road safety
- Road deaths
SLOW DOWN! Speed limits on highways in Thailand now in effect
Thailand’s notoriously dangerous roads may be getting a little bit…
- Crime News
Thai police and organisations award people money for videos of traffic violators
As part of a road safety campaign, Royal Thai Police…
- Phuket News
Phuket police set up 11 checkpoints to prevent road accidents during Songkran
The Songkran holidays, or the Thai New Year, is a…
- Thailand News
Phuket governor Narong plans road safety campaign ahead of Songrkan
Phuket governor Narong is planning a road safety campaign ahead…
- Thailand News
Jaguar car explodes into flames on Bangkok expressway
Bangkok police are investigating why a black Jaguar car exploded…
- Thailand News
Man flies out of speeding car in Phuket, 3 injured
Three people in a speeding car in Phuket were injured…
- Thailand News
In Bangkok, almost 90% of cars, motorbikes, public vehicles still don’t stop at zebra crossings
A health organisation and a road safety organisation teamed up…
- Thailand News
Officials will install traffic lights and surveillance cameras at 100 Bangkok crossings
In the aftermath of a fatal accident where a motorbike…
- Thailand News
Local coffee shop fined 500 baht for tables placed on a crosswalk
Following the fatal accident where a police officer crashed his…
- Thailand News
Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon discusses Phuket pedestrian safety
Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon brought up pedestrian safety crossings yesterday…
- Road deaths
7 Dangerous Days: 226 road deaths, 1915 accidents in 4 days
On the fourth day of what the Road Safety Directing…
- Road deaths
555 traffic accidents and 65 road deaths on New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve was the third day of the yearly…
- Transport News
Public transport drivers subject to safety points system from December
The Department of Land Transport is implementing a points-based system…
- Transport News
Motorbike law breakers: report them and win up to 20,000 baht
In an effort to increase traffic safety, or perhaps the…
- Road deaths
Phuket officials prepare for road accidents with 17 new banners
Phuket disaster officials are working on a public awareness campaign…
- Road deaths
Road safety group says bad roads to blame for many motorbike accidents
The director of the road safety group, ThaiRAP, says bad…
- Thailand News
Motorbike death believed to be caused by face mask
PHOTO: Sanook.com A motorbike driver in the northern Thai province…
- Thailand News
Motorbike driver sustains serious injuries after dog walks into Pattaya road
A stray dog in Pattaya has wandered into the street…
- Road deaths
Songkran’s 7 dangerous days campaign #6: 313 road accidents, 29 deaths
As we enter the final stretch of Songkran’s infamous “seven…
- Road deaths
Songkran road safety day 5: 37 deaths, 330 accidents
On the fifth day of Songkran’s infamous “seven dangerous days”,…
- Road deaths
1st day of Songkran road safety campaign – 356 injuries, 25 deaths
The Songkran road safety campaign is off to a moderate…
- Road deaths
Thai man dies after motorbike hits tree in Phuket
A Thai man has died after over shooting a curb…
- Phuket News
Phuket sets goal for New Years: Zero road deaths during “7 dangerous days”
Zero road deaths during the “7 dangerous days.” That’s the…
- Northern Thailand News
Outrage on social media over child sitting on roof of moving car in northern Thailand
PHOTO: Sanook Photos of a young child sitting on the…
- Transport News
Department of Land Transport vows to get tough on public transportation in Thailand
PHOTO: Wikipedia A major crackdown is planned on the country’s…
- Road deaths
Thailand aims to reduce road accidents by 50% in 2020
A laudable aim but probably unachievable. Thai transport authorities and…
- Transport News
New transport minister backtracks on previous government’s van upgrade policy
The previous government was hellbent on upgrading many of the…
- Transport News
Most Thai motorcycle riders don’t wear crash helmets
Only 45% of Thai motorcycle users wear crash helmets, that…
- Thailand News
Safer Thai roads will provide an economic boost
Thailand could gain significant long-term economic benefit by making the…
