According to the latest report of Road Safety Foundation (RSF), 516 people died and 812 were injured in 559 road accidents throughout Bangladesh in June this year 2023.
The report released today and mentioned that 169 people were killed in 207 motorcycle accidents across the country: 33.75% of the total deaths. 78 were women and 114 children among the dead.
Nine people were dead and seven were missing in nine waterways accidents and at least 18 people were killed and eleven were injured in 21 railway accidents during the same period. 38 sacrificial animals were killed due to accidents during the same period too.
RSF prepared the data based on reports published by nine national dailies, seven online news portals and electronic media.
99 pedestrians were killed in road accidents, which is 19.18 percent of the total deaths. 76 drivers and their assistants were killed, which is 14.72 percent of the total deaths.
According to RSF’s observation and analysis, the highest number, 247, (44.18%) of the accidents occurred on regional roads, 182 (32.55%) on national highways, 59 (10.55%) on rural roads, and 3 (0.53%) on urban roads.
In addition, 268 (47.94%), the highest among the total accidents, occurred due to losing control over the wheel, 109 (19.49%) due to collision, 97 accidents (17.35 percent) happened due to pedestrians being run over, 72 incidents (12.88 percent ) involved hitting the rear side of vehicles, and 13 (2.32%) occurred because of other causes.
