Citation

Tangpaisalkit C. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2005; 13: 10p.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

Thailand, one of the ASEAN countries, is located on the Main land of Asia. The population is 63.07 million inhabitants with the number of car 26.076 million, this figure has increased rapidly from 12.579 in the year 1994 up to 26.07 in the year 2003 According to the Government policy and the location, Thailand makes a target of being land transport and aviation hub in Southeast Asia and South China Region. That will enable land transport in Thailand to grow rapidly. However the problem of road safety will occur, accordingly. Road safety is one of the major issues for Thailand. The cost of road accident is nearly 2.1% of total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Thailand. With this record, Thailand's road fatalities are the highest among the other 9 ASEAN countries. From this study, there are three major courses of problem, which are people, vehicle, road and road environment. The paper also finds there are five major causes which make road road accidents serious in Thailand, are (1) motorcycle crash, (2) drunk driving, (3) speeding, (4)the New Year and Songkran festivals, and (5)road safety culture initiation.