List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year
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This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in the Thailand
by year. 64% of motor vehicles in Thailand are motorcycles such as scooters
in 2006. Definitions for a fatality are deaths within 30 days. There were 212,060 km of roads in 2006, of which Highways 61,747km, Motorway 313 km, Rural Road 42,500 km. and Local road under local administration 107,500 km.
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
by year. 64% of motor vehicles in Thailand are motorcycles such as scooters
Scooter (motorcycle)
A scooter is a motorcycle with step-through frame and a platform for the operator's feet. Elements of scooter design have been present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and motorcycles identifiable as scooters have been made from 1914 or earlier...
in 2006. Definitions for a fatality are deaths within 30 days. There were 212,060 km of roads in 2006, of which Highways 61,747km, Motorway 313 km, Rural Road 42,500 km. and Local road under local administration 107,500 km.
year | deaths* | accidents | registered vehicles |
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1997 | 13,836 | 82,336 | 17,666,240 |
1998 | 12,234 | 73,725 | 18,860,512 |
1999 | 12,040 | 67,800 | 20,096,536 |
2000 | 11,988 | 73,737 | 20,835,684 |
2001 | 11,652 | 77,616 | 22,589,185 |
2002 | 13,116 | 91,623 | 24,517,250 |
2003 | 14,446 | 104,642 | 26,378,862 |
2004 | 13,766 | 124,530 | 20,624,719* |
2005 | 12,858 | 122,040 | 22,571,062* |
2006 | 12,069 | 111,035 | 24,807,297* |
* New definitions of "registered vehicles". |