Tourists and local splash water to each others as they kick start of the celebrating of the Songkran Festival in Pattaya , near Bangkok in Thailand. AFP filepic
BANGKOK (AFP) - The number of people killed on Thailand's roads during the country's traditional new year week dropped by more than ten per cent following a government campaign to end the annual carnage.
The kingdom has some of the world's most lethal roads, with accidents spiking over Songkran - the Thai new year festival in April - as millions of city workers return to their country homes.
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