Sakil ahmed. banglarbarta : Now a days, road lapse has become a new thing in Bangladesh. Drivers, The Bangladesh Road Accident is the most Daily part of human. Killing continues in Bangladesh in the name of road accidents, Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, said as he revealed the Annual Road Accident Report-2018 at the Jatiya Press Club in the morning.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Hours before he revealed the report, a truck in Cumilla killed at least 13 and injured two others after it crashed into a workers’ shed at a brick kiln.
Compared to 2017, the number crashes increased last year, but the casualties were fewer.
The country witnessed an unprecedented students’ protest for safer roads last year.
At least 7,397 people were killed and 16,193 others injured in 4,979 crashes in 2017, the organisation said.
It came up with the data by monitoring national, regional and online media reports.
The actual of number crashes and causalities might have been higher because many incidents go unreported.
However, the official number of causalities is a lot lower than the one mentioned in the report. According to police report, 2,265 were killed and 1,659 others injured in 2,237 crashes during the first 10 months of last year.
OTHER FINDINGS
According to yesterday’s report, a total of 394 people died and 248 others injured in 370 incidents on railway tracks. On waterways, at least 126 died, 234 injured and 387 went missing in 159 incidents.
In five plane crashes, 55 people died and 32 others injured. The numbers include the US-Bangla plane crash in Kathmandu that killed 49 people, including 26 Bangladeshis.
On roads, 41.53 percent of the incidents involved vehicles running over people, 16.18 percent of vehicles falling into ditches and 29.72 percent of collisions.
The organisation recommended widespread awareness campaign about traffic laws, training drivers, quick enforcement of the new Road Transport Act and increasing public transport to prevent crashes.
From dailystar