Minivan, bus and road accidents

[buksida]

More unreported public bus crashes ...

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Four passengers were seriously injured and 23 suffered minor injuries when a bus heading from Bangkok to Koh Tao and Koh Pha Ngan crashed into a mahogany tree in Prachuab Kiri Khan province shortly before 4.30am Sunday. The driver said he was trying to overtake another vehicle but failed and then lost control of the vehicle. Foreign passengers include those from Turkey, Brazil and Russia.

Source: Khaosod English

[buksida]

Passenger killed, 15 others injured in van crash
A woman passenger was killed and 15 others injured when a van taking them from Nakhon Phanom to Bangkok hit a roadside tree in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya province early on Wednesday.

The accident occurred on Ayutthaya-bound Rojana Road as the vehicle approached an intersection near a PTT petrol station in tambon Pratuchai, according to Pol Maj Senee Phachob, investigation chief at Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya police station. It was reported to police about 5am.

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Police said the van veered off the road and onto a footpath, hitting a traffic sign post and then a roadside tree. Its left rear tyre was found to have burst. The force of the crash also threw bags and sacks of rice from the van.

Police did not say what happened to the driver.

According to posts on the social media Khaoayutthaya page, the driver had survived the crash and fled the scene.

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

[Big Boy]

16 people in a mini-van. I thought they were regulated to a maximum of 13 passengers these days, with 10 passengers being the norm.

[PeteC]

I'm not going to chart and post the Bangkok Post "7 Deadly Days" numbers, as they differ so much from the numbers BB posted in the past from the Highway & Traffic Dept. It's a useless exercise. Links will be posted below until the end of the period.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... s-saturday

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... eaches-128

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... eaches-190

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -256-lives

[PeteC]

Final article for the New Year period: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -accidents

[HHTel]

And the figures from the Dept of Land Transport report 212 deaths in 1860 accidents.

Who do you believe?

[Big Boy]

Yes, there are several versions of the same truth being bandied around - the key thing is though, despite how different the numbers are, the Gov't has met their targets every time.

[buksida]

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Seventeen Chinese tourists were injured, two seriously, when their bus driver lost control of the vehicle at a road curve Tuesday morning in Phuket province's Thalang district. A child was among those injured. They were on their way to Similand Islands.

Khaosod English

Maybe Thailand would have a better chance at luring the Chinese back if they could keep their busses and vans on the road

[buksida]

One killed, five hurt in train-truck crash
The driver of a Chiang Mai-bound train was killed and five people were hurt when the train rammed into a trailer truck carrying a backhoe at a crossing in Chumsaeng district on Friday night.

The incident occurred at the Khlong Samphrueng railway crossing in tambon Phanlan, said police who were alerted about 7.30 pm on Friday.

According to police, rapid train No. 109 on the Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal-Chiang Mai route left the terminal in Bangkok at 2.15pm on Friday. As it approached the crossing in Chumsaeng district, the 18-wheel trailer truck was driving into the crossing and into the path of the train.

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

The video of this looks like something out of a movie. Those truck drivers are utter lunatics, this idiot should be locked up, RIP to the poor train driver, its a very dangerous job in Thailand. .

[KhunLA]

"Four killed, eleven injured after pick up truck hits tree in Hua Hin" ...
https://www.huahintoday.com/hua-hin-new ... n-hua-hin/

[Dannie Boy]

15 people in a pickup - they’ll never learn!! RIP those killed in yet another tragedy


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[buksida]

13 Danish passengers injured in van crash, driver killed
A Thai driver was killed and all 13 young Danish passengers injured, three of them seriously, when their van veered off a hillside road and plunged into a ravine in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province on Thursday night.

The van, carrying 10 Danish women and three Danish men, deviated from Highway 1095 at kilometre makers 82-83 between Mae Ya and Mae Ping checkpoints in tambon Mae Hee, said Pol Lt Col Suwit Boonyaphen, Mae Hong Son tourist police inspector, who was reported around 9.45pm.

The collision claimed the life of Thai driver Baramee Panyajachaiya, 50, and left all 13 passengers injured, with three sustaining serious injuries. All were sent to Chiang Mai Ram and Pai hospitals.

Acccording to a preliminary investigation, the van left Chiang Mai province at 6.30pm on Thursday for Pai district. The tourists, aged between 19 and 25, intended to attend the popular Full Moon Party at a restaurant in Pai.

When the van arrived at the spot, the driver, believed to be unfamiliar with the terrian, lost control at a curve, causing the vehicle to veer off the road into a deep ravine. The driver sustained severe injuries and was later pronounced dead.

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

[Dannie Boy]

This is the sort of thing that requires nothing but the full force of the law - I hope he gets 20 years but probably more like a fine!!

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... checkpoint

Mods - please move if in wrong thread

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[PeteC]

Chinese tourist killed by pickup truck on zebra crossing

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... a-crossing

His first day in Thailand. The Chinese will go back into their fearful do not visit mode once again concerning this place once they read this.

[Big Boy]

I stopped at a zebra crossing a couple of days ago. It was outside a school, with kids wanting to cross. Normally I am very reluctant to stop unless I'm 200% sure it is safe, but always make an exception at schools. As if I had planned it, as the kids were in front of my car, Somchai with a Line Food box on the back of his motorcycle went speeding down the kid's blind side. Fortunately nobody was hurt, but zebra crossings are deadly in Thailand, purely because of the 'me first' attitude.