The Thailand Office of Insurance Commission published an update on its road safety partnership with Suphan Buri province, saying it is extending its 2026 road safety and motor accident victim protection project to four model provinces after an earlier pilot in Prachin Buri. The expanded program covers Prachin Buri, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Sawan and Suphan Buri, and is built around using accident and insurance data, local knowledge and community leadership to develop prevention measures suited to each area. Its stated approach is to shift from compensation after accidents under compulsory motor insurance toward preventing losses at source. In Suphan Buri, a provincial working group chaired by the governor was appointed on June 4, 2026 to run the road safety model area project and a compulsory motor insurance campaign. The Office of Insurance Commission said the earlier Prachin Buri pilot led to measures such as speed reduction at high-risk points, model roads, helmet promotion, support for students to obtain driving licences, and awareness activities in schools and workplaces. Analysis by the Thailand Development Research Institute found Suphan Buri recorded 222 road deaths in 2025, down 11.90 percent from the previous year, but still equivalent to 27.02 deaths per 100,000 people. Motorcyclists accounted for 87.5 percent of fatalities, nearly half of those killed were aged 50 or older, and Mueang Suphan Buri district represented 46.8 percent of all road deaths in the province. Further work will focus on deeper analysis of accident risks in key surveillance areas, including parts of Mueang Suphan Buri, U Thong and Si Prachan, with the data to be used to set area-specific prevention measures.

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