The government’s Songkran road safety campaign is off to a moderate start with a reported 25 deaths and 356 injuries across Thailand yesterday. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Boontham Lertsukhihasem reported today that there were 348 road accidents in the country on the first day of the campaign to encourage road safety on Thailand’s infamously dangerous roads. Though the figures don’t sound like an achievement, they are actually a fair bit lower than the average road death toll each day in Thailand throughout the year, assuming the data is accurate.
About 83% of the accidents involved motorbikes, 7.5% involved pick-up trucks and 4% were with cars. The biggest percentage of incidents happened between 4 and 8 pm, with 28% of accidents occurring in the late afternoon and early evening. Around 20% of crashes were between 8 am and noon, and 17%…
