In the 15 days before and after this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr (April 4 to April 18), 367 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured in 358 road accidents across the country. 63 women and 74 children among the dead
156 people died in 183 motorcycle accidents during Eid Yatra, which is 42.50 percent of the total deaths. Motorcycle accident rate is 51.11 percent. 68 pedestrians were killed in the accident, which is 18.52 percent of the total fatalities. 41 people, i.e. 11.17 percent, were killed by vehicle drivers and assistants
The report was released in a press conference at the organization’s office in Dhanmondi, capital, on Wednesday (April 24). Chairman of Road Safety Foundation Professor Dr AI Mahbub Uddin Ahmed read the written statement
According to the report, 7 people were killed and 8 people were injured in three boat accidents during the Eid trip. 19 killed and 17 injured in 14 railway accidents
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After the husband, the wife also passed away, the death toll increased to 15 and 294 were killed in road accidents in the 15 days of Eid Yatra
Road Safety Foundation prepared the report based on 9 national dailies, 7 online news portals, electronic media and own data.
According to the statistics of vehicle-based fatalities, motorcycle drivers and riders are 156 (42.50 percent), bus passengers are 18 (4.90 percent), truck-pickup-covered van-tractor riders are 26 (7.08 percent), Private car-microbus-pajero jeep riders 28 (7.62 percent), three-wheeler passengers (easybike-CNG-autorickshaw-autovan) 58 (15.80 percent), locally manufactured vehicles (Nasiman-Mahindra) 9 ( 2.45 percent) and bicycle-pedal rickshaw riders 4 (1.08 percent) were killed.
According to Dharna Road Safety Foundation’s monitoring and analysis of road accidents, 129 (36.03 per cent) of the accidents were on national highways, 143 (39.94 per cent) on regional roads, 48 (13.40 per cent) on rural roads and 38 (10.61 per cent) on rural roads. Occurred on city roads.
Of the accident types, 93 (25.97 percent) were head-on collisions, 138 (38.54 percent) lost control, 72 (20.11 percent), hit or pushed pedestrians, 41 (11.45 percent) rear-end vehicles, and 14 (3 91 percent) occurred due to various other reasons.
Among the vehicles involved in accidents, trucks, covered vans, pickups, tractors, trolleys, lorries, ready-mix vehicles 18.56 percent, microbus-private cars-ambulance-pajero jeeps 6.24 percent, passenger buses 12.48 percent, motorcycles 32.57 percent , three-wheelers (Easybike-CNG-Autorickshaw-Autovan-Mishuk-Laguna) 20.39 percent, locally made vehicles (Nasimon-Bhatavti-TomTom-Mahindra-PowerTiller) 5.32 percent, Bicycle-Rickshaw 2.58 percent and unknown Vehicles 1.82 percent.
Number of vehicles involved in the accident The number of vehicles involved in the accident is 657. Among them, Bus 82, Truck 59, Covered Van 11, Pickup 28, Trolley 10, Lorry 7, Tractor 6, Readymix Car 1, Microbus 13, Private Car 24, Ambulance 3, Pajero Jeep 1, Motorcycle 214, Three-Wheeler 134 (Easybike-CNG -Autorickshaw-Autovan-Mishuk-Laguna), locally made vehicles 35 (Nasimon-Bhavati-Tomtom-Mahindra-PowerTiller), Bicycle-Rickshaw 17 and unidentified vehicles 12.
Time analysis of accidents shows that accidents occurred in the morning 3.63 percent, in the morning 22.90 percent, in the afternoon 17.87 percent, in the afternoon 19 percent, in the evening 10.89 percent and at night 25.69 percent.
Department-wise Statistics of Accidents According to the department-wise statistics of total accidents, 30.79 percent of fatalities occurred in 29.05 percent accidents in Dhaka Division, 11.71 percent in 13.40 percent accidents in Rajshahi Division, 12.80 percent in 14.52 percent accidents in Chittagong Division, 12.80 percent in Khulna Division. 10.33 percent of accidents occurred in 9 percent, 10.05 percent in Barisal division, 12.26 percent in accidents, 6.42 percent in Sylhet division, 6 percent in accidents, 7.35 percent in 6.70 accidents in Rangpur division, and 9.49 percent in Mymensingh division. Decimal 08 percent
According to the report, 13 people were killed and 52 injured in 29 road accidents in the capital Dhaka. Besides, most accidents and fatalities occurred in Dhaka division. 113 people died in 104 accidents. 22 people died in the least 23 accidents in Sylhet division. Besides, 28 people were killed in 32 accidents in Dhaka district as a single district. The least accidents occurred in Chandpur, Satkhira, Bagerhat and Lalmonirhat districts. Few minor accidents occurred in these 4 districts but no loss of life was reported.
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13 lives were lost on the road in Chittagong during the Eid holidays. A family did not return home on the day of Eid
In the report of Road Safety Foundation, it is said in the review of Eid journeys and accidents, about 12 million people traveled home from the capital Dhaka this Eid-ul-Fitr and about 40 million people traveled within the country. There was enough holiday before and after Eid, the condition of various roads in the country was good, there was no rain and due to some initiative of the government, there was not much traffic jam during the Eid journey, the journey was relatively comfortable.
Apart from this, as the train tickets are made online 100% during the Eid journey, the tickets have been black marketed, as a result of which people have suffered. Additional fares have been levied on roads and waterways. 5 passengers were killed and some were injured when the launch rope was broken at Sadarghat during Eid Yatra, which proves the anarchy at Sadarghat.
This time both road accidents and fatalities have increased during the Eid trip. Last year, 285 people lost their lives in 240 accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr 20.35 people were killed in an average of 17.14 accidents per day. This year, 24.46 people were killed in an average of 23.86 accidents per day during Eid Yatra. According to this year, accidents have increased by 39.20 percent and fatalities have increased by 20.19 percent Besides, 5 families were completely wiped out in a road accident during the celebration of Eid Besides, 74 students of schools, madrassas, colleges and universities were killed
The nature and type of motorcycle accident analysis report says that 35 to 40 lakh people have traveled from different places of the country to their destination on Eid trip. There have been a large number of motorcycle accidents and there have been seven cases of husband and wife being killed together on a motorcycle Motorcycles are 30 times more dangerous than four-wheelers. So it cannot be a substitute for public transport in any way. Mainly because quality public transport is not readily available and affordable, people are traveling on motorcycles to distant destinations.
This year, 156 people were killed in 183 motorcycle accidents, which is 42.50 percent of the total number of victims. More than a thousand were injured. Motorcycle accident rate is 51.11 percent. Analyzing the types of motorcycle accidents, it can be seen that 51.36 percent of the accidents occurred due to loss of control of the motorcycle, 23.49 percent were head-on collisions and 25.13 percent were due to collisions with other vehicles.
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8 killed in road accident in Mymensingh with three members of the same family
133 people were killed in 123 motorcycle accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr 2023. 9.5 people were killed in an average of 8.78 accidents per day. In this year, 10.4 people were killed in an average of 12.2 accidents every day. Accordingly, motorcycle accidents increased by 38.95 percent and fatalities increased by 9.47 percent. 53 percent of motorcycle accident victims are between the ages of 14 and 20.
According to the report, the main causes of road accidents are defective vehicles, reckless speed, inefficiency and physical and mental illness of drivers, non-fixed pay and working hours, low speed vehicles on highways, reckless riding of motorcycles by youth, ignorance of traffic laws among the public and Incidents like non-compliance, poor traffic management, lack of capacity of BRTA and extortion in the public transport sector.
In the press conference, increasing initiatives to create efficient drivers to reduce accidents, fixing the salary and working hours of drivers, increasing the capacity of BRTA, ensuring smooth enforcement of traffic laws to transport owners-employees-passengers and pedestrians, stopping low-speed vehicles on highways and creating service roads for them, in phases. Construction of road dividers on all highways, use of technology to control the speed of vehicles, stop extortion in public transport, reduce pressure on roads by renovating railways and waterways, improve public transport, make it accessible and affordable, discourage the use of motorbikes, strict road, waterways and railways before and after Eid. It is recommended to ensure monitoring mechanism, formulation and implementation of sustainable transport strategy and smooth implementation of Road Transport Act-2018.
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