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.
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". |