At least 487 people were dead and 712 were injured in 439 road crashes across the country in February this year, according to a latest report.
The report by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), released today, says that 96 people were killed in 183 motorcycle accidents across the country — 40.24 per cent of the total deaths.
Among the dead, 54 were women and 68 were children.
Sixteen people were dead and seven were injured in nine waterways accidents while at least 14 people were killed and five were injured in 17 railway accidents during the same period.
RSF prepared the report based on nine national dailies, seven online news portals and electronic media information.
At least 108 pedestrians were killed in road crashes, which is 22.17 per cent of the total deaths. Some 72 drivers and their assistants were killed, which is 14.78 per cent of the total deaths.
According to RSF's observation and analysis, the highest number 168 (38.26 per cent) of the accidents occurred on national highways, 177 (40.31 per cent) on regional roads, 61 (13.89 per cent) on rural roads and 29 (6.60 per cent) on urban roads.
Conversely, the highest 201 (45.78 per cent) among the total accidents occurred due to failure of manoeuvring, 68 (15.48 per cent) due to collision, 112 accidents (25.51 per cent) happened due to running over pedestrians or hitting them, 47 incidents (10.70 per cent) involved ramming vehicles and 11 (2. 50 per cent) occurred due to other reasons.
Dhaka division had the highest number of accidents and deaths, with 24.84 per cent of the deaths; Rajshahi division with 19.71 per cent deaths; Chattogram division with 18.89 per cent; while Khulna division with 9.85 per cent deaths.
