The Bangkok Post, always keen to join in on the holiday spirit, is reporting that the number of deaths resulting from road accidents during this year’s Songkran remained more-or-less on par with last year’s.
While this year saw fewer overall accidents than last (2,290 v. 2,581), the number of deaths from this year’s Songkran increased by a margin of two: Last year there were 253 deaths, this year there were 255.
However, the number of injured from this year’s Songkran is lower than last year. Last year’s injury count stood at 2,751, while this year’s stands at only 2,439.
An even more shocking statistic yet is that, according to the Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Department, 34,066 individuals were charged this year with failing to wear a helmet while riding motorbikes.
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