Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity
Road crashes claim 576 lives in July alone: Report
As many as 576 people were killed and 1055 injured in 505 road accidents across the country in July, said a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.Forty-eight people died in 47 railway accidents while 21 died and 15 injured in 16 waterway accidents, it said.The report was published on Saturday after analysing accident reports published in the country's national and regional dailies and online news portals during the period.Total 644 people were killed and 1075 others injured in 644 accidents on roads, waterways and railways across the country.One ninety five people died and 122 others were injured in some 180 motorbike accidents across the country last month which is 35.64% of the total accidents and 31.61% of the total fatalities.Among those killed in road accidents in July, 119 people were drivers, 77 pedestrians, 17 transport workers, 29 students, seven teachers, three members of law enforcement agencies, one army personnel, one navy personnel, one Border Guard Bangladesh member, one fire service man, 82 women, 42 children and seven activists of different political parties.Highest 173 people were killed and 271 injured in 157 road accidents in Dhaka division while lowest 38 people were killed and 138 others injured in 23 road crashes in Barishal division.Among those vehicles involved in the accidents were 18.74 percent buses, 22.84 percent pick-up vans, covered vans and lorries, 6.83 percent private cars, jeeps and microbuses, 5.74 percent CNG-run auto-rickshaws, 25.99 percent motorbikes, 15.32 percent battery-run human haulers and 4.51 percent three-wheeler vehicles.Of the accidents, 38.61 percent occurred on national highways, 30.69 on regional highways and 24.15 percent on roads.17 deaths in Jhalakathi accident: Bus driver had a license for light vehicles, RAB says
Father-daughter duo killed as truck ploughs into Pabna house
A father-daughter duo was crushed to death when a truck laden with cement ploughed into their house in Sathia upazila on Friday night, police said Saturday.
Bangladesh’s roads remain perilous; 37,170 killed in 5 years
Road accidents in Bangladesh is still one of the leading causes of deaths as 37,170 people were killed in 26,902 accidents across the country in the last five years.
Accidents killed 553 in August
Accidents on roads, railways and waterways killed at least 553 people and injured 669 others last month, passengers’ welfare body Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said Wednesday.
Road crash fatalities jumped 57pc in June: Jatri Kalyan Samity
The number of road accidents in the country rose by 56 percent and fatalities by 57 percent in June compared to May, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare organisation.
During this time, 368 people were killed and 518 others injured in 358 road, railway and waterway accidents. Fifteen people were killed in 20 accidents on the railways and 45 died in 17 accidents on the waterways, the Samity said in a report on Sunday.
Road accident kills 4 in Rangpur
Four transport workers were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Anantapur point on the Taraganj-Burirhat road in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur on Wednesday.
168 killed in road crashes over Eid
Altogether 168 people were killed and 283 others were injured in 149 road accidents across the country during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare platform, on Friday.
Perilous Roads: 534 lose lives in Feb alone
At least 534 people were killed and 1,169 others injured in 504 road crashes in February last, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare platform.