BANGKOK, 23 Nov 2013 The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has launched a campaign encouraging the use of helmets in order to raise awareness among motorcyclists, with an aim to reduce road fatalities.
The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has revealed that there is at least 1 road fatality every hour in Thailand caused by accidents involving motorcyclists lacking helmets. Therefore, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation is cooperating with 26 organizations to promote 100 percent helmet use among motorcyclists, with an aim to reduce the number of deaths.
Statistics compiled by the Thai Roads Foundation showed that 44 percent of bikers in the country wore helmets in 2010, 46 percent in 2011, and only 43 percent in 2012.
The Thai Health Promotion Foundation further disclosed that 2 out of 3 people in the working class fall victims to road accidents while commuting by motorcycles.
Earlier, the government announced its intention to reduce road fatality rates to less than 10 in 100,000 within the year 2020.
