ThaiHealth Launches RSN10 to Halve Road Deaths by 2030
ThaiHealth has launched RSN10, a dedicated online road safety newsroom, aiming to help cut Thailand's road fatalities and injuries by 50% by 2030. The platform will disseminate risk assessments, prevention guidelines, policy updates, and case studies across social media and digital channels, drawing on two decades of collaboration with government, academia, and civil society. ThaiHealth officials say the initiative seeks to shift public understanding that road safety is a shared responsibility among all road users, not just drivers.
Kongkan Techahiranrit, Director of the Social Risk Factor Control Office (Office 10) at ThaiHealth, presided over the launch of RSN10 (Road Safety Newsroom), a specialized online newsroom for road safety, at the ThaiHealth office on October 21, 2026.
Kongkan stated that ThaiHealth's mission is to promote health and reduce risk factors for the public, with Office 10 responsible for road safety and gambling reduction. The office aims to develop knowledge, drive policy, and collaborate with local networks. Over the past 20 years, ThaiHealth has partnered with many sectors — government, academics, public health personnel, local administrations, and civil society — including the Don't Drive Drunk Foundation, the Academic Center for Road Safety, the Office of the Network for Accident Reduction (ONAR), ThaiRoads Foundation, Thailand Accident Research Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Thai Youth Institute, Road Accident Victims Protection Company Ltd., Department of Disease Control, and the Thai Walking and Cycling Institute, as well as community networks nationwide. This cooperation has produced research, data, and local problem-solving lessons that can be scaled up, with continuous media dissemination. Network partners have also expanded their own communication channels.
Kongkan added that as news consumption shifts to online platforms, ThaiHealth has expanded its specialized media space to make road safety knowledge more accessible to the public through news, articles, video clips, and digital media. Support for RSN10 enhances communication focused on risk explanation, accident prevention, policy tracking, and case studies from Thailand and abroad. ThaiHealth has funded RSN10 since August, leveraging the team's online media expertise and drawing on its network partners as sources, while creating opportunities for journalists and new content creators. Sritang Sawat serves as newsroom director, with young talent joining to make content more engaging.
"Office 10 envisions RSN10 as a media outlet that helps the public apply knowledge practically — assessing risks, preventing danger, and protecting their own safety and that of loved ones — while enabling agencies to improve their work using this information. The key is building understanding that road safety depends not only on drivers but on all road users, the environment, vehicles, and management systems, requiring cooperation from all sectors to achieve the global target of reducing road deaths and injuries by at least 50% by 2030," Kongkan said.
Sritang Sawat, the newsroom director, said RSN10 began on social media under the name RSN10, while its TikTok channel uses the name "Thanon Hontang" (Road Pathway) for easier understanding and access, attracting significant viewership and strong cooperation from police and relevant agencies. News selection uses algorithms, metadata, team expertise, and ThaiHealth's network partners to build a safety community on the roads. They curate useful topics from domestic and international fan pages for further development, and aim to cultivate a new generation of Thai journalists.
