Road safety is a major problem in Thailand, which according to the World Health Organization ranks ninth out of 175 member countries for road traffic deaths.

At least 18 people were killed and 23 injured in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after the brakes failed on a tour bus and it rolled upside down into a ditch, police said.

At least 18 people have been killed and 23 injured in eastern Thailand after a tour bus rolled upside down into a ditch, police said. “It was a downhill road and the brakes failed, and the driver lost control of the vehicle before it overturned,

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

Road accidents and fatalities are common in Thailand due to weak enforcement of vehicle safety standards and poorly maintained roads. The Southeast Asian nation ranked ninth out o

At least 18 people died and another 23 were injured after a chartered bus overturned in eastern Thailand, officials said. Police said the brakes failed before the bus overturned during an overnight journey from northern Thailand to the coastal Rayong province.

A statement by Thailand's Department of Land Transport said the bus overturned in the eastern Prachinburi province on an overnight journey from Bueng Kan in the north to coastal Rayong province for a study tour.