In January, 608 people were killed and 1,100 injured in 621 road accidents in the country. Among the dead, 72 were women and 84 were children.
Of these, 264 died in 271 motorcycle accidents, which is 43.42 percent of the total deaths. The motorcycle accident rate is 43.63 percent.
The Road Safety Foundation, a non-governmental organization working on road safety, reported this information in a report on Tuesday.
It said that the Road Safety Foundation prepared the report based on 9 national dailies, seven online news portals, various electronic media and its own information.
143 pedestrians were killed in accidents, which is 23.51 percent of the total deaths. 73 vehicle drivers and assistants were killed, or 12 percent. During this period, 6 people were killed and 2 were injured in 4 boat accidents. 26 people were killed and 7 were injured in 22 rail track accidents.
The vehicle-based death toll in accidents shows that 264 motorcycle rider and pillion (43.42 percent), 28 bus passengers (4.60 percent), 34 truck-covered van-pickup-tractor-trolley passengers (5.59 percent), 19 private car-microbus-ambulance passengers (3.12 percent), 90 three-wheeler passengers (easy bike-CNG-autorickshaw-autovan-Leguna) (14.80 percent), 18 locally made vehicle passengers (Nasimon-Bhotavti-Mahindra-Tomtom) (2.96 percent) and 12 bicycle-rickshaw passengers (1.97 percent) were killed.
Bd-Pratidin English/ AM
