(Photo by Apichart Jinakul)The death toll for the first two days of the Songkran festival has risen to 82, with 48 people killed on the roads on Wednesday. On the second day of the road safety campaign last year, also April 12, there were 64 deaths and 550 injuries in 520 road accidents, according to the Road Safety Directing Center. These figures brought the accumulated deaths to 82 and injuries to 1,049 in 995 traffic accidents over the two days, Dr Suwannachai said. Dr Suwannachai said the overall road safety situation had improved from last year with the accumulated death toll down on the same period of last year. From April 11-12 last year, there 116 deaths in 907 road accidents.

Source: Bangkok Post April 13, 2017 08:15 UTC