Road-Safety-Foundation

The number of student fatalities in road accidents in the country has reached an extremely alarming level. Over the past seven and a half years, from 2019 to June 2026, a total of 7,364 students have lost their lives in road accidents across the country. This accounts for 15.11 percent of the total road fatalities during this period. During the same time, a total of 48,713 people died in road accidents.This concerning information was disclosed in a press release signed by Saidur Rahman, Executiv...

Every day, lives are lost in numerous road accidents in places across the country. But the full count of these deaths does not make it into government records. Because only the accidents that lead to legal cases are typically enter into the police database. As a result, organizations working on road safety and experts allege that the official statistics do not reflect the true picture.Recently, based on data from Police Headquarters, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) reported that i...

Compared to last year's Eid-ul-Adha, deaths in motorcycle accidents have increased by 10 percent this year. In the previous year, motorbike accidents accounted for 34 percent of total road fatalities. During the recently concluded Eid, out of all road accident deaths, 44 percent were victims of moto...

In April, some 463 road accidents across the country resulted in 404 deaths and at least 709 injuries. This reveals an average of at least 13 deaths per day.The deceased include 53 women, 48 children, and 49 students. Furthermore, 142 motorcycle accidents claimed 113 lives, accounting for 27.97% of...