewal of the road tax. But like many other things here, the "inspectors" are more concerned with an elaborate photo of themselves, along with a fancy looking certificate!

[HHTel]

You're correct of course. Gas cylinders are in the 'boot'. I still lean towards a faulty LPG system. Cut-off valves not cutting off, leakage in the delivery to the engine etc etc. But we'll probably never know. I'd always be suspicious of LPG fueled cars because of the of safety rules which as you say are probably not at the top of an inspector's agenda. Private cars especially.

[Nereus]

You're correct of course. Gas cylinders are in the 'boot'. I still lean towards a faulty LPG system. Cut-off valves not cutting off, leakage in the delivery to the engine etc etc. But we'll probably never know. I'd always be suspicious of LPG fueled cars because of the of safety rules which as you say are probably not at the top of an inspector's agenda. Private cars especially.

LPG storage tanks are around 100 psi, and the "gas" is stored in liquid form. The pipe from the tank to the engine is "supposed" to be copper tubing. There are again, "supposed" to be two cut off solenoids, one at the tank and one in the engine bay, or under the bonnet. The LPG then has to go through what is called a "vaporiser", which it is heated by engine coolant and it also reduces the pressure to just a few PSI.

The danger comes after the vaporiser, where the now low pressure LPG is distributed to each fuel injector via small rubber hose's, usually clamped on with a simple hose clamp on each connection. These hose's can and do perish. LPG is heavier than air, and as the injection equipment is on top of the engine, it can easily flow down and be ignited by the hot exhaust manifold, or exhaust pipes, of an engine if there is a leak.

[HHTel]

Thanks for that, Nereus. I'm a little better educated than I was 5 mins ago!

[PeteC]

2 people per hour were killed in road accidents in Thailand in 2020

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/2- ... nd-in-2020

A Thai health foundation has found that two people were killed in road accidents every hour in Thailand in 2020. The total number of people killed in road accidents throughout that year was 17,831. The foundation, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, said motorcycle drivers and riders made up the 74% of fatalities.

The International Health Policy Program said in its report last year that, if all pillion riders wear crash helmets, the death toll will likely drop by 36%. A chairman of the Accident Prevention Support Plan said the alarming numbers should make authorities rethink and develop measures to reduce road accidents involving elderly people. He said law enforcement is too relaxed in enforcing laws, and consequences for traffic violators vary between provinces.

Even though 70% of accidents involved people 16-60 years old, the number of accidents involving elderly people is rising. Part of this is because Thailand is becoming an ageing society.

In January, one road death made headlines across Thailand when a motorcycle hit and killed an eye doctor at a zebra crossing in Bangkok. After the incident, a health organisation and a road safety organisation teamed up to study how many cars, motorbikes, and public vehicles stop for pedestrians at 12 zebra crossings in Bangkok. They found that altogether, 89% wouldn’t stop. For motorcycles, the rate was 92% of 6,449 motorcycles that wouldn’t stop. For cars, the rate was 86% of 7,619. For public vehicles it was 80% of 285.

Bangkok officials then planned to install traffic lights and surveillance cameras at 100 zebra crossings.

In Tak province, there were 5,521 stops per 100,000 of the population for driving under the influence. 47,830 per 100,000 were stopped in Tak for not wearing a crash helmet.

SOURCE: Thai PBS World

[Nereus]

2 trailer trucks collide, 1 driver killed

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ver-killed

SAMUT PRAKAN: Two heavily-laden articulated lorries collided on the Bang Na - Trat highway in Bang Bo district in the small hours on Sunday and the driver of one vehicle was killed, police said.

Pol Capt Padorn Pengkhot, a Bang Bo police duty officer, said the accident occurred at about 2.30am when a 22-wheel Hino lorry, loaded with dirt, was hit in the rear by another 22-wheel Isuzu lorry, loaded with cassava roots, at kilometre marker 31 of the highway.

Chang Luadsupan, the driver of the Hino truck, told the police that while he was slowing down his vehicle in order to make a U-turn in the far right lane, the trailer of his lorry was hit in the rear by the Isuzu.

He quickly stepped out of his vehicle to take a look and found the front section of the other lorry badly damaged, with the driver trapped inside. He called the police.

Rescuers used hydraulic jacks to cut open the wreck to extract the driver, but found he was already dead.

Police were investigating to establish the cause of the accident.

Rescuers try to extract the driver of a lorry that rear-ended another one in Bang Bo district of Samut Prakan on Sunday. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

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