List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year

This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year. As of 2012^[update] 54% of motor vehicles in Thailand were two or three-wheeled vehicles. These vehicles were involved in 73% of fatalities.[1] A fatality is defined as a death within 30 days of a crash. There were 212,060 km of roads in 2006: 61,747 km of highways, 313 km of motorways, 42,500 km of rural roads, and 107,500 km of local roads under local administration.[2]

Deaths by year

Year	Deaths	Crashes	Registered vehicles	Source
1997	13,836	82,336	17,666,240	[2]
1998	12,234	73,725	18,860,512	[2]
1999	12,040	67,800	20,096,536	[2]
2000	11,988	73,737	20,835,684	[2]
2001	11,652	77,616	22,589,185	[2]
2002	13,116	91,623	24,517,250	[2]
2003	14,446	104,642	26,378,862	[2]
2004	13,766	124,530	20,624,719*	[2]
2005	12,858	122,040	22,571,062*	[2]
2006	12,069	111,035	24,807,297*	[2]
2007	12,492	101,752		[3]
2008	11,561	88,721		[3]
2009	10,717	84,806		[3]
2010	10,742	74,379		[3]
2011	9,910	68,269		[3]
2012	14,059 (reported) 24,237 (WHO est)	61,197	32,476,977	[3][1]

See also

• Department of Rural Roads
• List of countries by traffic-related death rate
• List of motor vehicle deaths in Iceland by year
• Thai highway network

References

1. "Country Profile 2015: Thailand from Global status report on road safety 2015" (PDF). World Health Organization (WHO). 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2018. Data for 2012
2. Tangpaisalkit, Chamroon (n.d.). "Country Report on Road Safety Initiatives in Thailand" (PDF). Ministry of Transport (Thailand). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 1 January 2018. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. Road Safety Institutional and Legal Assessment Thailand (PDF). New Delhi: World Health Organization (WHO). December 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2018. Archived 20 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Study reveals shocking extent of dangerous driving Archived 2018-04-02 at the Wayback Machine