9,111 killed in road accidents in last year

Staff Reporter :

The Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association (BPWA) said road accidents have killed 9,111 people and injured 14,812 others across the country in 2025.

The organisation says a total of 6,729 road accidents were recorded during the year.
Of these, 2,493 involved motorcycles, accounting for 37.04 percent of the total accidents.
Motorcycle accidents alone killed 2,983 people and injured 2,219 others, the report says.
At a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, the Passenger Welfare Association said road accidents increased by 6.94 percent in 2025 compared with the previous year.

The number of deaths rose by 5.79 percent, while injuries increased by 14.87 percent.
According to the organisation, a total of 7,369 accidents were reported on roads, railways and waterways combined.

These accidents killed 9,754 people and injured 15,096 others.
Among them, 513 railway accidents killed 485 people and injured 145. Meanwhile, 127 waterway accidents left 158 people dead, 139 injured and 38 missing.

Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, secretary general of the organisation said the annual report was prepared, as in previous years, based on accident-related information published in the media.
“The annual financial loss caused by these accidents is more than Tk 600 billion,” he said.

He also urged all political parties participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections to include commitments in their election manifestos to reduce deaths and damage caused by accidents.

The organisation’s review identified 1,288 vehicles involved in the reported accidents.
Of these, 28.48 percent were motorcycles, followed by trucks, pickups, covered vans and lorries at 22.60 percent.

Buses accounted for 14.49 percent of the vehicles involved, while battery-powered rickshaws and easy bikes made up 13.54 percent. Cars, jeeps and microbuses accounted for 5.85 percent, CNG-powered autorickshaws 6.63 percent, and other three-wheelers at 8.38 percent.

Mozammel said accidents involving motorcycles and battery-powered autorickshaws have increased sharply, but many such incidents are not reported in the media, making it difficult to present the full picture.
According to the report, pedestrians were victims in 48.84 percent of the accidents.
Head-on collisions accounted for 26 percent, while 18.63 percent involved vehicles losing control and falling into ditches.

Other causes accounted for 5.37 percent of accidents. Incidents involving scarves caught in vehicle wheels made up 0.44 percent, while train-vehicle collisions accounted for 0.68 percent. In terms of location, 38.22 percent of the accidents occurred on national highways, 27.13 percent on regional highways and 28.83 percent on feeder roads.

The report also says 4.22 percent of the total accidents occurred within Dhaka Metropolitan City, 0.90 percent in Chattogram Metropolitan City and 0.68 percent at railway crossings.

Mozammel said the growing number of small vehicles and their unrestricted movement contributed to the rise in accidents, with incidents increasing by 2.55 percent on national highways and 5.47 percent on regional highways.