School bus safety ignoredListen to this articleIn January alone, there were eight school bus accidents, the Thailand Consumer Council says -- a prominent civic group campaigning for school bus safety. Is traffic safety -- or the safety of school buses -- included in party manifestos? Despite Thailand's notoriously high road death toll, public road safety rarely features prominently in election platforms. The Thailand Consumer Council says there are around six school bus accidents every month. Because school transport is managed by individual schools rather than treated as public transport, minivans and even songthaew are commonly contracted to serve as school buses.

Source: Bangkok Post February 05, 2026 00:06 UTC