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Over-speeding is No. 1 cause of road accident in Thailand
BANGKOK, June 29 (TNA) - The Road Safety Group of Thailand or RSG said Wednesday that overspeed was found to have been the No.1 cause of road accidents in Thailand.
Dr. Thanapong Jinwong, RSG's Programme Manager, acknowledged although the number of casualties from road accidents in Thailand has dropped since 2003, serious cases of road accident have increased, with over speeding being the main cause.
The Royal Thai Police’s report in 2010 showed that over-speed-limit driving was the No. 1 cause of road accidents in the country, with more than half of vehicles in both urban and rural areas travelling over the speed limit required by Thai traffic laws.
Dr. Thanapong said that, during 1999-2009, 17,294 road accidents in Thailand, or 19 per cent of the total, were caused by overspeed with those on motorways, or 11,473 cases, even more concerned, most of which or about 76 per cent were reported during 2001-2008. On average, he reported, one person was killed and eight people got injured in every 10 road accidents on motorways during the period.
The RSG Programme Manger also said that only 9-27 per cent of Thai people know that the speed limit is set at 90 kilometers/hour in suburb and 80 kilometres/hour in urban, and that law enforcement is a key to reduce the number of road accidents, noting that fines for over-speeding in Thailand of only 200-400 baht are very low, compared with other countries. (TNA)
Dr. Thanapong Jinwong, RSG's Programme Manager, acknowledged although the number of casualties from road accidents in Thailand has dropped since 2003, serious cases of road accident have increased, with over speeding being the main cause.
The Royal Thai Police’s report in 2010 showed that over-speed-limit driving was the No. 1 cause of road accidents in the country, with more than half of vehicles in both urban and rural areas travelling over the speed limit required by Thai traffic laws.
Dr. Thanapong said that, during 1999-2009, 17,294 road accidents in Thailand, or 19 per cent of the total, were caused by overspeed with those on motorways, or 11,473 cases, even more concerned, most of which or about 76 per cent were reported during 2001-2008. On average, he reported, one person was killed and eight people got injured in every 10 road accidents on motorways during the period.
The RSG Programme Manger also said that only 9-27 per cent of Thai people know that the speed limit is set at 90 kilometers/hour in suburb and 80 kilometres/hour in urban, and that law enforcement is a key to reduce the number of road accidents, noting that fines for over-speeding in Thailand of only 200-400 baht are very low, compared with other countries. (TNA)
