PHUKET: Three expats are among the injured on Phuket as a Seven Days of Danger crackdown attempts to make the island a safer place for the Songkran New Year holiday.
After four days, officials have recorded 18 crashes with 18 injured, but no deaths so far on Phuket.
The Thailand-wide picture is more alarming with 218 deaths in the first four days including three deaths north of Phuket in Phang Nga province.
One person from Krabi is among the dead and two Phuket people among the injured in Phang Nga's tally. Nationwide, fatalities are up by eight deaths on last year.
Drunk driving and speeding werel isted as the main causes of 2020 injuries in 1897 crashes. On Phuket, the expats involved were:
Evgeny Konovalov, 29, a Russian, who was admitted to Patong Hospital, on Phuket's west coast, after a motorcycle crash.
Guenter Schiele, 56, a German, who was allegedly drunk when involved in a motorcycle crash and has been admitted to Thalang Hospital in central Phuket.
Mohame Abdecaol, 24, an Egyptian, who was struck by a motorcycle ridden by a Danish man on the footpath outside Simon Cabaret, in southern Patong. He was taken to Patong Hospital with a broken right leg and later transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital, in Phuket City.
After four days, officials have recorded 18 crashes with 18 injured, but no deaths so far on Phuket.
The Thailand-wide picture is more alarming with 218 deaths in the first four days including three deaths north of Phuket in Phang Nga province.
One person from Krabi is among the dead and two Phuket people among the injured in Phang Nga's tally. Nationwide, fatalities are up by eight deaths on last year.
Drunk driving and speeding werel isted as the main causes of 2020 injuries in 1897 crashes. On Phuket, the expats involved were:
Evgeny Konovalov, 29, a Russian, who was admitted to Patong Hospital, on Phuket's west coast, after a motorcycle crash.
Guenter Schiele, 56, a German, who was allegedly drunk when involved in a motorcycle crash and has been admitted to Thalang Hospital in central Phuket.
Mohame Abdecaol, 24, an Egyptian, who was struck by a motorcycle ridden by a Danish man on the footpath outside Simon Cabaret, in southern Patong. He was taken to Patong Hospital with a broken right leg and later transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital, in Phuket City.
Whilst 218 road deaths sounds high for 4 days, it is actually the average. There are about 20,000 road deaths a year in Thailand (according to published figures), which is about 55 per day. 218 in 4 days is 54.5 per day.
But pleased to see that Phuket is keeping a clean sheet.
Posted by swerv on April 15, 2013 11:57