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    Road accidents kill 42 in Thailand on first day of watch period
    Fri, 30/12/2016

    Forty-two people were killed and 565 others were injured in road accidents in Thailand on Thursday, the first day of an annual police watch period, an official said.

    Most accidents involved motorcycles and happened in the city of Chiang Mai, 680 kilometres north of Bangkok, said Sopon Mekthon, permanent secretary to the Public Health Ministry.

    Each year, Thai police step up their watch over a so-called "dangerous" seven-day period around the New Year holiday.

    More officers will be deployed around the clock between Saturday and Wednesday at drunk-driving checkpoints across the country, police said.

    The tally from Thursday, the first day of the watch period, shows a spike from last year's figures of 39 deaths and 456 injuries. Road accidents over the full New Year holiday period last year killed a total of 380 people and injured 3,505 others.

    Drunk driving and speeding accounted for nearly 30 per cent of the 524 road accidents reported Thursday, Sopon said.

    Despite tough laws against drunk driving, road accidents caused by alcohol consumption continue to increase each year in Thailand.

    Last year, a World Health Organization Report found that Thailand was second only to Libya for road deaths.

    The UN agency estimated that as many as 36.2 people per 100,000 die on the country's roadways, or around 24,237 people per year.

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    Last year, a World Health Organization Report found that Thailand was second only to Libya for road deaths.
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      Day 4: Traffic fatalities reach 280
      2 Jan 2017


      A policeman checks the wreckage of a car after it swerved and hit a roadside tree in Klaeng district, Rayong province, early on Sunday. A 21-year-old woman was killed and two people were seriously injured.
      (Photo by Jumphon Nikhomrak)

      The death toll from road accidents in the first four days of the New Year's holidays continued to rise by more than 10% from the same period last year to 280.

      On Sunday, the fourth of the seven-day road safety campaign, 81 died and 778 injured in 751 accidents, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Monday.

      The figures represented increases from last year's numbers in all categories. (continued below)



      Drink driving and speeding continued to be the major causes of the accidents, he added.

      Chiang Mai in the North reported the highest number of accidents and injuries, at 33 and 35 respectively. But Sakhon Nakhon in the Northeast saw the highest fatalities (7). Most of the deceased are of the working age.

      Motorcycles continued to be the most dangerous vehicle type and most accidents occurred on highways and roads in tambons. The time of day most prone to accidents was midnight to 4am, he added.

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        Thai New Year road deaths hit 480, defying junta get-tough vow
        05 Jan 2017



        There were 478 deaths on the road over the New Year holiday in Thailand, a 25 percent rise on last year
        AFP/SAEED KHAN

        BANGKOK: Nearly 480 people died on Thailand's roads over the New Year holiday, official figures showed Thursday (Jan 5), a 25 per cent rise over the so-called "seven dangerous days" despite the junta's tough talk on drink driving.

        The kingdom has some of the world's most lethal roads, with the carnage spiking over the New Year as millions of city workers return to their country homes.

        Thailand's junta government has launched repeated crackdowns on drink driving since its 2014 power grab, including approving harsher penalties for offenders and forcing drivers to visit mortuaries holding the bodies of accident victims.

        But the toll over the last week still soared to 478 -- up from the 380 recorded during the same period in 2016, according to the Interior Ministry's disaster prevention department.

        "The main reason... was drunk driving and speeding," said deputy Interior Minister Suthee Markboon, adding that a majority of the 3,919 crashes involved motorcyclists.

        The army said officials arrested nearly 67,000 people for drink driving and seized more than 4,000 cars between Dec 29 and Jan 4.

        The deadliest accident saw 25 people killed on Monday when a packed minivan and pickup truck collided in eastern Chonburi province.

        Experts say a lack of helmet-wearing among motorcyclists is a major factor for the high death rate.

        The kingdom's traffic cops are also notorious for bribe-taking and letting wealthy, well-connected drivers off the hook for offences.

        Speaking to reporters at the end of the seven days, junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha conceded his government had lost this year's battle.

        "We did the best we could, we had more checkpoints, more authorities, we seized tens of thousands of vehicles, but still we had more casualties," he said.

        Nevertheless he vowed to double-down on safety checks before Songkran, Thailand's traditional New Year holiday in April -- the other week the Thai press tags as the "seven dangerous days".

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