BANGKOK, April 12 (TNA) – There were 468 traffic accidents which killed 46 people and injured 482 others on April 11, the first day of Songkran festival travel, and the most common cause was drunk driving, Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.
Drunk driving caused 34.62% of the accidents, followed by speeding at 26.92%, and motorcycles were involved in 78.47% of the accidents, the minister said.
At 2,036 checkpoints, officials took legal action on 163,584 people. They included 45,230 people who did not wear crash helmets and 41,485 people who did not have driver’s licenses.
The highest number of accidents, 20, was in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. The highest death toll, 4, was in Udon Thani and the highest number of injured people, 23, was in Nakhon Ratchasima, Mr Arkhom said. (TNA)
