Jakarta – The National Police reported that at least 686 people had died in traffic accidents during the annual Idul Fitri exodus as of Wednesday. As a comparison, the death toll from traffic accidents during the holiday last year was 757 people.

"There have been 3,061 traffic accidents in total," National Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto said, as quoted by kompas.com on Friday.

He said that 1,120 people had sustained serious injuries while another 4,034 people had suffered minor ones.

He added that the majority of the traffic accidents involved motorcyclists. Last year, he said, the police recorded 6,433 accidents, of which 4,683 involved motorcyclists. (hrl)