Bangkok Post – Road accidents killed 287 people during Songkran

April 18, 2024

PUBLISHED : 18 Apr 2024 at 13:31

Vehicles carrying revellers and water containers run on a road beside the Kwai River in Muang district of Kanchanaburi province to celebrate the Songkran festival on Wednesday. (Photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen)

There were 287 fatalities and 2,060 injuries in traffic accidents during the government’s road safety campaign week for the Songkran festival, according to Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Mr Anutin said on Thursday that the casualties happened in 2,044…