Road toll 272 after five days

 

At least 272 people died from road accidents in the first five days of the Songkran holiday period, with the most fatalities in Chiang Mai province.

 

There were 3,375 road accidents in the period from last Friday to Tuesday, inclusive, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. The accident count was lower than last year.

 

Chiang Mai province had the highest number of road fatalities, 12, followed by Roi Et province with 11 deaths.

 

The department’s road accidents prevention centre blamed speeding and alcohol for the majority of the accidents.

 

It also warned of the increased road-accident risk because of the extended holiday, after Thursday and Friday were declared off days for the state sector.

 

Bangkok Post

Songkran Death toll 2008

 

The official road death toll for the Songkran holiday on the end of the seventh day reached 368.

 

The official road death toll for the Songkran holiday period at the end of the seventh day has reached 368 with a total of 4,243 accidents and 4,803 people injured from those accidents.

 

Phitsanulok province saw the highest road death toll at 25. Adding to the toll was a tour bus accident in the province, on kilometer 80 of the Phitsanulok-Uttaradit Road late last night. The tour bus, from Payao province bound for Bangkok, lost control at a turn and overturned, causing eight passengers to die at the scene and 36 others injured.

 

Seven more people were killed on the roads this Songkran compared with last year.

 

- Thailand Outlook

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