road crashes
Sunken ferry brings forth winter travel concerns
Reduced visibility should not mean reduced preparation
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.
Give us road crash data before publishing, BRTA asks road safety orgs
The government has asked the non-government organisations working on road safety to inform the authorities concerned before releasing data on road crashes and casualties.
A sheer waste of public money
Why were the trauma centres built if they were to be left unused?
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.
5 Stories to Know Today
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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.
Road crashes claim 20 lives
At least 20 people were killed and 82 others injured in separate road accidents in eight districts yesterday. Of the 20 dead, seven were killed in Feni, four in Faridpur, three in Kishoreganj, two in Sirajganj, and one each in Gopalganj, Mymensingh, Barishal and Tangail.
Road Crashes 25,526 killed in last 10 yrs
A total 25,526 people got killed while 19,763 suffered injuries in road accidents over the past decade, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
Six killed in road crashes
At least six people, including a man and his three-year-old daughter, were killed in separate road accidents in Chattrogram, Satkhira, Faridpur and Sherpur yesterday.
Crashes On Highways: 19 killed in three dists
The number of deaths in road accidents is getting larger as 19 more people, including three of a family, were killed and 59 others injured in road crashes in Chattogram, Madaripur and Jashore yesterday.
Road crashes claim 4 lives
Four people, including two schoolgirls, were killed and seven others injured in road crashes in Cumilla, Dinajpur and Jhalakathi yesterday.
Road crashes kill eight in six dists
Eight people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and six others injured in road accidents in six districts yesterday.
Road crashes claim 9 lives in four dists
At least nine people were killed and 19 injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday.
Seven killed in two road accidents
At least seven people, including three students, were killed in road accidents in Narsingdi and Dhaka yesterday.
6 killed in Khulna, Feni, Lamonirhat road crashes
Six people including a couple are killed in separate road accidents in Khulna, Feni and Lalmonirhat.
11 more lives lost in road accidents
Deaths on roads continued as 11 people were killed and 42 others injured in road crashes in different parts of the country yesterday.
Preventing Road Crashes: PM gives a set of directives
In the wake of scores of deaths on roads, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued directives, including drive-time limitations on drivers of long-route vehicles, to prevent accidents and casualties.
Road Crashes: Tragedies on for inaction
Come road tragedies, come rhetorical reactions. Probe committees are formed, recommendations made and all left to be forgotten till the next major crashes.
