Bangkok is back to normal again.

behind the wave of people

tourist

Returning to the city after a long holiday during the New Year.

Some of them stop at the temple to pay their respects and ask for blessings while the CCP sums up road accidents in 4 days, 218 dead, 1,648 injured, supervising safety to support people returning.

especially secondary roads - shortcut routes

As for the case of drunk driving, it still does not stop.

Only on New Year's Day, 2,613 cases, transportation agencies ordered to add cars-trains to carry people back, while the Department of Highways revealed that during the New Year's festival there were more than 4 million cars in and out of the city.

At the end of the long holiday in the New Year 2023, people carry their luggage and return home.

Ready to stop by to pay homage to the sacred things according to faith and faith

so that life in this new year has only good things

Including stopping to buy souvenirs

Generate substantial income for traders

Visit the temple for blessings

Throughout January 2, reporters reported that

The last day of the New Year holidays

Tourists gradually return.

But along the way, we stopped to buy souvenirs and souvenirs.

Including visiting the temples

pay homage to the sacred things of the people of the country, for example, those who visit Tham Luang Chiang Dao Cave in Chiang Mai Province stop by to make merit and pay respect to God instantly before returning to Wat Photharam, Ban Tha Khrai, Mueang Bueng Kan District, Bueng Kan Province, crowded with tourists gradually Enter the temple to pay homage to Luang Pho Phra Yai

Buddha statue in subduing Mara

The Buddha statue is priceless

Like at Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan, Chachoengsao Province, many people flocked to gild.

The replica of Luang Por Sothon

Including paying homage to making a wish

to be auspicious for the part in Ban Phaeo District, Province

Samut Sakhon, people flock to pay homage to Luang Pho To

Lak Si Rat Samoa Temple

Deputy Primate of Samut Sakhon Province

Abbot of the temple

also received the offerings and gave blessings to everyone

May everyone be prosperous and rich.

Buses from Isaan are crowded.

In addition, reporters reported that

at bus stations, train stations, public transport junctions

All are crowded with passengers carrying their luggage waiting to board the bus back to Bangkok.

At the second Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal, there are many people carrying their children, leading grandchildren, carrying luggage and food supplies, including rice, dry food, fermented fish, sticky rice, grilled chicken, chili powder, fish meal, take them back to eat.

in order to save costs

Come to buy tickets to get on the bus bustlingly

especially at the ticket office to Bangkok

and provinces in the east

But many people come to sit and wait to get on the bus from morning until afternoon and still haven't boarded the bus. In addition, some company's ticket offices have a big sign that says "Full", can be reserved tomorrow.

make those who want to return

have to use other companies or vans instead

New Year's Day 66 dead

As for the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (PDP), January 2, Mr Buntham Lertsukeekasem, Director-General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (PDP), secretary of the Road Safety Directing Center (PDP) in As chairman of the ad hoc subcommittee meeting of the Center for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents throughout the year, revealed that from collecting road accident statistics on January 1, 2023, which is the fourth day of the campaign.

"New way of life

drive safely

Accident-free” There were 478 accidents, 465 injuries, 66 deaths. The highest cause of accidents was speeding 37.03%, drinking driving 33.26%.

Summoned more than 400,000 vehicles

The vehicles with the highest number of accidents were motorcycles 88.02%, mostly on direct routes 79.50%, Department of Highways 38.49%, roads in Subdistrict Administrative Organizations/Villages 32.22%. 15.69 percent, the highest number of injuries and fatalities were between the ages of 20-29, 23.54 percent. There were 1,887 main checkpoints established. 55,851 operational officers summoned 401,164 vehicles to inspect. A total of 59,862 people were prosecuted. 16,696 were without driver's licenses, 16,070 were not wearing helmets, and 7,109 were driving too fast.

Four days of death accumulated 218 bodies.

for the province with the highest number of accidents

Mr Boontham identified Songkhla (27 times), the province with the highest number of injuries: Songkhla (31 people), the provinces with the highest number of deaths: Mae Hong Son, Sa Kaeo, and Surat Thani (4 per province). Summary of cumulative road accidents during the 4 days of the campaign. (29 Dec. 22-1 Jan. 23) There were 1,664 accidents, 1,647 injuries, 218 deaths, provinces without fatalities.

There are 10 provinces (zero deaths). The province with the highest cumulative accidents is Surat Thani (56 accidents), the province with the highest cumulative injuries is Sakon Nakhon (57 persons), and the province with the highest cumulative fatalities is Chiang Rai (12 accidents).

Watch out for secondary lines - shortcuts.

As for the last day of the New Year's Eve 2023, Mr. Boontham said

On the way back to Bangkok and major provinces in various regions.

There is a heavy traffic volume.

New Year's celebrations can make drivers tired.

causing the risk of accidents from falling asleep

CCP emphasizes that the province concentrates on checkpoints, especially routes connecting main and secondary roads that people use as shortcuts and bypasses.

which drivers tend to use at high speeds

along with increasing the frequency of inspecting vehicles and public buses both fixed and non-fixed routes

to slow down the speed of the car and assess the readiness of the driver

Focus on taking care of accident risk points.

Especially on long straight routes that often cause accidents from falling asleep, as well as coordinating the opening of special lanes to speed up the release of cars and arranging staff to facilitate the intersections with heavy traffic.

On New Year's Day, drunk driving cases increase in the thousands.

Mr. Weerakit Hanpripan, Director-General of the Probation Department, said that the statistics of drunk driving cases that the probation court ordered

Welcoming New Year's Day on January 1, 2023, there were 2,666 cases, classified into 2,613 cases of drunk driving, representing 98.01 percent, 53 cases of drunk driving, representing 1.99 percent, which accumulated statistics for 4 days with strict control from day one. From December 29, 2022 to January 1, 2023, there were 4,508 cases, divided into 4,300 drunk driving cases, 11 reckless driving cases, and 197 drunk driving cases. Roi Et 255 cases, Nonthaburi 252 and Loei 245 cases.

The case entered probation on the fourth day of the New Year's Eve 2022 and 2023. It was found that there were 52 cases of driving while drunk in 2022 and 2023. 2,613 cases, an increase of 2,561 cases

decrease in accident statistics

on the part of the police

Lt. Gen. Prachuap Wongsuk, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Police, as deputy director of the Center, held a meeting of the Center for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents during the New Year Festival 2023, summarizing information and statistics of major accidents.

Enforcement of the law, 10 main charges, establishment of checkpoints

Guidelines for preventing accidents in the area

as well as traffic conditions and the number of cars in that area

Cumulative statistics during the 3 dangerous days between 29-31 December 2022, there were 1,183 accidents, 169 times lower than the same period in the new year 2022 (-12.50%) and lower than the cumulative average 3 year 317 times (-21.13%), statistics of 146 deaths, 18 cases lower than the first period of the new year 2022 (-10.98%) and 33 cases lower than the cumulative average of 3 years (-18.44%). Injured 1,182 people, 118 people less than the same period in the new year 2022 (-9.08%), 310 people less than the 3-year cumulative average (-20.78%)

Over 200,000 violations

Lt. Gen. Prachuap said that

The highest cumulative number of accidents in the area

Surat Thani province 42 times, the highest number of fatalities in the area, 10 in Chiang Rai province, and the highest number of injuries in the area, 46 in Sakon Nakhon province. The highest number of injuries from not wearing a helmet was 58.06%, with the highest number of accidents occurring on highways, 42.27%. The vehicles with the highest number of accidents were motorcycles, 81.11%. There were 200,114 offenses under the 10 traffic laws, including 59,715 driving without a license, 55,420 not wearing a helmet, 21,432 driving faster than the law, respectively.

Add cars in 3 densely populated provinces

On the same day, Mr. Chiruit Wisanchit, Director-General of the Department of Land Transport (Khor.), revealed that when people gradually returned from their hometowns after the end of the New Year festival.

The Department of Land Transport has coordinated with operators to organize additional buses to accommodate people returning to the provinces with heavy travel.

Which has arranged additional cars at 3 passenger terminals, namely Chiang Mai Bus Station, 19 cars, Khon Kaen Bus Terminal 3, 24 cars, Hat Yai Bus Terminal 1 (Khlong Rian), Songkhla, 3 cars, totaling 46 vehicle

Add 4 special trains

while Mr. Pichet

Kunathamrak

Director-General of the Department of Rail Transport (KhorKor.) revealed that during the New Year's Eve 2022 between December 29, 2022 and January 4, 2023, 4,177,729 people used the rail system for the past 4 days. More than the estimate of 95,087 people - trips, or 2.33% more than the estimate. In addition, on January 2, there were the most people returning to Bangkok.

The State Railway of Thailand has arranged 4 special trains to help with extra passengers running on the northern and southern routes.

Northeast, including train 6 Chiang Mai-Bangkok, train 962 Sila At-Bangkok, train 934 Ubon Ratchathani-Bangkok, and train 936 Udon Thani-Bangkok.

Ready to add trailers to the train that has many travelers

and electric train operators increase frequency during evening rush hours.

and prepare additional convoys

in order to adequately serve the people returning to Bangkok

More than 4 million cars in and out of the city

Mr. Sarawut Songsiwilai, Director-General of the Department of Highways (TNT), revealed that during the long holiday during the New Year 2013, people gradually returned to Bangkok.

It is expected that on January 2 there will be inbound traffic in Bangkok.

On main highways and 10 motorways, a total of 649,897 vehicles, for the period between 29 December 2022 and 1 January 2023, there was a total of 4,074,129 vehicles entering and exiting Bangkok, divided into 1,917,727 vehicles on the inbound side. and the outbound side, in the amount of 2,156,402 vehicles for the number of vehicles using the Bang Pa-in - Nakhon Ratchasima (M6) motorway, Pak Chong - Sikhio - Kham Thale So, a distance of 64 kilometers, which is temporarily open for service in one direction (one way) for outbound vehicles during the day. December 29-31, 2022, with a total of 62,929 service users for 3 days, and for inbound vehicles between January 1-4, 2023, it was found that on January 1, 2023, which was open for inbound services. first day

There are a total of 16 service vehicles,

454 vehicles divided into 4,953 vehicles from Kham Talay So and 11,501 vehicles from Sikhio. Pak Chong - Sikhio

Able to reduce the amount of inbound traffic on Highway No. 2 (Mittraphap Road) around km.75, Lam Ta Khong section, by 23%.

Phaholyothin - Asia is crowded

later in the afternoon to evening

Reporters reported that

along the main route on the way back to Bangkok

and nearby provinces

It was found that the main roads from each region headed into

Bangkok is full of various types of vehicles.

Both from the North, Chiang Mai Province, Lampang Province, Tak Province, Kamphaeng Phet Province to Nakhon Sawan Province.

with Phaholyothin Road

There are so many cars that it gets stuck periodically.

in the city of Nakhon Sawan

From Dechatiwong Bridge Intersection

to the junction at Jiraprawat Nakhon Sawan Camp, the traffic is large, causing periodic slowdowns

Especially along the intersection of traffic lights.

and the police must open a special lane

Dechatiwong Bridge area

and around Phaholyothin Road No. 1, the main section, km. 331, as for Asian roads

From Chainat down to the intersection of In Buri, Sing Buri Province, the car is crowded and there is an opening of a special lane at the 107th kilometer mark to drain the car as well.

The car is full on the inbound road.

Like Friendship Road

The colder, the greater the amount of cars.

Because the people from the Northeast region traveled back to Bangkok.

Especially around traffic light intersections in various communities, such as Sida Intersection, Sida District, Ban Wat Intersection, Non Sung District, and Ban Pho Intersection.

Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District

There is a large collection of cars

But the overall traffic condition is still moving continuously.

because there is a special opening periodically

and at the area of ​​Route 304 from Nakhon Ratchasima - Prachin Buri

Especially in the area of ​​Bu Phram Subdistrict, Na Di District, Prachin Buri Province, starting from the Pha Ngam extraction point.

There is a collection of cars from Nakhon Province

A large number of royals

Highway Patrol Officers, Nadi District, Province

Prachinburi has to open a special lane for people's cars to go down the hill in 3 traffic lanes, which is to release the continually increasing number of cars.

Causing traffic to begin to move slowly, especially in the evening to evening

All roads leading to Bangkok are crowded with various types of cars.

resulting in intermittent traffic jams

Which the highway patrol officers and many agencies integrate to help facilitate travelers fully

The crowd turned to make Hua Lamphong bustling.

As for the Bangkok Railway Station (Hua Lamphong) from dawn to dusk

Trains from the northern and northeastern regions gradually arrived at the platform.

Make Hua Lamphong Train Station crowded with both Thai people and foreign tourists.

Especially from the 3 extra convoys, namely, convoy 962 Sila At-Bangkok, convoy 934 Ubon Ratchathani-Bangkok, convoy 936 Udon Thani-Bangkok.

There are passengers in every bogey.

And most of the people are still carrying luggage and things.

Including consumer goods to be used as supplies to reduce the cost of living in Bangkok, with railway police officers

and volunteer staff to take care of safety

Ready to facilitate various aspects for people who come to use the service.

The bus station is confident that there will be enough vehicles.

as well as at the Bangkok Bus Terminal or Mo Chit 2 since the early hours of the morning

There are people from various provinces coming back to Bangkok continuously.

Transportation Management Department, Transport Company Limited (Bor Kor Sor.) revealed that from the number of return trips on January 1, the past

People have started to gradually travel by the bus station organized by buses (buses, joint buses, vans) to accommodate 3,080 trips on the return journey, with 42,171 passengers using the service. 2,792 trips, accommodating 26,442 passengers, the bus station can arrange enough buses

no passengers left behind

As for the travel atmosphere on January 2, there are many people returning.

Therefore, there are more than 4,000 buses (buses, public buses, vans) that can accommodate more than 53,000 passengers.