On May 5, the Beijing-Chengdu Expressway had a dense traffic flow into Beijing. On the same day, on the last day of the "May Day" small holiday, the expressway ushered in the flow of traffic back to Beijing. Photo by Jia Tianyong, reporter from China News Service

  China News Agency, Beijing, May 5 (Reporter Zhang Ziyang) The reporter learned from the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security of China on the 5th that as of 19:00 that day, during the "May Day" holiday, the number of traffic accidents involving casualties and deaths were reported nationwide. The year-on-year decrease was 50.7% and 52.4%, and no serious road traffic accidents occurred.

  According to reports, this year's "May Day" holiday, the country ushered in the peak travel, people in the suburbs, short and medium-distance travel concentrated, the direction of the highway out of the city, suburban rural areas and hot spots around the traffic flow significantly increased. Except for partial road sections in the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta region, and some major cities, the roads near certain key tourist attractions have slow traffic due to heavy traffic, traffic bottlenecks, and traffic accidents. Large-scale long-distance traffic jams occurred.

  According to statistics, over the 5 days of the holiday, more than 750,000 police officers were dispatched, more than 310,000 police cars were dispatched, more than 6,200 traffic police law enforcement stations were launched, and more than 2.15 million serious traffic violations were investigated and investigated, including 33,000 drunk driving and illegal driving crimes. Yu Qi. (Finish)