The Road Safety Foundation (RSF) in its latest report has said that as many as 378 people died and 794 were injured in 403 road accidents throughout Bangladesh in August this year. 

The report released on Saturday (September 9) says that 146 people were killed in 149 motorcycle accidents across the country — 38.62% of the total deaths.

RSF prepared the data based on reports published by electronic media, nine national dailies and seven online news portals.  

In July this year, the number of deaths was 573, while 1,126 were injured in 511 road accidents.

Among the dead, 44 were women while 51 were children.

17 people were dead, and nine were missing in 11 waterway accidents, while at least 37 people were killed and 19 were injured in 28 railway accidents during the same period.

The highest number, 169 (41.93%) of the accidents occurred on national highways, 148 (36.72%) on regional roads, 45 (11.16%) on rural roads, 37 (9.18%) on urban roads and 4 (0.99%) on other places, said RSF. 

BDST: 1445 HRS, SEP 09, 2023
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