Road accidents across Bangladesh kill 9,951 in 2022: report

At least 9,951 people were killed and 12,356 others were injured in 6,749 road accidents across Bangladesh in 2022, said a report published on Monday.

The number of road accidents  increased by 18.89 per cent and fatalities by 27.43 per cent in 2022 compared with the number in 2021, a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh said.

The numbers of road accidents and fatalities are highest in the last eight years, the report said.

In 2022, a total of 550 people were killed and 201 more were injured in 606 railways accidents while 357 people were Killed, 357 Injured and 743 remained missing in the 262 Waterways accidents.

A total of 10,858 people were Killed and 12,875 were Injured in a total of 7,617 accidents on roads, railways and waterways.

The association published the annual report, prepared on the basis of different media reports, at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, said a press release issued by PWAB.

The report said that four times increase in number of registered motor vehicles, especially motorcycles and as well as unregistered easy bikes and free movement of small and unauthorised vehicles like motorcycles and three-wheeler vehicles on the national and regional Highways defying government order, has resulted in the highest number of road accidents and fatalities in 2022 in the last eight years.

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