Four dead, 28 injured in Seven Days
PHUKET CONCLUDED THE SEVEN Days of Danger road safety campaign for Songkran 2022 with four deaths and 28 people
injured in 32 accidents across the island.
The Seven Days campaign concluded at midnight last Sunday night (Apr 17), confirmed Phuket Vice Governor Anupap Rodkwan Yodrabam at the daily briefing on Monday (Apr 18).
Phuket officials recorded a total of five accidents Day 7 of the campaign, from midnight to midnight Apr 17, said Udomphon Kan, Head of the Phuket Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office (DDPMPhuket), which compiled the daily reports for the campaign.
The five accidents resulted in four people admitted to hospital for treatment, and one death, that of a male, Mr Udomphon reported.
In total, Phuket officials recorded just 32 accidents throughout the whole seven days of the campaign, he added.
Of the 28 people injured, 20 were male and eight were female, he continued. Mr Udomphon did not give the ages of those recorded as injured in road accidents during the seven days.
However, according to a DDPM-Phuket report released separately on Monday, Yod Sawangthong, 75, was killed when he fell from his motorbike by himself in front of Municipal School 2, Baan Kathu. He was not wearing a helmet.
Emergency responders were unable to detect a pulse when they arrived at the scene.
Mr Yod was pronounced dead on arrival at
Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town.
The same DDPM-Phuket report noted that police stopped and checked 12,525 vehicles at the 10 checkpoints across the island during the seven days.
Police also recorded the following number of traffic violations during the seven days:
• Not wearing a helmet while riding a motorbike: 2,047
• Driving without a licence: 1,733
• Not wearing a seat belt: 226
• Violating traffic signals: 164
• Driving an unsafe motorcycle: 121
• Driving opposite traffic flow (“ghost driving”): 104
• Using a mobile phone while driving: 88
• Dangerous overtaking: 58
• Speeding: 51
• Drunk driving: 41
According to the Thai Road Safety Committee, the national road-safety council
better-known as ’ThaiRSC’, Phuket has suffered 27 deaths and 4,492 people injured since the beginning of the year.