Road accidents killed 583 in April

A total of 583 people were killed and 1,202 others injured in 567 road accidents across the country in the month of April. 

A total of 628 individuals were killed and 1207 others injured in 610 accidents with killing 35 and injuring five others in 35 train mishaps, alongside 10 killing and one missing in eight accidents on waterways. 

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), an association to protect passengers’ welfare, said this in a statement signed by its Secretary General Md. Mozammel Haque Chowdhury on Tuesday (May 6).

The motorcycle accidents have contributed to the highest deaths and injuries in April with 215 motorcycle accidents that killed 229 people and injured 224 others, it said. 

“This is 37.91 percent of the total accidents, 39.27 percent of the deaths and 18.64 percent of the injuries,” said the statement prepared by accident monitoring cell of the BJKS. 

The highest number of road accidents occurred in Chittagong division, with 138 road accidents resulting in 136 deaths and 377 injuries, while the lowest number of road accidents occurred in Sylhet division, with 31 deaths and 51 injuries in 28 road accidents. 

As many as 839 vehicles were engaged in road accidents in April, of them 30.39 percent were motorcycles, 17.64 percent were trucks-pickups-covered vans and lorries, 13.71 percent were buses, 16.69 percent were battery-operated rickshaws and easy bikes, 7.74 percent were CNG-powered auto-rickshaws, 7.27 percent were Nachiman-Kariman-Mahindra-tractors and Lagunas, and 6.55 percent were cars-jeeps-microbuses.