Authorities are alarmed about the rising number of accidents on roads damaged by flooding.
Sittipol Sangiem, chief of Ayutthaya's disaster prevention and mitigation office, said many roads in the province were severely damaged during the flood crisis.
Many roads were riddled with pot holes and others did not have functioning traffic lights.
Careless driving on the damaged roads was causing accidents, he said.
Ayutthaya was one of the provinces hardest hit by the deluge late last year and is among five provinces where flooding still remains.
The Transport Ministry earlier reported more than 18,000 roads were damaged by the July-December floods.
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Wiboon Sanguanpong said police and provincial staff had stepped up their road safety prevention campaigns.
A total of 165 deaths and 1,782 injuries have been reported within three days of the seven-day danger period over New Year.
Only two provinces _ Chaiyaphum and Trat _ reported zero accidents over the past three days.
An accident in Chai Nat province yesterday left four dead and one seriously injured.
The accident happened in the early hours of New Year's day as a car smashed into a direction signpost on Chai Nat-Suphanburi road. A 39-year-old female driver and three passengers including a 14-year old male teenager died, said Pol Col Saneh Panyareung, chief inspector of Chai Nat's Sankhaburi district.
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