The death toll in road accidents during the country's traditional new year celebrations climbed to 473, with more than 30,000 people injured, the Public Health Ministry said. Despite proclamations that authorities would reduce the toll for the five-day Songkran holiday by 20 percent this year, the figure was 19 percent higher than last year's. Thousands of Thais depart from the capital for their home villages during the Songkran break, which ends today.