Thailand Sums Up 253 Deaths in Songkran Seven Days of Road Safety Campaign

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Rapipun Suksawat
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Thailand –

A total of 1,538 road accidents, with 1,495 injuries and 253 deaths were reported on Friday (April 18th) by the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) during the ‘Seven Days of Road Safety Campaign’ during Songkran (April 11th – April 17th) 2025.

The Province with the highest total amount of fatalities was Bangkok with 19 deaths. The highest number of accidents and injuries were Phatthalung with 63 and 61, in southern Thailand.

Most accidents were caused by excessive speeding and followed by drunk driving. Most of the accidents involved motorcycles and occurred on highways between 3:01 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.

TPN Media will provide a comparison with the prior year in the next several days.

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Phuket has summed up a total of 45 road accidents and 45 injuries with zero deaths in the seven days of the ‘Songkran Road Safety Campaign 2025′ (April 11th to April 17th).

The original version of this article appeared on our sister website, The Pattaya News, owned by our parent company TPN media.

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Rapipun Suksawat
Rapipun Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for more than eight years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than five years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.