title: List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year
text: # List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year
  
  This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year. As of 2012 54% of motor vehicles in Thailand were two or three-wheeled vehicles. These vehicles were involved in 73% of fatalities. A fatality is defined as a death within 30 days of a crash. There were 212,060 km of roads in 2006: 61,747 km of highways, 313 km of motorways, 42,500 km of rural roads, and 107,500 km of local roads under local administration.
  
  ## Deaths by year
  
  | Year | Deaths | Crashes | Registered vehicles |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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* |
  | 2007 | 12,492 | 101,752 | |
  | 2008 | 11,561 | 88,721 | |
  | 2009 | 10,717 | 84,806 | |
  | 2010 | 10,742 | 74,379 | |
  | 2011 | 9,910 | 68,269 | |
  | 2012 | 14,059 (reported) 24,237 (WHO est) | 61,197 | 32,476,977 |
  