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Thailand traffic accidents exceed 500, claiming 77 lives between Friday and Saturday

There were 514 traffic accidents on the first two days of the New Year holiday travel week and 77 people died in the incidents, according to the Transport Ministry. Speed limit violation was the most common cause.

52 dead and 318 injured in the first of the New Year’s dangerous days

The ministry reported that the accidents happened on Friday and Saturday when 525 people were injured in addition to the 77 fatalities.

Full story: Bangkok Post

Supoj Wancharoen and Wassayos Ngamkham
BANGKOK POST

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