Across the country, 539 people died in 504 road accidents last December. 764 people were injured in these accidents. Among the dead, 79 were women and 77 were children. An average of 17.38 people was killed every day in December. This means that the death toll in December increased by 12.85 percent.
The organization presented this report in a press release signed by the organization's executive director Saidur Rahman on Saturday (January 4). The members of the Road Accident Monitoring Cell of the Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association prepared this report by monitoring the news of road, rail and waterway accidents published in widely circulated and credible national, regional and online newspapers.
The highest number of road accidents occurred in Dhaka division this month, with 177 people killed in 158 road accidents. The lowest number of road accidents occurred in Sylhet division, with 26 people killed in 30 road accidents. The lowest number of road accidents occurred in Barguna, Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh districts. Although a few accidents occurred in these 3 districts, there were no fatalities.
In addition, 14 people were killed and 5 were injured in 19 accidents on the railway. 3 people were killed and 4 were injured in 3 accidents on the waterway. During this period, 206 people were killed in 211 motorcycle accidents. This is 41.86 percent of the total accidents and 38.21 percent of the fatalities.
The organization also reported that 206 people were killed in 211 motorcycle accidents, which is 38.21 percent of the total fatalities. The motorcycle accident rate is 41.86 percent. 114 pedestrians were killed in accidents, which is 21.15 percent of the total fatalities. 72 vehicle drivers and assistants were killed, i.e. 13.35 percent.
17 people were killed and 33 were injured in 14 accidents on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway. There have been 13 accidents across the country in which husbands, wives and children were killed together. Of these, at least 4 entire families were killed. A total of 54 people were killed in the road accidents, including 31 people in 7 auto-rickshaws, 12 in 3 private cars, 5 in 1 microbus and 6 in 2 motorcycles.
Based on information published in the media, it is known that 63 students from various schools, madrasas and colleges, including 3 policemen, 12 teachers from various schools-colleges and madrasas, 3 journalists, 2 engineers, 2 lawyers, 1 deputy secretary, 1 agricultural officer, 1 livestock officer, 1 deputy director of the Bangladesh Institute of Agricultural Sciences, 9 officers and employees of various banks and insurance companies, 13 officers and employees of various NGOs, 24 sales representatives of medicines and various products, 32 local businessmen, 2 UP members and 11 local political leaders, 4 imams-muazzins, 5 garment workers, 9 construction workers, 4 painters, 3 brick kiln workers, 2 disabled people and 1 student from BUET, were killed in the road accidents.
During this period, 206 motorcycle drivers and riders, 21 bus passengers, 30 truck-covered van-tractor-trolley-lorry passengers, 32 private car-microbus passengers, 112 three-wheeler passengers (easy bike-CNG-autorickshaw-autovan-tempu), 15 passengers of locally made vehicles (Nasimon-Alamsadhu-Tomtom-Latahamba) and 9 bicycle-rickshaw riders were killed in road accidents.
An analysis of the type of accident shows that 38.29 percent of the total accidents that occurred this month occurred on national highways, 42.46 percent on regional roads, 10.91 percent on rural roads and 7.53 percent on city roads and 0.79 percent in other places.
