Phatthalung has the most injuries and Bangkok has the most accidents.
Discussed: 16 Apr 2025 at 14: 30
In the first five weeks of the Songkran trip, on Tuesday night, 171 people were killed and 1, 208 others were hurt in traffic accidents.
On Wednesday, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced that from April 11 through April 15, 2019, there were 1, 216 reported customers incidents across the country, in which 171 people died and 1, 208 people were hurt.
The territory of Phatthalung in southern Thailand had the highest number of fatalities in traffic accidents, with 44, and the province of Lampang, in northeastern Thailand, had the highest number of fatalities in road accidents, with 47.
According to Kachorn Srichawanothai, inside assistant permanent minister, Songkran visitors accidents, deaths, and injuries were all over from the same time last year.
He claimed that consume driving and speeding remained the most frequent factors in road accidents.
According to Mr. Kachorn, Wednesday would be the last day of the Songkran holiday this year, and visitors may be heaviest as tourists left Bangkok and other big cities. He continued, adding that the risk of injuries was higher on Wednesday.
More Songkran visitors chose to travel by bus, train, and airplanes this year, according to transportation division inspector-general Chakree Bamrungwong.
He claimed that there was a significant 30 % increase in travel by train and plane compared to last year’s number of passengers on interprovincial trucks.
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