PUBLISHED: 15 Apr 2024 at 13 :19
Customers incidents from April 11 to 14 claimed 162 life and injured 1,279 people, with holidaymakers starting to return to their offices on Monday.
The April 11 through April 14 period, according to associate federal police captain Pol Lt. Gen. Kornchai Klaiklueng, formed four weeks of the president’s road safety campaign week for the Songkran Thai New Year festival. During the time, there were 1,259 traffic fatalities.
According to him, Nakhon Si Thammarat had the highest traffic injuries, 50, and the largest number of those injured, 54. Bangkok and Roi Et recorded the highest death burdens, 10 each.
On Sunday April 14 only, there were 317 traffic fatalities, 38 mortality and 311 people injured. On that day Nan saw the highest amounts of injuries, 14, and those injured, 16. The highest death burden was at three in Nakun Sawan.
According to Pol Lt Gen Kornchai, some people began returning to their jobs in Bangkok and other local financial centres, and traffic quantities were therefore rising on federal highways.
Chaiwat Chuntirapong, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said on Monday that the figures of incidents, mortality and wounded persons were lower than during previous year’s Songkran event.
Ruangsak Suwaree, director-general of the Probation Department, said that from April 11 to 14 there were 3,890 instances of traffic infraction prosecutors and drink-driving formed 96 % of them. Bangkok had the most instances of drink-driving, 399, followed by Nonthaburi, 227, and Samut Prakan, 214.
United Nations statistics show that in truth, an average of about 55 folks die every day of the year following fatalities on Thai roads