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    Thailands Road Death Toll Starts

    40-year-old man first fatality of holiday season

    A 40-year-old man was the first recorded road casualty of the New Year holiday yesterday, with police expecting hundreds more to be killed and thousands injured over the most dangerous seven days of the year. Sathit Manowong was killed when the pick-up he was travelling in collided with a six-wheel truck before slamming into another vehicle in Uttaradit province yesterday.
    The accident happened in tambon Dan Nakham in Muang district. Police blamed speed and poor visibility.
    Driver Thanthorn Wonglek, 31, and two women, Rudapa Yukindee, 35 and Jariya Luengthanahiran, 27, were seriously injured.
    Employees of a Bangkok firm, they were on their way to Phrae province for New Year celebrations. City police have set up checkpoints on all roads leaving Bangkok as part of a campaign against drink driving.
    Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt-Gen Viroj Chantarangsi said 176 checkpoints were being manned by 3,556 traffic police. Police expect the death toll from road accidents in the capital to stay below 10. Last year nine were killed and 88 injured over New Year.
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    cnuts are dropping like flies :)

    Road toll at 41 as holiday begins

    (TNA) - Road accidents 41 people dead and 540 injured on the first day of the seven-day New Year traffic alert period, according to the Road Safety Centre (RSC).

    Thailand has designated the week from Dec 28 through Jan 3 as the most dangerous period. People living in Bangkok travel to the provinces to celebrate the New Year holiday and a high number of road accidents normally occur every year during the peak travel period.

    Deputy Interior Minister Banyat Chansena said in his capacity of the RSC deputy director that there were 497 road accidents on Thursday (December 28) with 41 fatalities registered.

    Most of the accidents were caused by driving while intoxicated, followed by speeding.

    Statistically, motorcycles are involved in the greatest number of road accidents, followed by pick-up trucks and personal cars. The highest number of accidents occurred between 4 to 8 pm.

    Ayutthaya reported the most deaths -- four, while three deaths were reported in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Sakon Nakhon.

    The most accidents in one place -- 19 in total -- occurred in the southern povince of Songkhla, followed by the eastern province of Chon Buri and Bangkok, the capital.

    Police were instructed to take stringent action against speeding motorists and motorcycle drivers without helmets and to conduct tests to check alcohol blood level of motorists across the country.
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    Minister denies fudging road figures

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    The government does not, and would not hide or alter figures of road accidents and fatalities during the New Year's holiday to show that its campaign to reduce accidents is a success, said Deputy Interior Minister Banyat Chansena during a television appearance Saturday morning.

    "If we don't accept the truth, we won't be able to fix problems," said Mr Banyat during an interview in the programme Direct Line from the Government House.

    But Mr Banyat was certain that the government goals for holiday highway casualties will be met -- fewer than 401 road deaths and 4,500 injuries among New Year's drivers and passengers.

    Thailand has designated the week from Dec 28 to Jan 3 as a seven-day "most dangerous period" as people travel to celebrate the holiday around the country, causing the number of road accidents to skyrocket.

    There is widespread cynicism about the government figures, which never are broken down and always appear to meet or beat ministers' well publicised goals no matter who is in the government.

    For example: "We want the figures to be about 15 per cent less than that of last year," said Mr Banyat. Most observers are sure they will be.

    According to last year's equally suspect statistics from the previous government, about 500 people were killed in road accidents. The majority of the deceased were allegedly between15 and 25. Mr Banyat said most accidents occurred with motorcycle drivers who either did not wear helmets or did not have a driving licence.

    On Thursday, the first of the seven-day period, the government said 41 people were killed and 540 others injured. On Friday, government figures showed that 68 people died from accidents and 760 others injured.

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    109 killed, 1,300 injured on first two "dangerous days"



    Road accidents across the country left 109 people killed and 1,300 injured during the first two dangerous days of the weeklong New Year holiday, the Road Safety Centre reported Saturday.

    On Friday alone, 696 accidents killed 68 people and maimed 760 others, Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen, who serves as the centre's deputy director, told a daily press conference to update the traffic toll.

    Motorcycles were involved in 86.4 per cent of the accidents, while drunk driving and speeding were the major factors at 36.64 and 20.98 per cent respectively.

    Accidents were concentrated from 4pm-8pm and on straight stretches of secondary roads.

    Nakhon Pathom saw the most deaths at six and the most accidents, tied with Si Sa Ket, at 29.The two-day count was nine deaths and 62 injuries down from the same days last year.

    Songkhla and Nakhon Pathom had the highest cumulative deaths, at six each, followed by Chon Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Ayutthaya with five each.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    There is widespread cynicism about the government figures, which never are broken down and always appear to meet or beat ministers' well publicised goals no matter who is in the government.
    Well, it would "not be constructive" to let the public know the extent of the problem, and to give reason for the trusting public to doubt the effectiveness of the democratic leadership of the kingdom.

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    One killed, 10 injured when Chiang Mai-bound bus crashes into tree

    Nakhon Sawan - An air-conditioned bus heading from Bangkok to Chiang Mai crashed into a tree in this northern province, killing one bus staff and injuring ten passengers.

    Police said the accident happened at 2:30 am on the northbound Asia Highway in Nakhon Sawan's Muang district.

    The bus staff, identified only as Yok, 18, was killed at the scene. Ten passengers were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital.

    Passengers said they heard a loud noise from under the bus before it lost control and crashed into a tree on the roadside.

    The bus driver fled the scene.

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    New Year death toll rises to 179

    The death toll from road accidents in the first three dangerous days of the weeklong New Year holidays rose to 179, the permanent secretary for Interior announced Sunday.

    Pongphayom Wasaphuti, a member of the Road Safety Centre, announced that on Saturday alone, 725 accidents killed 70 people and maimed 831 others.

    The death toll stood at 109 at the end of Friday.

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    New Year death toll rises to 351

    The number of those killed in road accidents during the first five of seven dangerous days of New Year holidays stand at 351, a senior official announced Tuesday.

    Anucha Mokkhaswes, director-general of the Civil Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said New Year Day, which was the fifth day of the week-long road accident monitoring period, saw 784 accidents, killing 76 people and injuring 903 others.

    Drunk driving remained the biggest cause of the accident, constituting 47.96 per cent of the accidents, he said.

    He said motorcycles involved in 88.35 per cent of the accidents.

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    5 days and more deaths than in a whole year in Denmark...

    Wish my family would ditch the old pickup and get a proper car with seatbelts and everything...

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    New Year road accident death toll rises to 407


    Drunk driving caused more than one third of road accidents on January 2, according to the Road Safety War Room.

    January 2 is the sixth of the "Seven Most Dangerous Days".

    Speaking in his capacity as the war room's executive, Interior Ministry's permanent secretary Pongphayom Wasaputi Wednesday said there were 509 road accidents on Tuesday in which 56 victims were killed and 576 others were injured.

    Pongphayom blamed drunk driving for about 39.95 per cent of these accidents.

    He added that speeding was responsible for 19.45 of the accidents while the fact that motorists abruptly cut in front of other vehicles accounted for 13.95 per cent other.

    Of the accidents on Tuesday, 86.04 per cent involved motorcycles. Most accidents took place on secondary roads, which linked villages to other villages.

    Between December 28 and January 2, there were 4,078 road accidents. The death toll was at 407 and the number of injured victims was at 4,546 during the period, which was higher than a similar period a year earlier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog View Post
    ...Pongphayom blamed drunk driving for about 39.95 per cent of these accidents...
    WTF??? How can he say "about 39.95%"??? Why not say about "40%".

    What's the point in quoting two decimal places? F*cking stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RDN View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog View Post
    ...Pongphayom blamed drunk driving for about 39.95 per cent of these accidents...
    WTF??? How can he say "about 39.95%"??? Why not say about "40%".

    What's the point in quoting two decimal places? F*cking stupid.
    Praps it makes his figures sound authentic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by keda View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by RDN View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog View Post
    ...Pongphayom blamed drunk driving for about 39.95 per cent of these accidents...
    WTF??? How can he say "about 39.95%"??? Why not say about "40%".

    What's the point in quoting two decimal places? F*cking stupid.
    Praps it makes his figures sound authentic.
    My thought precicely - either that or the journalist got the numbers wrong - wouldn't be the first time....
    Any error in tact, fact or spelling is purely due to transmissional errors...

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    He is proving that he is mathmaticly educated, although I doubt if it could work out to whole people using his percentage and perhaps he is considering some of the accidents as half drunk people, but even up till 10 years ago the thai for quarter a kilo of what ever food it was, "half of half a kilo" not a quarter as i dont think they have that word, nor 250grams as they couldn't work out that percentage, the guy is basically considered in Thailand as a genius.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog View Post
    ... the guy is basically considered in Thailand as a genius.

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    'Hard work' fails to cut road toll


    This year saw more lives claimed in road accidents nationwide, despite all the hard work exerted to curtail the New Year's carnage, authorities said yesterday.

    Drunk driving involving mostly motorcycles was the major cause of the 499 deaths and close to 5,000 injuries recorded over the seven dangerous days.
    Road accidents were up by just over 6 per cent, resulting in increases of almost 2 per cent in deaths and 4 per cent in injuries, said Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Kosit Panpiemras, who is in charge of the Road Safety Centre.
    About eight in 10 accidents involved motorbikes on connecting roads rather than the highways or main roads in the provinces, he said.
    Prachuap Khiri Khan, Bangkok and Narathiwat shared the highest death toll of 18.
    Khon Kaen, Chiang Rai and Nakhon Ratchasima had the most injuries at 157, 150 and 148 respectively, while Chai Nat, Mae Hong Son, Yasothon, Lamphun, Samut Songkhram and Angthong were free of fatalities, he said.
    Stringent measures including cracking down on traffic law offenders were carried out to the fullest extent during the holidays, he said.
    About 250,000 motorists were arrested and fined, mostly for unsafe driving such as not wearing a safety helmet.
    "After all that, we still failed to achieve the goal of keeping the number of deaths below 410 and injuries under 4,555," Kosit said.
    "But we did our best … if we hadn't worked this hard, considerably more lives would have been lost."
    Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla said better control of alcohol consumption would help reduce the road slaughter during festivals. And for the upcoming Songkran festival, tougher measures to control drinking would be carried out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    An air-conditioned bus heading from Bangkok to Chiang Mai crashed into a tree in this northern province, killing one bus staff and injuring ten passengers.
    Gee I'm glad they put the relevants details first there! Would've been left wondering if it was an air-con bus or not otherwise


    Focking atrocious journalisim. Tossers will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes!

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    About 4,700 New Year drink-drivers put on probation




    Courts put around 4,700 drink-drivers charged during the New Year festival on probation.

    Wanchai Roujanavong, director-general of the Department of Probation, said 4,751 drivers were charged over the holiday period - 3,445 in the provinces and 1,306 in Bangkok. The number is an increase of 40 per cent on last year.

    Wanchai said the number was increasing because more efficient breathalysers were helping police to detect drink-drivers. He predicted that the statistic would decrease in the near-future as fewer people would take the risk of driving under the influence of alcohol.

    People on probation would be sent to do social services relating to road transportation such as training in traffic rules and accident rescues, he said.

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