"Road Accident"

Former Palang Pracharath Party MP Parina Kraikupt has sought any lawyer’s help to confiscate her father’s driving licence after he allegedly crashed his car for the third time in three years.

A 53-year-old Prachuap Khiri Khan native who has been on a bicycle tour around the country was run over and killed by a 10-wheeler on Thursday in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat).

A police truck was caught on camera colliding with a car in Bangkok's Don Muang district before fleeing the scene on Thursday night.

Twenty-six people were killed on Friday and 255 injured in 253 road accidents on the last day of the Songkran holidays.

Up to 313 road accidents on Thursday claimed 29 lives and injured 310 others, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced on Friday.

Four people were injured on Friday when their black pickup truck crashed through the barrier to a motorway that is not due to open.

A woman, 70, and her 25-year-old son escaped with minor injuries when their car plunged into a hole prepared for installing underground cables in Bangkok’s Thonburi district.

The Department of Land Transport has organised a “Free Vehicle Check-up for Road Safety” campaign in cooperation with auto service centres nationwide for both cars and motorcycles from March 10 until April 10, director-general Jirut Wisanjit said.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed concerns about the increasing number of road accidents during the New Year holidays with drunk driving emerging as the leading cause, Government Spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Saturday.

Sixty-seven people were killed and 388 injured in road accidents over the December 10-13 long holiday weekend, according to the Transport Ministry on Monday.

The number of road accidents decreased by 13 per cent last month, the Department of Highways reported.

The Department of Land Transport has said it is taking seriously complaints by road users of inconvenience caused by certain vehicle-users modifying their headlights.