China News Agency, Bangkok, January 5 (Reporter Wang Guoan) The Ministry of Interior of Thailand announced on the 5th that there were 2707 incidents in Thailand during the "dangerous seven days" before and after the New Year holiday (December 29, 2021 to January 4, 2022) Road traffic accidents killed 333 people and injured 2672.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department of the Ministry of the Interior said that compared with the same period last year, the number of "dangerous seven-day" traffic accidents and the number of deaths and injuries caused by this year's New Year have dropped.
During the period, Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand had the most road traffic accidents, and the capital city of Bangkok caused the most traffic accidents.
According to analysis, speeding and drunk driving are still the main causes of traffic accidents during the New Year, accounting for 35.12% and 29.51% of the total number of accidents respectively.
The vehicles involved in the accident were mainly motorcycles, accounting for 82.94% of the total.
Thailand is one of the top countries in the global car accident mortality rate, especially the high incidence of road traffic accidents around the New Year’s and New Year’s Eve and Songkran (Songkran) holidays each year, so these two holidays are also called "Dangerous Seven Days" ".
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