Abu Hena Md Akhter Hossain: Dhaka, Jul-26,

In the 11 days before and after Eid-ul-Azha (July 14-24), 207 people were killed in 156 road accidents across the country, including 29 women and 18 children. 369 people were injured in these accidents

This information was given in the report of the Road Safety Foundation based on the information published in the media. The report was released yesterday afternoon.

According to the report of the foundation, 6 people were killed in 6 motorcycle accidents in those 11 days, which is 42.02 percent of the total deaths. The motorcycle accident rate is 48.10 percent.

A total of 43 pedestrians were killed in motorcycle accidents, accounting for 20.6 percent of the total deaths.

The driver and assistant of the vehicle were killed 32 people, i.e. 15.45 percent.

At least two people were killed and 26 injured in four boat accidents. Two people have been killed in two railway accidents.

The death toll from the accident was 6 for motorcyclists and riders (42.02 percent), 12 for bus passengers (5.69 percent), 8 for truck pickups (3.8 percent), and 13 for microbus-private cars. .26 percent), three-wheeler passengers (CNG-easybike-autorickshaw-Laguna) 31 (14.98 percent), Nachimon-Mahindra-Chander 10 passengers (4.83 percent) and bicycle riders 3 (1). 44 percent).

According to the Road Safety Foundation's observation and analysis, 59 (36.34 percent) of the accidents occurred on national highways, 6 (41.6 per cent) on regional roads, 14 (6.7 percent) on rural roads and 19 (12.02 percent) on city roads.

Of the accidents, 48 (29.11 percent) were due to collisions, 54 (34.17 percent) due to loss of control, 42 (28.56 per cent) due to crushing/pushing pedestrians and 16 (10.12 percent) hitting the back of vehicles.

The number of vehicles involved in the accident is 26. Of these, truck 48, bus 22, covered van 5, pickup 24, trolley 2, lorry 4, tractor 2, microbus 5, private car 6, ambulance 2, motorcycle 8, CNG-easybike-autorickshaw-autovan-Laguna 48, Nachimon- Karimon-Bhatvati-Mahindra-Chander has 28 cars and 4 bicycles.

Accident department-wise statistics

20.6 percent in Dhaka division; The death toll was 23.18 percent. 24.05 percent accidents in Rajshahi division; The death toll was 18.39 percent.

13.29 percent accidents in Chittagong division; The death toll is 14 percent. 11.39 percent accidents in Khulna division; The death toll was 13.52 percent.

5.89 percent accidents in Barisal division; The death toll was 5.69 percent. 2.53 percent accidents in Sylhet division; The death toll was 1.93 percent.

In the Rangpur division, the number of accidents was 8.22 percent and the death toll was 14.49 percent. Mymensingh division has 13.92 percent of accidents; The death toll was 9.6 percent.

Citing road accidents, the Road Safety Foundation said faulty vehicles, reckless speed, incompetence of drivers and physical and mental illness, unpaid wage-hours, speeding on highways, reckless motorcycling of young people, not knowing traffic rules in public and Non-compliance, poor traffic management, lack of BRTA capacity and extortion in the public transport sector.

Recommendations from the Road Safety Foundation

The Road Safety Foundation has made a number of recommendations to prevent accidents. These include increasing the number of skilled driver initiatives, fixing the working hours of drivers, increasing the capacity of BRTA, ensuring uninterrupted application of traffic laws to transport owners, workers, passengers and pedestrians, stopping low-speed vehicles on highways, and creating separate lanes for them. , Construction of road dividers on all highways in phases and stopping extortion on public transport.