JAKARTA, Indonesia – The National Police said Sunday (August 11th) that at least 471 people died in traffic accidents across Indonesia during the annual Idul Fitri travel exodus, local media reported.

"There have been 2,095 total traffic accidents, in which 747 people sustained major injuries and 2,688 endured minor ones," National Police spokesperson Agus Rianto said in Jakarta, according to the Antara news agency.

Among accidents involving 3,621 vehicles, 2,517 were motorcycles, followed by 588 passenger cars, 270 freight cars, 140 buses and 94 non-motorised vehicles such as bicycles and pedicabs, metrotvnews.com reported.

Last year, the recorded death toll during the Idul Fitri holiday period was 491, according to The Jakarta Post.