47 killed, 292 injured in Songkran road accidents Tuesday
published : 13 Apr 2022 at 14:48
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A total of 301 road accidents occurred nationwide on Tuesday, the second of the so-called "seven dangerous days" around the Songkran Festival, causing 47 deaths and 292 injuries.
Speeding and drink-driving were still the main causes of the accidents.
On Tuesday, the second of the "seven dangerous days" (April 11-17), there were 301 road accidents with 47 killed and 292 injuries.
However, the daily death tolls do not include those who die on subsequent days. According to the Thailand Development Research Institute and the World Health Organization, an average of 56 people die from road accidents in the kingdom every day of the year.
Speeding accounted for most accidents (36.88%), followed by drink-driving (25.25%), according to government data.
Most of the accidents involved motorcycles (79.94%) and pick-ups (9.97%).
Khon Kaen registered the highest number of accidents (14).
There were 1,902 main safety checkpoints in operation throughout the country.
The accumulated figures for the past two days (April 11-12) were 538 accidents with 73 killed and 530 injured.
Vocabulary
- account for: to be the explanation or cause of something - เป็นเหตุผลของ
- accumulate: to get more and more of something over a period of time - เก็บสะสม, สะสม, สั่งสมมานาน
- checkpoint: a place where people have to stop so their vehicles and documents can be checked - ด่านตรวจ
- speeding: the crime of driving your car dangerously too fast; police issue tickets for this -
- subsequent: happening or coming after something else - ซึ่งตามมา
