road accidents
News Analysis: Road safety a pipe dream?
Every time there is a major road accident, some issues inevitably come to the fore: either the vehicles involved do not have the required documents or the drivers are without valid licences or both.
Road Accidents: Casualties keep mounting for indiscipline
Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.
We need reliable official data on road crashes
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
Highway accident or murder?
A crash that exposes all the problems with our road transport system
5 Top Stories to Know Today
Dear readers, we have drawn up a list of five top stories so that you don't miss out on any important event -- both at home and abroad -- today (January 8, 2023).
Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
519 people died in 458 accidents in August: Road Safety Foundation
At least 519 people died and 961 suffered injuries in 458 accidents across the country in August this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (September 3, 2022).
641 people killed in 528 accidents in May
At least 641 people were killed and 1,364 injured in 528 road accidents across the country in May, according to Road Safety Foundation.
News Analysis: Road safety a pipe dream?
Every time there is a major road accident, some issues inevitably come to the fore: either the vehicles involved do not have the required documents or the drivers are without valid licences or both.
Road Accidents: Casualties keep mounting for indiscipline
Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.
We need reliable official data on road crashes
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
Highway accident or murder?
A crash that exposes all the problems with our road transport system
5 Top Stories to Know Today
Dear readers, we have drawn up a list of five top stories so that you don't miss out on any important event -- both at home and abroad -- today (January 8, 2023).
Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
519 people died in 458 accidents in August: Road Safety Foundation
At least 519 people died and 961 suffered injuries in 458 accidents across the country in August this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (September 3, 2022).
641 people killed in 528 accidents in May
At least 641 people were killed and 1,364 injured in 528 road accidents across the country in May, according to Road Safety Foundation.
Road accidents claim lives of 1674 children in Jan 2020-Apr 2022
At least 1,674 children (between one month and 18-year-old) died in road accidents across the country between January 2020 and April 2022, according to Road Safety Foundation.
