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.

Chinese state-owned Chery Automobile’s Thai subsidiary, Omoda & Jaecoo (Thailand) Company Ltd, said it aims to have a local content of between 45% and 50% in its Thai-made electric vehicles (EVs) by the end of the year.

The brakes failed on a tour bus carrying 49 people, caused it to overturn down a highway section in Prachinburi province, 96 miles of east of Bangkok, at around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, Reuters and local outlet Nation Thailand reported.

BANGKOK — A chartered bus overturned in ... during an overnight journey from northern Thailand to coastal Rayong province for a municipal study tour. The Department of Land Transport said ...

A chartered bus rolled upside down into a ditch in eastern Thailand early Wednesday morning, killing 18 people and injuring 31, officials said.