Thailand’s roads see safety gain over holiday period

Thailand has seen a major improvement in road safety during the most recent Songkran holiday period. The number of road deaths during the Songkran holiday period dropped by 17% compared with the previous year. During the first five days of the Songkran holiday, there were 2,985 road crashes with 283 deaths and 3,087 injuries. In the Songkran holiday during last year there were 2,724 road crashes but 338 road deaths. Drink driving was the biggest cause of crashes at 45.26%. Motorcycles were involved in 78.96
April 18, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Thailand has seen a major improvement in road safety during the most recent Songkran holiday period. The number of road deaths during the Songkran holiday period dropped by 17% compared with the previous year. During the first five days of the Songkran holiday, there were 2,985 road crashes with 283 deaths and 3,087 injuries. In the Songkran holiday during last year there were 2,724 road crashes but 338 road deaths. Drink driving was the biggest cause of crashes at 45.26%. Motorcycles were involved in 78.96% of crashes.

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