What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.
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.
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.
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
A crash that exposes all the problems with our road transport system
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).
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.
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).
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.
World Bank today approved $358 million to help Bangladesh improve road safety, and reduce fatalities and injuries from road accidents in selected high-risk highways and district roads.
At least 1,890 people have been killed and 3,543 others injured in road accidents in the first five months of this year.
At least five people including two of a family are killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Feni.
At least seven people, including three students, were killed in road accidents in Narsingdi and Dhaka yesterday.
Two school students and one college student were killed in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Barishal yesterday.
Four motorcyclists, including a father and his son and a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, were killed in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj and Chattogram yesterday.
Four people are killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Kushtia and Laxmipur districts.
Four people including a man and his daughter are killed in separate accidents in Magura.
At least 11 people die and 25 others are injured in separate road accidents in Natore, Mymensingh, Feni and Madaripur.