A total of 463 people were killed and 1,323 injured in 532 road accidents across the country during June. Counting road, rail and waterways together, 513 people were killed and 1,336 injured in a total of 590 accidents in the month. The secretary general of the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (Passenger Welfare Association), Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, gave the information in a notice on Tuesday.
Over the period, 45 people were killed and eight injured in 53 railway accidents, while five people were killed and five injured in five waterway accidents, according to the data. The Jatri Kalyan Samity’s accident-monitoring cell prepares the report on the basis of news published in various media outlets in the country, and the organization says the actual number of casualties may be higher, as information on all accidents is not published in the media.
According to the association’s report, 173 people were killed and 132 injured in 172 motorcycle accidents during the period, amounting to 32.33 percent of total accidents, 37.36 percent of deaths and 9.97 percent of the injured. The report also noted that the highest number of road accidents in June occurred in Chattogram division, where 126 people were killed and 373 injured in 128 accidents, while the fewest occurred in Mymensingh division, where 26 people were killed and 35 injured in 25 accidents.
Among those involved in road accidents, the report identified 22 members of law-enforcement agencies, 116 drivers, 82 pedestrians, 29 transport workers, 87 students, 10 teachers, 52 women, 55 children, one journalist, one engineer and 10 leaders and workers of various political parties. Of the dead, it said, there were two police members, one army member, one engineer, 111 drivers of various vehicles, 71 pedestrians, 45 women, 47 children, 60 students, 11 transport workers, 10 teachers and nine leaders and workers of various political parties.
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