Road accidents kill 7,221 people across Bangladesh in 2018

At least 5,514 road accidents occurred across the country in 2018 where the total number of deaths were 7,221, the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare association, unveiled on Friday.

A total of 15,466 people were injured in the accidents as well.

Apart from them, 394 people were killed and 248 others injured in 370 train accidents last year. Accidents on waterways left 126 people dead and 230 others injured with an estimated 387 others missing, the Samity told a media briefing at the Jatiya Press Club presenting its statistics.

The numbers were compiled from local, regional, and online newspapers and television channels, said the organisation’s Secretary General Md Muzammel Haque Chowdhury.