Order to inspect railway intersections nationwide Prevent the occurrence of duplicate marks

 

On October 11, 2020, Mr.Sak Siam Chidchob, Minister of Transport revealed that from the incident, the container freight train at 852 diesel number 5102 traveled between Laem Chabang Station - Hua Takhe Station. Crash into a passenger bus Which is the Kathina Faculty of Perfect Factory Employees Samut Prakan Province, about 50-60 people are taking Kathin to offer at Wat Bang Pla Nak, Tambon Nam Daeng, Amphur Muang Chachoengsao. That resulted in 18 deaths and 44 injuries.

The Ministry of Transport Report the results of the initial investigation to General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, informed that the freight train had passed through Khlong Bang Phra Station. And an accident occurred while the procession was made Before reaching the bus stop area Klong Klan Klan By the point where the accident occurred, it was a lug through Km 50 + 031, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) installed a stop sign. Signs and warning lights To assist in the safety of the driver during the accident, a passenger bus drives through the intersection of the area. The train drivers have complied with the traffic regulations by opening the warnings before reaching the intersection at the highway level. But with a short distance, unable to stop the train in time Until the accident happened to crash the bus number 30-1476 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Causing death and injury

Mr. Sak Siam Further said Ordered Mr. Nirut Maneepan, the SRT Governor to take care of the injured and the dead. Along with coordinating with the Department of Land Transport (Kor.) In order to use the budget from the Road Safety Fund (RAOT) to study the solution permanently. If the NRTA fund budget is insufficient, a proposal to request an allocation from the central budget expenditure is to be carried out in the future. SRT must consider other railway intersections At risk In order to avoid repeated accidents, the SRT has to carry out data collection of railway intersections nationwide as well. By classifying whether safety devices are installed or not. Then summarize the details and report back to the Ministry of Transport.

The SRT governor said that he entered the scene of the incident along with Mr. Pichet Kunathammarak. Deputy Director-General, Department of Rail Transport Including the management team And related personnel of the SRT and ordered the establishment of a coordination center to help the victims, with Mr. Anan Pho Nimdaeng, Assistant Governor of Operations Is the head of the center to coordinate on this accident And acting as a coordinator for related departments such as Khor Chachoengsao Province Insurance company And various hospitals And instructed all SRT officers to take full care of the injured and dead. SRT will report further progress.

While news reports from the SRT indicated that the passenger bus passed the intersection at the scene of the accident. The driver of the train obeys the regulations by opening the warnings before the intersection at the highway level But with a short distance, unable to stop the train in time The bus crash caused 18 people to die and 44 injured, 31 returned home, treated at Phutthasothon Hospital, 22 cases (9 out of the hospital). Kasemrad 7 cases, Khlong Khuean Hospital 6 and Ban Po Hospital 9 cases (all hospitalized)

There are 2,684 road and rail intersections nationwide, comprising 2,278 level draws (1,657 authorized and 621 luggages), 214 underpasses and 192 crossings. During the 2015-2019 fiscal year, there were 383 accidents at the intersection, 371 injured, and 138 deaths or average each year. There are 77 accidents at the intersection level per year, 74 people are injured, 28 people die, and in such cases, for the deceased, the heirs will receive benefits from the Social Security Fund consisting of 1. Funeral expenses 40,000 baht Due to death, not during work 2. death allowance and 3. old age allowance (cases 2 and 3 are in the process of checking the information and calculating the amount of benefits that will be received of each deceased)

In addition, the Director-General of the Department of Land Transport Also revealed that From this incident, the provincial transport has now been ordered to expedite the investigation of the facts about non-bus standards that serve passengers. Including to check the number of passengers passenger in the said vehicle that meets the standards set by the Department of Land Transport or not Because at this time the true information is still unknown At the same time, overall, it has ordered the transportation of provinces across the country to be more stringent on non-buses and buses This is because this is a festival of merit that people like to travel by a large number of cars.

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