Bangladesh's roads claimed 417 lives in September: RSF
In September, 446 traffic incidents nationwide took the lives of 417 people, including 49 students, and injured 682 more.
According to a Road Safety Foundation data published on Sunday, 42 traffic accidents in the capital resulted in 18 fatalities and 33 injuries.
The research was developed by the Road Safety Foundation using information from electronic media, seven online news portals, and nine national dailies.
Of the dead, 143 perished in motorbike crashes alone, accounting for 33.85% of all fatalities. The deceased also included 56 drivers and their helpers, and 112 pedestrians.
In addition, at least 21 people were killed and six injured in 17 canal incidents.
Last month, 29 rail accidents occurred in Bangladesh, resulting in 27 fatalities and 13 injuries.
According to the research, out of all the accidents, 214 happened on national highways, 135 on regional roads, 42 on rural roads, and 60 on city roads.
The research states that accidents happened in Dhaka division 28.69% of the time, Rajshahi division 18.83%, Chattogram division 22%, Khulna division 6.72%, Barishal division 3.58%, Sylhet division 3.35 percent, Rangpur division 8.87%, and Mymensingh division 5.38%.
According to the report, the Barishal division had the fewest fatalities—14—when compared to other divisions.
The RSF identified a number of significant causes for the increase in traffic accidents.
The RSF identified a number of significant causes for the increase in traffic accidents.
Defective cars, careless driving, a desperate mindset, incapacity, and illness of drivers, unpaid wages and working hours, the prevalence of low-speed traffic on highways, youth reckless motorcycling, the propensity to break traffic laws, ineffective traffic management, the BRTA’s inefficiency, and extortion in the industry are some of the causes.
In order to guarantee road safety, the RSF encouraged the relevant authorities to take the required action.
