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04-18-2016, 02:01 PM
Thailand's New Year festivities log a record high deaths on the road
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Thailand suffered a record high of 397 deaths in the first six days of its New Year's festival of Songkran, the Thai transport minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisit, said on Sunday.
The death toll represents a 30% rise over last year's count across the weeklong festival, with Sunday still unaccounted for during the minister's press conference (http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/159780). A total of 3,104 traffic collisions had occurred, resulting in 3,271 people seriously injured.
SEE ALSO: Thailand literally wants to send drunk drivers to the morgue (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/thai-drink-drivers-morgue/)
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Most collisions involved motorcycles.
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Most of the deaths were caused by speeding and drink driving, and the vast majority of accidents involved motorcycles, at over 80%, the ministry said. Thailand has one of the highest motorcycle ownership rates in the world, at 87% of households (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/16/car-bike-or-motorcycle-depends-on-where-you-live/), according to Pew Research Center figures. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/songkran-deaths/)
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Thailand suffered a record high of 397 deaths in the first six days of its New Year's festival of Songkran, the Thai transport minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisit, said on Sunday.
The death toll represents a 30% rise over last year's count across the weeklong festival, with Sunday still unaccounted for during the minister's press conference (http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/159780). A total of 3,104 traffic collisions had occurred, resulting in 3,271 people seriously injured.
SEE ALSO: Thailand literally wants to send drunk drivers to the morgue (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/thai-drink-drivers-morgue/)
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Most collisions involved motorcycles.
Image: mark baker/AP
Most of the deaths were caused by speeding and drink driving, and the vast majority of accidents involved motorcycles, at over 80%, the ministry said. Thailand has one of the highest motorcycle ownership rates in the world, at 87% of households (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/16/car-bike-or-motorcycle-depends-on-where-you-live/), according to Pew Research Center figures. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/songkran-deaths/)
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