Road Accident Statistics for Songkran 2007-2014
The Seven Dangerous Days of Songkran are now over and the full accident report statistics have been released. We can now compare accidents from this year to the past:
Songkran 2007: 361 deaths, 4,805 injuries and 4,274 accidents
Songkran 2008: 368 deaths, 4,801 injuries and 4,243 accidents
Songkran 2009: 373 deaths, 4,332 injuries and 3,977 accidents
Songkran 2010: 361 deaths, 3,802 injuries and 3,516 accidents
Songkran 2011: 271 deaths, 3,476 injuries and 3,215 accidents
Songkran 2012: 320 deaths, 3,320 injuries and 3,129 accidents
Songkran 2013: 321 deaths, 3,040 injuries and 2,828 accidents
Songkran 2014: 322 deaths, 3,225 injuries and 2,992 accidents
It’s not only at Songkran you need to watch out. Thailand is the sixth most dangerous country in the world for road accidents. See http://samjakeparker.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/who-ever-is-teaching-them-to-drive.html