Nearly 480 people died on Thailand's roads over the New Year holiday, official figures showed yesterday, a 25 percent rise over the so-called "seven dangerous days" despite the junta's tough talk on drink driving.
The kingdom has some of the world's most lethal roads, with carnage spiking over the New Year as millions of city workers return to their country homes.
Thailand's junta government has launched repeated crackdowns on drink driving since its 2014 power grab, including approving harsher penalties for offenders and forcing drivers to visit mortuaries holding the bodies of accident victims.
But the toll over the last week still soared to 478 -- up from the 380 recorded in 2016, according to the Interior Ministry's disaster prevention department.
