쏭끄란 기간에는 매년 수백명씩 죽어요.
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BANGKOK: At least 615 people were killed in road accidents during Thailand's New Year celebrations last week, an official statement said Sunday, substantially fewer fatalities than were reported last year.
Every year millions of Thais travel across the nation to visit family and friends during the annual holiday, known as Songkran, which features raucous public water fights.
But the festival has in recent years been marked by thousands of road accidents involving reckless and drunken drivers - particularly motorcycle riders without helmets.
Some 484 men and 131 women died in road accidents during the holiday week, while 35,390 people were injured.
Accidents stretch over 8 days
Most accident victims were between the ages of 15 and 19, and nearly 27,120 motorcycles were involved in the mishaps, the Road Safety Center said in a statement.
Statistics were tallied over an eight-day period.
Most of the accidents involved drivers who failed to wear a seatbelt or who drove drunk, the Center said.
Last year, more than 800 people died and about 37,000 were injured in road accidents over Songkran.
Before the holiday began, the government projected a Songkran death toll of 930 because of an increase in the number of vehicles on the road.
During Songkran, revelers typically douse friends, relatives and strangers with water and cover them in white powder. The roads are filled with pickup trucks carrying water gun-toting teenagers, and roadside ambushes are common.
Besides drunk driving and the failure to take safety precautions, many accidents are caused by people throwing water at passing motorcycles.