January 2, 2023 – at Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (PDP), Boontham Lertsukheekasem, Director General of Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (PDP), Secretary of Road Safety Directing Center (PDP) as Chairman of the Ad hoc subcommittee meeting of the Center for Traffic Accident Prevention and Reduction in the year revealed that the Center for Traffic Accident Prevention and Reduction in the new year 2023 by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and the collaboration of the agency. The network partners compiled traffic accident statistics on 1 January 2023, which is the fourth day of the campaign. “New lifestyle drive safely There were 478 accidents, 465 injuries and 66 deaths.
The cause of the highest number of accidents was fast driving 37.03% Drunk driving 33.26% The vehicles with the highest number of accidents were motorcycles 88.02% most of which occurred on the direct route 79.50% Roads Department of Highways 38.49% Roads in subdistrict / village administrative organizations 32.22% , the time when the accident was the highest, that is, from 00.01 – 01.00, 15.69%, the highest number of injuries and deaths was in the age group of 20 – 29 years old, 23.54%, 1,887 main checkpoints were set up. 401,164 vehicles to be inspected 401,164 vehicles. A total of 59,862 people were prosecuted. There were 16,696 cases of driving without a licence, 16,070 of which were without a helmet and 7,109 were driving too fast. The province with the most accidents was Songkhla (27 times) The most injured were Songkhla (31 people), the provinces with the most deaths were Mae Hong Son, Sa Kaeo and Surat Thani (4 people per province ).
Summary of cumulative traffic accidents in the 4 days of campaign (December 29, 22 – January 1, 23), a total of 1,664 accidents occurred, 1,647 injuries and 218 deaths, the province has no casualties. The provinces with the highest number of cumulative accidents were 10. The province with the highest number of cumulative accidents was Surat Thani (56 accidents), the province with the highest number of cumulative injuries was Sakon Nakhon (57 people), the province with the most cumulative fatalities was Chiang Rai (12 people). deceased (Zero deaths) with 10 provinces
However, today (January 2, 2023) is the last day of the 2023 New Year holidays, on the way back to Bangkok and major provinces in various regions. There will be heavy traffic. Celebrating the New Year can cause driver fatigue. Causing the risk of accidents caused by falling asleep in the CCP, thus stressing the province to focus on checkpoints, especially the connecting routes between main and secondary roads that people use as shortcuts and bypasses where motorists often use high speeds together as the frequency of inspections of public vehicles and buses on fixed and non-fixed routes increases slow down the speed of the car and assess the readiness of the driver Concentrate on taking care of the points at risk of an accident. Especially on long straights which often lead to accidents due to falling asleep. Including the coordination of the opening of special lanes to speed up the release of cars and the organization of personnel to facilitate intersections with heavy traffic.
Mr Boontham said today that the main route is expected to have heavy traffic throughout the day. The Road Safety Directorate Center has instructed Sonthi Province to volunteer to direct traffic and ensure the safety of people along the route. rigorously monitor accident-risk behaviour. Strictly abide by traffic laws, stop the car every 1-2 hours, do not force the car to drive when sleepy, stop the car at various service points. or gas station To get safely to their destination for people who have met or witnessed an accident, they can report the accident via the 24-hour hotline 1784 and the “Security Security 1784” line by adding a friendly line ID @1784DDPM to coordinate urgent assistance. next.
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