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Last of Phuket’s Seven Days free of major accidents

Last of Phuket’s Seven Days free of major accidents

PHUKET: The last of the Seven Days of Danger in Phuket, surrounding the Songkran holiday, was mercifully free of major accidents, with no crashes that required hospitalisation and no deaths on the road.


By Suthicha Sirirat

Friday 18 April 2014 11:22 AM


The final tally at the end of the Seven Days of Danger.

The final tally at the end of the Seven Days of Danger.

The final headline totals were one death, and 22 major accidents with 22 people requiring hospitalisation.

The figures are very similar to those recorded in the same campaign a year ago, showing that the huge effort to get people to take care on the roads during a celebration that is traditionally fuelled by alcohol, are effective.

In 2012 there were four deaths, and in 2011 there were seven deaths.

Last year there were officially no deaths, though one man was reported dead after the seven days ended, from injuries sustained during the seven days.

The high numbers of people stopped for dangerous behaviour on the roads, however, are still a worry, with 4,369 found to be under the influence of alcohol beating all the other road offences.