Published : 07 Sep 2026, 06:00 PM
Updated : 16 Sep 2026, 11:48 AM
The Road Safety Foundation reports that 481 people have been killed and 664 injured in 513 road accidents across Bangladesh in August.
While an average of 13.41 people were killed each day in July, the figure went up to 15.51 in August, the study said.
As a result, the death toll in August increased by 15.65 percent.
In addition to road accidents, six people were killed and nine injured in seven boat accidents during the month, and 27 people were killed and 23 injured in 34 railway accidents.
The Road Safety Foundation published its report on transport accidents in August on Monday, based on information collected from nine national dailies, 17 online news portals, various electronic media, and its own data.
The report found that 58 children were among the dead.
Of the 481 deaths, 176 people – or 36.59 percent – were killed in 183 motorcycle accidents.
Motorcycles were involved in 35.67 percent of accidents.
According to the division-wise statistics, Dhaka Division saw the most accidents with 172, resulting in 144 deaths.
The lowest number of accidents was in the Barishal Division with 15. The crashes resulted in 14 deaths. Among the districts, Bogura recorded the highest number of deaths at 37.
The capital Dhaka saw 23 people killed and 54 injured in 48 accidents.
According to the vehicle-based data, the dead included 37 bus passengers; 51 truck, covered van, pickup truck, tractor, lorry, and drum truck passengers; 11 microbus, car, and jeep passengers, 78 three-wheeler (autorickshaw-autovan-easybike-CNG-Laguna) passengers, 21 local freight vehicle (Nasimon-Vatvati-Mahindra) passengers, and five rickshaw or bicycle passengers.
Of the accidents, 163 occurred on national highways, 217 on regional roads, 62 on rural roads and 71 on city roads. Head-on collisions accounted for 126 accidents, 195 were due to loss of control, 106 were due to pedestrians being crushed or rammed, 78 were due to rear-end collisions and eight were due to other reasons.
Aside from motorcycles, of the 749 vehicles involved in the accidents, 28.57 percent were freight vehicles including trucks, covered vans, and pickups; 25.90 percent were motorcycles; 14.95 percent were three-wheelers; 13.75 percent were passenger buses; 6.14 percent were microbuses, cars, ambulances and jeeps, 4.80 percent were local freight vehicles; 1.73 percent were rickshaws and bicycles, and 4.13 percent were unidentified vehicles.
The analysis showed that the highest number of accidents - 20.07 percent - occurred in the early morning and at night.
Identifying excessive speed and recklessness as the main causes of accidents, the organisation made 12 recommendations, including restructuring the National Road Safety Commission, improving monitoring technology, and constructing service roads.
