A tour bus crashed on Phuket’s Kata Hill on March 26. Photo: The Phuket News
Phuket has been officially crowned the worst province in the country for the number of casualties from road accidents, according to recent statistics.
A leading figure at the Phuket office of the Road Safety Network, which operates under the Thai Health Foundation, revealed last week that Phuket has the worst ratio of traffic accidents.
“According to statistics, the number of people in Phuket injured in traffic accidents is 4,952.55 per 100,000 and the death toll in Phuket is 72.04 per 100,000,” said Dr. Wiwat Seetamanotch, Vice President of the Phuket office of the “Road Safety Thai”, who delivered the news at Phuket Provincial Hall Thursday.
About 30.63 per cent of these deaths and injuries are from alcohol-related accidents, he added.
The event was held to mark the handing over of 39 breathalysers to the Phuket Police by non-profit Safer Roads Foundation from the UK.
The breathalysers, costing over THB1 million, were handed over by Safer Roads President Michael C Woodford.
Story: The Phuket News
