Re: And on the 5th day...

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:48:23 +0700, Good Soldier Schweik
<decypher.signature@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


New Year road deaths rise to 279

The fifth day of the seven dangerous New Year holidays saw 41 people
killed and 460 others injured, bringing the cumulative casualty count
for the long holiday to 279 and 3,185.

Deputy Permanent Secretary for Interior Ministry Wibul Sanguanpong
told a press conference at the road accident monitoring centre that
421 accidents were reported on Saturday, the fifth day of the
monitoring period.

The cumulative road accidents reached 2,931, he said.

Drunk driving remained the main cause of the accidents, he said.

The Nation

As a comparison, during last year's Songkran's "seven dangerous days"
there were 373 deaths and 4,332 injuries in 3,977 road accidents
nationwide.

During New Year's holiday, 2009, there were 3,824 accidents, killing
367 persons and injuring another 4,107.

For the 2010 holiday the government has targeted a road accident
reduction of five per cent aiming at no more than 3,633 accidents, or
fewer, and a reduction to 349 deaths and 3,902 injured, or less.
cheers,

Schweik
(goodsoldierschweikatgmaildotcom)
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