The deceased was identified as Usimong Marma, a resident of Kaptai upazila and an NGO worker of Rangamati Jum Foundation.
Police and locals said the accident occurred near the Deppochari area of Shapchari union around 10am.
Usimong was going to his workplace from Kaptai when his motorcycle collided head-on with a jeep killing him on the spot.
Police seized of the jeep from the spot. Usimong’s body was sent to a hospital for an autopsy.
No case was filed in this connection yet.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
Road accidents continue to rise in Bangladesh with the country seeing 439 deaths in 417 accidents in November 2020, according to Road Safety Foundation (RSF), an organisation working to ensure safer roads.
RSF said 383 people were killed in 314 accidents in October last.
A World Bank report published in February, 2020 said Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated extra $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities.
The report pointed to the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads caused by a chronic lack of investment in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.
‘Delivering Road Safety in Bangladesh’ pointed to the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads caused by chronic lack of investment in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.
It also identifies relevant investment priorities to reverse the trend.
The report said annual road crash deaths per capita in Bangladesh are twice the average rate for high- income countries and five times that of the best-performing countries in the world. It highlights that children and working-age population are most affected by road crash injuries in Bangladesh.
