3,091 killed in motorcycle accidents in 2022

Staff Reporter :
At least 3,091 people have been died in 2,973 motorcycle accidents that occurred in the country in 2022, said a report.
Road Safety Foundation (RSF), a non-government organization revealed the information in a press conference at the capital’s Sagar-Runi auditorium on Saturday (January 7).
RSF prepared the report based on data from nine national dailies, seven online news portals, and electronic media.
RSF Chairman and Dhaka University sociology department Professor Dr. A I Mahbub Uddin Ahmed said that among those who died in road accidents, 1,061 were women and 1,143 were children.
Report also said that as many as 7,713 people have been killed in 6,829 road accidents that occurred in the country in 2022. The accidents also left 12,615 people injured.
Road accidents also claimed the lives of 1,627 pedestrians last year, added the RSF report.
Besides, some 319 people were killed, 73 injured and 92 went missing in 197 riverine accidents during the same period.
A total of 326 people were killed and 113 injured in 354 rail accidents.
Moreover, some 319 people were killed, 73 injured and 92 went missing in 197 riverine accidents during the same period.
The availability of motorcycles is one of the main reasons behind the increase in accidents, according to the organisations working on road safety.
Motorcycles are becoming an alternative due to the lack of importance given to public transport. It would increase the number of accidents in the future. Motorcycle riding of passengers on the highway should be completely discouraged.
According to the figures of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), the number of registered motorcycles was below 1.5 million in the country in 2015. But, the number is around 3.6 million now. More than 300,000 motorcycles have been registered every year since 2016.
In most cases it is seen that the motorcycle riders are not abiding by the rules while driving on highways, local routes and rural roads. The law of not riding more than two people on a motorcycle is being ignored. Even unregistered motorcycles are quite common on the roads at district and upazila level. Many riders do not have any training on riding motorcycle.