Road accidents
2 killed in Natore road accidents
Two people including a 10-year-old child were killed in two separate road accidents in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district on Thursday.
Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge of Gurudaspur Police Station, Abdul Motin said, 10-year-old Sabbir was hit by a motorcycle near Nayapara area of the upazila, and died on the spot.
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The motorcyclist managed to flee the scene after the incident, the OC added.
In another incident, Sanowarul Islam, 23, was run over by a speeding bus in Nayabazar area of the upazila.
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119 lives lost on Dhaka roads in 11 months: Report
As many as 119 lives have been lost on Dhaka city roads in 114 accidents from January to November 25 this year.
Road Safety Foundation, an organisation working to ensure safer roads, came up with the data in a new report on accidents that occurred on Dhaka city roads this year on Sunday.
According to the report, of the deceased 62 were passersby, 33 were motorcycle drivers and riders and 24 were passengers of other vehicles like bus, rickshaw, paddle van, auto van, etc.
A total of 172 vehicles were involved in these road crashes. Most of the accidents occurred at night, 34.21 percent to be precise, while 20.17 percent occurred around early morning, 18.42 percent in the later part of it and 14.03 percent in the afternoon, said the Road Safety Foundation.
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Reasons of the accidents
Road Safety Foundation in its report mentioned 12 causes for the accidents that occurred in the city.
It said reckless speed, weak traffic management, unruly competition between bus workers to take passengers, having no bypass road for the city and allowing heavy goods-laden vehicles after 10 pm till morning made the city roads accident-prone.
While too much motorcycle movement, lack of speed monitoring system on flyovers, lack of quality public bus service and increased use of rickshaws, unplanned urbanization, and insufficient roads, lack of awareness, lack of usable foot-over bridges and underpasses at necessary places are also pointed as the reason for the road crashes.
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Suggestions
RSF suggested decreasing the population of the capital city through decentralization of administration to reduce the number of accidents on roads.
It also suggested separate public transports according to the economic classes of the city dwellers to discourage movement in private vehicles.
Along with that, separate lanes for public transports, developing the traffic system, stopping extortion and corruption at the public transport sector, and proper implementation of the Road Safety Act, 2018 may decline the number of lives lost on the roads annually, said RSF.
Parked buses occupy two-thirds of Dhaka-Mawa Highway in Rajendrapur
There have been buses out in the open since long on a stretch of the Dhaka-Mawa Highway, but nothing much has been done about it.
The number is getting bigger as many transport owners are increasing their fleet size. But the issue of parking space is being hardly sorted out.
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Fifty-two accidents killed at least 17 people and injured 115 in one year in Rajendrapur of Dhaka-Mawa Highway of Dhaka's South Keraniganj as buses are pulled over there all the time on roadsides.
Local Awami League leader Haji Firoz Alam has occupied parts of the road to make parking space for 75 buses of DM Paribahan, a private transport company.
Day after day, buses of different routes have been filling as much space as they want on both sides of the road as the evening falls, using the influence of Firoz, vice-president of South Keraniganj Awami League.
As the night divides the day, the roads seem like bus depots. As vehicles are being pulled over on most of the roads, traffic movement comes to a halt and accidents occur frequently.
After 8pm, buses are seen parked on roadsides, occupying two-thirds of the space for vehicular movement in Rajendrapur of Teghoria union of South Keraniganj.
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Now, most of the buses that leave for different district towns do not have parking facilities and space. These vehicles are parked on the roads.
Also, buses and minibuses of different routes are being moved to the sides of the roads. Each bus is being charged Tk300 for parking.
When asked about the illegal parking, a bus driver said, "There is no space to pull over vehicles somewhere else. Buses are being parked on the roads every day. There's no harm in it. Also, we are paying the highway police and Firoz Alam every day."
Big transport companies, who have parking facilities, are also pulling over vehicles on the road as they do not have enough space.
South Keraniganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam Azad said it was the responsibility of the Hasara Highway Police Outpost to keep watch on the Mawa Highway road. "Although the locals have made repeated complaints to us, we have nothing to do about it."
However, Sohrab Uddin, in-charge of Hasara Highway Police Outpost, declined to make any comment.
Along with the buses, trucks and pickup vans are also pulling over to make things worse for moving vehicles and people.
Trucks are now allowed to hit the Dhaka roads after a certain time at night. But the vehicles are parked on both sides of the roads leading to Dhaka, well ahead of this time.
So, the dominance of trucks on the entry points of Dhaka chokes vehicular movement way ahead of 8pm.
Some local Awami League leaders, who preferred anonymity to speak more frankly, said: "All these vehicles are being illegally parked every day and night. None of them has a parking facility. So the vehicles are parked haphazardly at night; accidents are occurring frequently."
"Many buses are being parked on roadsides of the highway. It does not make any sense. The local policemen are pretending like nothing really matters," they added.
However, the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) plans to relocate four inter-district bus terminals at Gabtoli, Mohakhali, Sayedabad and Fulbaria.
Rabiul Islam, the DTCA additional executive director engineer, told UNB that the transport authority's technical committee proposed at least 10 sites for building new terminals and bus depots as part of the much-talked-about bus route rationalisation move.
The proposed sites, which are located on the entry points of the capital, included Batulia, Hemayetpur, Madanpur, Baipail, Bhulta, Kanchpur, Teghoria and Boro Monohoria of Keraniganj, Gazipur Chowrasta and Jhilmil.
At least 8,000 buses that run daily between the capital and other districts use the four terminals. Since they are now inside the city, traffic congestions even during the night are common.
3 killed in Habiganj road crash
Three people, including two minor siblings, were killed and five others were injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw overturned after being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Andiura in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Mosharraf, 3, and Shahinur Akhter Rumpa, 7, — children of Abdul Kuddus of Rasulpur village in the upazila and Madhu Das, 35, son of Ajit Das of Bijoynagar upazila of the district.
Mainul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sayestaganj Highway Police Station, said Bilkis, wife of Abdul Kuddus, along with Mosharraf and Rumpa and her brother-in-law Abdul Jabbar, 28 was heading towards Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex by the auto-rickshaw as Mosharraf was sick.
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Three more people, including Madhu Das, Abdullah and Mahmuda, wife of Salek Mia, were also there in the auto-rickshaw with them.
When the auto-rickshaw reached Andiura Ummatnesa High School, the Sylhet-bound bus of ‘Sagarika Paribahan’ hit it, leaving Mosharraf and Madhu dead on the spot and six others injured.
The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared Rumpa dead.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the local hospital morgue.
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Police arrested the bus driver and his helper from the spot.
Two fall from bike, run over by speeding bus in Rajbari
Two men were crushed to death by a speeding bus when they fell off their bike after ramming a pillar of an under-construction flyover at the busy Pangsha College junction on the Rajbari-Kushtia regional highway on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Muktar Hossain, 38, son of late Abul Hossain of the Housing Area of Kushtia Sadar upazila, and Rakib Uddin, 40, son of late Khaleq Sheikh of South State of the upazila.
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The accident occurred in the small hours of Thursday when Rakib and Muktar were on their way to Dhaka from Kushtia.
Eye-witnesses said that the bike crashed into the under-construction flyover at a high speed. Both the riders lost balance and fell from the two-wheeler. Unfortunately, they came under the wheels of the bus and died.
Sub-inspector Atiqul of Pangsha Highway Police Station said the duo died on the spot. "Their bodies have been handed over to their family members," he said.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of this year, according to a report published in July.
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It says the road accidents occurred on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news items carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and agencies.
3 die in Sirajganj road crash
At least three persons were killed when a speeding truck hit a battery-operated auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-North Bengal highway in Sirajganj in the early hours of Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Haider Ali, 55, son of Phulchand, Khoda Baksh, 35, son of Motahar Hossain of Ullapra upazila, and Shahadat Hossain, 50, of Kamarkhand upazila. The victims were all occupants of the three-wheeler.
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Shahjahan Ali, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said the Rajshahi-bound truck rammed the auto-rickshaw near Pachalia Bazar in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila around 5.30 am after its driver lost control of the speeding vehicle.
The impact of the crash was such that the driver of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot. The remaining two, both passengers, later succumbed to their injuries, the OC said.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of this year, according to a report published in July.
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It says the road accidents occurred on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news items carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and agencies.
Microbus plunge leaves 7 dead in Cox’s Bazar
Seven people including a child were killed in a road accident at Bhendibazar in Chakaria upazila on Sunday morning.
Five of the deceased were identified as Hazera Begum, 55, wife of Ismail, Purnima, 30 wife of Pradeep, Sarthak, 2, son of Pradeep, Ratan Bijoy, 55 and his wife Madhumita, 45 of the upazila while the identities of the two others could not be known immediately.
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The accident occurred around 10:30 am when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in front of Green Valley Community Centre, leaving five dead on the spot and two others injured.
The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared them dead.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the hospital morgue.
Road Accidents in Bangladesh
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a report published in July.
Read: Natore road crash leaves 5 people dead
It says the road accidents took place on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and news agencies.
2 killed in Dhaka road accidents
Two people were killed in separate road accidents at Kuril Bishwa Road and Khilgaon areas in the capital.
The deceased were identified as Maraz,20 and Golam Rabbani,30.
Ruhul Amin, a cousin of Maraz, said that he was run over by a CNG-run autorickshaw at Kuril Bishwa Road around 11:30 am on Wednesday.
He was rescued and taken to a local medical facility at first. He was later referred to the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where a doctor declared him dead at 3:30 pm.
Md. Bachchu Mia, in-charge inspector of DMCH police outpost ,said the body was kept in the hospital morgue for autopsy and the matter has been reported to Khilkhet police station.
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In another road accident, a motorcycle passenger was killed as a CNG-run auto rickshaw hit a motorbike on Khilgaon flyover area of the capital.
The deceased was identified as Golam Rabbani, 30.
Motorcyclist Nur Mohammad (32) was slightly injured in the incident.
Rabbani was rescued in a critical condition and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at 9.45 am where the duty doctor declared him dead, said Sabujbagh police sub-inspector SI Hasanuzzaman.
“The body has been kept in the morgue of the hospital for autopsy,” he added.
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Road Accidents in Bangladesh
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a report published in July.
It says the road accidents took place on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and news agencies.
Security guard killed in city road crash
A 55-year-old security guard was fatally knocked down by a pick-up van when he was crossing the road near Shyampur Delta Hospital in the capital on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Azhar Ali, a resident of Munshiganj district.
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Abdul Khan, assistant sub-inspector of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said Azhar died on the spot when the speeding pick-up van hit him around 11.15 pm and sped away.
The body has been kept at the morgue of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
Road accidents are common in Bangladesh and have been a major cause of deaths.
Road accidents during the recent Eid-ul-Azha holiday rush claimed 273 lives in just 15 days, even though long-haul buses were operating for just eight during those days, according to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti (Passenger Welfare Association).
At least 240 road crashes occurred during the July 14- 28 period, BJKS revealed, while presenting its road accident report-2021 at a press briefing on July 30.
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In a report released in February 2020, the World Bank pointed out that Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities.
The report attributed the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads to lack of investments in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.
273 killed on roads during Eid rush; highest in 6 years
Road accidents during the recent Eid-ul-Azha holiday rush claimed 273 lives in just 15 days, even though long-haul buses were operating for just eight of those days, according to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Shamiti (Passenger Welfare Association).
At least 240 road crashes occurred during the July 14- 28 period, BJKS revealed, while presenting its road accident report-2021 at a press briefing on Friday.
Members of the road accidents monitoring cell of the organisation prepared the report collecting information from widely published and trustworthy national, regional, daily newspapers and online portals over the 15 days covered.
The report also said 447 people were injured in the accidents that occurred at a time when lakhs of people hit the road to go home and celebrate the Eid festival with their families -home being wherever one's family may be permanently resident, either village or district away from urban centres.
The report also stated that among the deceased, 27 were women, 17 children, 53 pedestrians, 16 transport workers, and 87 drivers.
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BJKS also tallied the types of accident most prevalent. They find that roughly a quarter (25.8%) are head-on collisions, and even more overwhelmingly, over 44% feature pedestrians struck or overrun by vehicles. A little over 18% are cases of the driver losing control and falling into a ditch.
Like other years, motorcycles were the most lethal form of transport, recording 93 deaths in 87 accidents. This accounts for 36.25% of the total accidents and 34.06 % of the total deaths recorded.