37 people were killed in traffic accidents during the Songkran holiday

During the Songkran holiday on Wednesday, 37 people died in traffic accidents, and the cumulative death toll in the past five days was 192.

On Wednesday, 330 traffic accidents occurred in other regions except six provinces, resulting in 328 injuries and 37 deaths, some of whom died in hospitals.

Since the country was in lockdown during the Songkran holiday last year, the Director of Road Safety Center, which tracks the numbers, will use the data from 2019 this year for comparison purposes. According to these figures, the number of accidents, deaths and injuries has dropped across the board.

Of the 1,795 accidents in the past five days, Nakhon Si Thammarat accounted for 76, followed by Chiang Mai (63), Songkhla (49) and Surat Thani (49).

In terms of the death toll, Bangkok, Khon Kaen and Pathum Thai were led by eight people respectively, followed by Chonburi (7), Chiang Mai (7) and Sakon Nakhon (6).

In the past five days, drinking was the leading cause of accidents, accounting for 39.6% of all accidents, followed by speeding (27%).

As in previous years, motorcycles are still the vehicle that has the most accidents during the festival, accounting for 79.3%, followed by pickup trucks (6.6%) and passenger cars (3.6%).

In the past five days, most accidents occurred on the highway (65.7%), and occurred from 4pm to 8pm (30.3%). The majority of people injured or killed in road traffic accidents are people aged 50 years or older (23.5%).