On the first day of the 30/4-1/5 holiday, national traffic police fined over 2,000 drivers for alcohol violations, impounding 70 cars and 2,469 motorbikes.
A motorcyclist, reportedly driving under the influence, crashed into six pedestrians on the Jinshajiang railway-highway bridge in Yibin, Sichuan province on 20/3, resulting in one fatality and five injuries.