While the media focuses on festival-related accidents, road safety is a year-round challenge. Official statistics show that in the 2012 government fiscal year (October 2011 to September 2012), road accidents killed 9,719 people, down 4.45% from 10,172 during the 2011 fiscal year. On average, the 2012 daily death toll was 27, lower than the daily toll during the seven days of Songkran.