During the Eid trip, road accidents increased by 39 percent, fatalities by 20 percent

Own Correspondent: Both road accidents and fatalities have increased during this Eid trip. Last year, 285 people lost their lives in 240 accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr This time 367 people were killed in 358 accidents. According to this, compared to last year, accidents have increased by 39.20 percent and fatalities have increased by 20.19 percent

According to a report of the Road Safety Foundation, 367 people were killed and more than 1,500 injured in 358 road accidents across the country in the 15 days before and after this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr (April 4 to April 18). 63 women and 74 children among the dead

Last year, 20.35 people were killed in an average of 17.14 accidents per day during Eid Yatra. This year, 24.46 people were killed in an average of 23.86 accidents per day during Eid Yatra. Besides, five 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

This year, 156 people died in 183 motorcycle accidents, which is 42.50 percent of the total number of victims. 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

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-wise casualties, motorcycle drivers and riders are 156 (42.50 percent), bus passengers 18 (4.90 percent), truck-pickup-covered van-tractor riders 26 (7.08 percent), private cars- Microbus-Pajero jeep riders 28 (7.62 percent), three-wheeler passengers (easybike-CNG-autorickshaw-autovan) 58 (15.80 percent), locally made vehicles (Nasiman-Mahindra) 9 (2 decimal) 45 percent) and bicycle-pedal rickshaw riders 4 (1.08 percent) were killed.

According to the Road Safety Foundation’s monitoring and analysis, 129 (36.03 percent) of the accidents occurred on national highways, 143 (39.94 percent) on regional roads, 48 ​​(13.40 percent) on rural roads and 38 (10.61 percent) on city roads. has been

Of the accidents, 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 (3.3 percent) 91 percent) occurred due to various other reasons.

Among the vehicles involved in the accident, 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 unidentified vehicles 1 Decimal 82 percent.

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 shows that 3.63 percent of accidents occurred in the morning, 22.90 percent in the morning, 17.87 percent in the afternoon, 19 percent in the afternoon, 10.89 percent in the evening and 25.69 percent in the night.

Division wise statistics of total accidents say that 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, 10.33 percent in Khulna Division. 9 percent in accidents, 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.

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.

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.

According to the report, 35 to 4 million people have traveled from different parts of the country to their destination on the Eid journey. 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.

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-workers-passengers and pedestrians, stopping low-speed vehicles on highways and creating service roads for them, Phased 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 motorcycles, before and after Eid on roads, waterways and railways. It is recommended to ensure strict monitoring system, formulation and implementation of sustainable transport strategy and smooth implementation of Road Transport Act-2018.