Confirmation of the budget received came at a meeting at the Phuket Land Transport Office on Mar 25 to discuss strategies for enhancing road safety in the province for the 2025 fiscal year.
The meeting, chaired by PLTO Chief Adcha Buachan, was also attended by Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Pol Col Phatsakorn Sonthikun and other officials, including Chief of the Phuket Provincial Education Area Office, Panna Phromwichian.
The Phuket Provincial Road Safety Fund Allocation Subcommittee had invited applications for funding from projects aimed at preventing accidents and reducing road fatalities, explained an official report of the meeting.
The province of Phuket had been allocated B4.29mn, with a primary focus on public awareness campaigns, particularly targeting motorbike safety, in an effort to deliver measurable improvements in road safety, confirmed the report.
Motorbike accidents remain a major concern in Phuket, a popular tourist destination where road fatalities are a recurring issue.
Officials said they hoped that increased funding for public education and prevention initiatives will lead to a significant reduction in accidents, the official report said.
On the day of the meeting, the Phuket office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM Phuket) reported one death and 76 people injured in accidents on Phuket’s roads.
Those additions brought the tally for the year so far to 23 people killed and 7,825 people injured in road accidents in Phuket since Jan 1.
Motorbike accidents accounted for 83% of all road accidents on the island, DDPM Phuket noted in its report.