Thailand has one of the worst road safety records in the world, with around 20,000 people killed every year according to the World Health Organization
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This frame grab taken from video footage provided by local Facebook group ‘Sue Prachinburi’ on February 26, 2025 via AFPTV shows a rescue worker at the site of a bus crash that killed 18 people in Prachinburi province, east of Bangkok. AFP
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A bus crashed and killed 18 passengers in Thailand on Wednesday when the brakes appeared to fail as it descended a slope, according to authorities.
The vehicle, one of three double-decker buses transporting local government officials on a field trip, swerved off the road in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok.
“There were 17 people found dead at the scene and one more later died in hospital,” said Police Lieutenant Colonel Siwapass Phuripatchaiboonchu.
“We have questioned the driver and he said the brakes failed as the bus went down the hill.”
A total of 49 people were on board when the bus crashed, and the survivors have been taken for treatment to two hospitals.
Thailand has one of the worst road safety records in the world, with around 20,000 people killed every year according to the World Health Organization.
Unsafe vehicles and poor driving are major factors contributing to the high toll.
In October, a school bus crashed and caught fire in a Bangkok suburb, killing 23 people – most of them children – in the kingdom’s deadliest road accident in a decade.
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