Road crash deaths reduced by 50 pc
City Desk :
The deaths and injuries in road accidents in the country have been reduced by 50 percent and 35 percent respectively in past 10 months of the current year in comparison with the same period of the previous year, according to a survey and observation report.
The report prepared by the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), a non-government organization, said the number of road crashes during the same period has been declined by 36 percent.
“The report was prepared on the basis of media reports published on 20 national dailies, eight online news portals and news services and 10 regional newspapers,” the NCPSRR said.
According to the report, at least 2,862 people were killed and 7,646 others injured in 2,545 road mishaps between January 1 and October 31 this year.
Of the casualties, a total of 188 people, including 26 women and 19 children, were killed and 495 others injured in 167 accidents only in October.
The report said the country witnessed at least 3,927 road accidents from January to October in the previous year and at least 5,733 people died and 11,624 suffered injuries in those crashes.
As a result, the report shows, the number of road accidents, deaths and injuries has been reduced by 36, 50 and 35 percent respectively in the current year in comparison with the previous year.
Ashis Kumar Dey, General Secretary of the NCPSRR, said they mentioned five reasons for the positive change in the road accident scenario.
These are: growing public awareness by publishing reports on road transportation on media round the year, arranging different programs against road accidents by different social organizations, road transport and bridges’ minister’s active presence on roads, increased responsibility of police personnel and mobile courts against faulty vehicles and fake driving licenses and identifying different risky turning points and establishing cautionary signs there and road repair.
The NCPSRR also identified seven vital reasons for the accidents during the survey.
They are: reckless driving, employing unskilled drivers without having any license, overloading and overtaking tendency of the drivers violating laws, longtime driving without any interval, not following traffic rules and regulation, lack of implementation of laws to stop plying unfit vehicles, and finally, risky turning and dilapidated roads.
The deaths and injuries in road accidents in the country have been reduced by 50 percent and 35 percent respectively in past 10 months of the current year in comparison with the same period of the previous year, according to a survey and observation report.
The report prepared by the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), a non-government organization, said the number of road crashes during the same period has been declined by 36 percent.
“The report was prepared on the basis of media reports published on 20 national dailies, eight online news portals and news services and 10 regional newspapers,” the NCPSRR said.
According to the report, at least 2,862 people were killed and 7,646 others injured in 2,545 road mishaps between January 1 and October 31 this year.
Of the casualties, a total of 188 people, including 26 women and 19 children, were killed and 495 others injured in 167 accidents only in October.
The report said the country witnessed at least 3,927 road accidents from January to October in the previous year and at least 5,733 people died and 11,624 suffered injuries in those crashes.
As a result, the report shows, the number of road accidents, deaths and injuries has been reduced by 36, 50 and 35 percent respectively in the current year in comparison with the previous year.
Ashis Kumar Dey, General Secretary of the NCPSRR, said they mentioned five reasons for the positive change in the road accident scenario.
These are: growing public awareness by publishing reports on road transportation on media round the year, arranging different programs against road accidents by different social organizations, road transport and bridges’ minister’s active presence on roads, increased responsibility of police personnel and mobile courts against faulty vehicles and fake driving licenses and identifying different risky turning points and establishing cautionary signs there and road repair.
The NCPSRR also identified seven vital reasons for the accidents during the survey.
They are: reckless driving, employing unskilled drivers without having any license, overloading and overtaking tendency of the drivers violating laws, longtime driving without any interval, not following traffic rules and regulation, lack of implementation of laws to stop plying unfit vehicles, and finally, risky turning and dilapidated roads.
