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The numbers of road accidents and deaths had increased in 2019, said a report prepared by Nirapad Sarak Chai published on Saturday.
The report shows that at least 5,227 people were killed and 6,953 people were injured in 4,702 road accidents across the country in the last year.
‘The numbers of road accidents and deaths have increased alarmingly in 2019 compared to the statistics of the last two years,’ said the organisation chairman Ilias Kanchan while revealing the report at the National Press Club in Dhaka.
In 2018, a total of 4,439 people were killed in 3,103 road accidents and in 2017, a total of 5,645 people were killed in 3,349 road accidents, the report shows.
He also said that the number of injured people had decreased in 2019 which was 7,425 in 2018.
A total of 4,356 road accident victims died on the spot while 871 died from their injuries, he said.
The report also shows that in 2019, a total of 198 people were killed and 347 were injured in 162 railways accidents.
Besides, a total of 64 people were killed, 157 were injured and 110 went missing in 30 waterways accidents in 2019.
No Airways accidents occurred in the last year, said the report. According to the report, the highest number of road accidents, 39 per cent of the accidents, were caused by buses, covered vans and trucks while 19 per cent of the accidents involved motorcycles.
Ilias Kanchan blamed untrained and unskilled drivers, unfit vehicles, poor traffic management, poor quality of roads, lack of awareness among people, lack of political willingness, reckless driving and culture of impunity for the increased number of fatal accidents.