Sun News Desk: A total of 9 thousand 951 people were killed and 12 thousand 356 people were injured in 7,617 road accidents in the country.
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Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, general secretary of the platform, presented their new report at a press conference in the capital.
This report is prepared every year by monitoring the news of road, rail and sea accidents published in the national, regional and online newspapers of the country.
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According to the report, 550 people were killed and 201 others injured in 606 railway accidents while 262 accidents on waterways claimed lives of 357 people, and left 318 others injured and 743 more missing.
The report shows that 52.02 percent of the total accidents last year were on regional highways, 27.70 percent on national highways and 11.88 percent on feeder roads.
Besides, 5.67 percent of the total accidents in the country occurred in the capital, 1.71 percent in Chattogram city and 0.99 percent in rail crossings.
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Reckless driving, risky overtaking, dilapidated roads, unfit vehicles, unskilled drivers, using mobile phones or headphones while driving and lack of awareness among road users were cited as main reasons behind road crashes.
The platform alleged that the number of road accidents and deaths is increasing due to irregularities, corruption and lack of accountability of the agencies responsible for ensuring road safety.
Sun News/MR
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