However, the data in the column below are even more striking. While the number of accidents in Bangkok is as high as in the rest of the country, the number of deaths and serious injuries are way lower, while also the number of mildly injured persons is more moderate.
We must caution here that we are talking about reported traffic accidents, where the police department gets involved. Obviously some minor traffic accidents (and probably some accidents with only minor injuries) do not get reported and are handled by the parties involved. From data we found when researching this topic, we ascertained that the number of deaths is fairly accurate. That is when comparing police data and data collected from hospitals, the number of deaths are quite comparable. It is not so, that people killed on the road go unnoticed.
Obviously, a lot of accidents involve motorcycles. You will notice above that deaths in Europe are much lower. However, if motorcycles were taken off the road in Thailand, the number of deaths would be closer to European levels.