Third day of Songkran holiday: 54 killed and 373 injured
April 14, 2021
It is again the infamous seven dangerous days during the Songkran holiday, which cause a massacre on Thai roads every year. On day three, 54 people died and 373 were injured, in 388 traffic accidents on Monday.
The number does not seem to be higher than a normal daily average, because on the other days of the year an average of 55 people per day die in traffic. But the number of deaths during the '7 dangerous' days can still rise because only people who die on the spot are counted, not the road victims who later succumb to their injuries.
Monday's figures brought the total for the first three days (April 10-12) to 110 dead, 1.099 injured and 1.090 accidents.
Source: Bangkok Post
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And above all, don't strictly enforce the traffic rules government!!!!
The Thai variant of enforcement during a holiday period like this is apparently putting a number of police officers in a tent along the highway, where people spend the day chatting, eating and drinking, while the traffic just rushes by.
I can imagine that the number is not higher than normal.
Today, April 14, departure around 12.00:XNUMX from Pasang, I drove a tour to the Rimpingmarket in Kad Farang in HangDong province CM.
It felt like I was driving on a car-free Sunday.
Jan Beute.
It is normal that the numbers are now lower than in recent days. Most people are now on site and spend their time with their families, so they are no longer on the road. Now wait for the great return to begin…. the numbers will again skyrocket dramatically. Same scenario every year.
In all previous years it was also quite busy on the road during the SongKran days. Even more so than usual on a through the week day, the crowds were due to many coming to CM day 1 lamphun day 2 and Pasang day 3 to attend the parades and water throw vests.
Jan Beute.
An analysis of the accidents I made a few years ago shows that most deaths occur on the NON-travel days. They are also mainly (local) drunk moped riders at a young age and they do not travel by moped from Bangkok to Isaan.
Your analysis is correct. Certainly this year, the fatalities during the already 5 of the 7 dangerous days, are even on the 'low' side. The fact that quite a few local young moped riders, drunk or under the influence of yaba, is also often caused by the fact that, due to their irresponsible, reckless driving behaviour, they are run over by car drivers who are less present there on normal days. The fatalities naturally fall on the side of the moped (motorcycle) riders.
What also strikes me is, after CM, Nakhon Si Tamarat has the highest number of fatal accidents so far. However, this is a region, in the deeper South, where a fairly large part of the population adheres to a certain religion that prohibits the consumption of alcohol (sic).