New Year road toll rises to 314
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The first six of the New Year Festival's seven dangerous days saw 314 people killed and 3,116 others injured in 2,856 road accidents, the Road Safety Centre announced Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the sixth day of the sevenday period for monitoring road accidents, 312 accidents occurred, killing 32 people and injuring 333 others.
Pol Lt Gen Boriharn Siangarom, assistant police commissionergeneral, told a press conference that so far only 10 provinces had no road death toll. They are Satun, Nonthaburi, Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Si Sa Ket, Yala, Trat, Sukhothai, Tak and Pattani.
Boriharn said the statistics of road accidents on the sixth day showed an improvement over the same period last year.
He said the number of road accidents dropped by 9.83 per cent or 34 accidents from last year and the number of victims killed dropped by 12 people or 27.27 per cent while the number of injuries dropped by 29 people or 8.01 per cent.
Borihan said most (28.21) per cent of the accidents were caused by drunk driving, followed by speeding limit violations (20.51 per cent).
Most of the vehicles involved in accidents were motorcycles, Borihan said, adding that 78.70 per cent of the accidents involved motorcycles.
He said Nakhon Phanom saw the highest death toll with four victims and Chiang Mai had the highest number of injuries with 22 victims.
