Speeding has emerged as one of the major causes of road accidents during the first two of the “seven dangerous days”.
Out of 85 lives lost due to traffic accidents, 33% or 39 people died because of speeding, followed by drink-driving (30%) or 34 people. About 83% of the reports involved motorcycles.
As of Thursday, 422 accidents were reported, with 44 dead and 426 people injured, said Nirat Pongsitthithaworn, deputy permanent secretary at the Interior Ministry, who is also a chairman of the special sub-committee of he Road Safety Directing Centre.
On Thursday, Chiang Mai racked up the most accidents of the day at 21 while Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Roi Et reported three fatalities in each province. The total toll for the first two days of the campaign (Dec 29-30) was 784 accidents resulting in 85 fatalities and 786 injuries.
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