At least 31 people died and another 30 were injured in two traffic accidents as China's huge population started packing buses, trains and planes for the journey home for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Sixteen people died and 21 were injured when a coach fell into a dry riverbed off an expressway in east China's Jiangxi province Wednesday morning, the Xinhua news agency said.
The coach, carrying 37 passengers, was travelling on a viaduct of the Nanchang-Zhangshu Expressway when it ran off the road and plunged 10 meters (33 feet) into the river.
Another 15 bus passengers were killed and nine injured when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a 80 meter (256 feet) deep valley in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Tuesday afternoon.
The coach collided head-on with empty bus on a road some 100 kilometre's (62 miles) from Du'an county, and toppled over the edge.
Fourteen people aboard the coach were killed on the spot and one more died in hospital.
Overloaded buses and tired drivers are often to blame for deadly road accidents around this time of year as millions of people return to their villages and hometowns for the traditional Spring Festival.