BANGKOK, Apr 11 (TNA)
-- Songkran festival highway deaths have passed the one hundred mark nationwide, but fatalities are so far occuring at lower than projected rates according
to the Interior Ministry.
The Ministry said the number of road fatalities during the first three days of Thailand's official Songkran holiday totaled
125, lower than the government's anticipated 139 deaths for the same period.
The death toll on the nation's roads in the past three days was 10.07
percent lower than expected, while the number of the injured was down 68.38 percent, accounting for 3,044 injuries considerably lower than last year's
figure of 9,628.
The northern province of Chiang Mai and the upper southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan recorded the highest number of deaths with
seven people killed in road accidents.
Of 76 provinces, 25 provinces have reported no road fatalities, according to the ministry's data.
Deputy
Interior Ministry Sermsak Pongpanit said motorcycles were involved in most of the accidents -- 86.74 percent.
The failure to wear helmets, drunken
driving and speeding were primary risk factors, Minister Sermsak explained, reasons that made an accident lead to a fatality.
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