A tourist bus crashed, injuring 37 tourists as well as the driver and Thai guide, in Kanchanaburi in central Thailand.
According to authorities, the accident occurred on Thursday, February 22 at 1:30 p.m.
A tour bus has veered off the road in Bo Phloi district of Kanchanaburi province, injuring 37 Malaysian tourists as well as the driver and a Thai guide.
Police, rescue workers and medics rushed to the scene and discovered the 39 people on the tour bus.
Some people suffered serious injuries.
More than 20 ambulances arrived at the scene to transport the injured to Bo Phloi Hospital in Kanchanaburi.
Rescue workers help injured tour bus passengers into ambulances at the scene of the accident. Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen
Driver Sarayu Daengdam, 44, informed police that the bus arrived at Bo Phloi Safari Park in the morning.
At around 1 p.m., the bus left the zoo to transport tourists to a restaurant in downtown Kanchanaburi.
Mr. Sarayu said that while trying to overtake a 10-wheeler truck, the steering wheel malfunctioned and he lost control of the bus, which went off the road and crashed onto the shoulder.
Fortunately, no vehicles were traveling in the opposite direction, he added.
The guide was seriously injured and taken to another hospital.
Road accidents are unfortunately all too frequent in the country.
See: Thailand's roads are still deadly
In December 2023, Thailand experienced a devastating event: a bus crash killed 14 people and injured more than 30 others.
See: 14 people killed in Thailand bus crash
Every year, many tourists have accidents, mainly on motorcycles, but bus and minibus accidents are also common.
See :
Minibus crash in Thailand: one dead, 13 foreign tourists injured
Bus carrying 39 French tourists catches fire in Thailand
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Source: Bangkok Post
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1 comment
Once again, among the causes of this type of accident involving buses and coaches, minivans, and other passenger transport vehicles, there is the fact (this is probably the case here) that the mandatory annual technical inspections on this type of vehicle are not carried out in a serious and thorough enough manner.
Personally, having a car that is more than 7 years old, at each annual insurance renewal, I must present my vehicle for a "technical inspection" to obtain a certificate allowing me to extend my civil liability insurance
But this check is limited to measuring the CO coming out of my exhaust, checking the brakes and suspension on a test bench, a "visual" check (very quick) of the condition of the engine and technical accessories (battery, hoses, electric cables)...
Completed in 10 minutes!!!
Nothing in terms of the mechanical transmission parts, condition of the bodywork at the level of the bottom of the body, the side members, the chassis elements, the universal joints, the steering ball joints, in short all the mechanics visible when the car is on a lifting platform...
It is therefore not surprising that, if these standards are not stricter for these minibuses and coaches, the steering rod or a part of it, worn and not replaced in time during vehicle maintenance, has given way, making the vehicle uncontrollable...
It could have been much more dramatic if it had happened in much heavier traffic!!!
It would be useful if the standards for inspection points and tests of mechanical resistance and safety of parts subject to physical and mechanical stress were much stricter than at present and to ensure, with penalties, that ALL vehicles of this type present themselves on time for these technical inspections...
When we see the state of some of the material transport trucks that we can see on provincial roads, we can doubt it!!!