Nongprue officials did their part to reduce road accidents during the New Year’s holiday by setting up a checkpoint at the Mitkamon intersection on Soi Siam Country Club.
Mayor Mai Chaiyanit coordinated the police checkpoint with Banglamung District, the Nongprue police station and the sub-district’s Peace and Order Maintenance Department from Dec. 30-Jan. 5, the so-called ‘seven dangerous days.”
Four agencies: Nongprue Municipality, Banglamung District, Nongprue Police Station, and the Peace and Order Maintaining Division of the Office of Nongprue Municipality Manager, led by Nongprue Municipality Mayor Mai Chaiyanit, set up a service point by Mitkamon Intersection in Soi Siam Country Club to try and prevent road accidents during the New Year Festival.
After 2013 saw 3,174 accidents, 366 deaths and 3,345 injuries – all the same or more than 2012 – the sub-district decided it needed to join the national campaign to stem the bloody tide on area roads.
Nationally, however, it wasn’t working: Through the first four days of the 2014-15 “dangerous days” accidents, injuries and deaths were on pace to exceed last year. From Dec. 30-Jan. 3, there were 260 deaths and 2,542 injuries from 2,446 accidents.
