Road accidents kill 583 in April: BJKS

City Desk:

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), an association to protect passengers’ welfare, on Tuesday said in a statement citing media reports that a total of 583 people were killed and 1,202 others injured in 567 road accidents across the country in the month of April.

The motorcycle accidents have contributed to the highest deaths and injuries in April with 215 motorcycle accidents that killed 229 people and injured 224 others, it said.

“This is 37.91 percent of the total accidents, 39.27 percent of the deaths and 18.64 percent of the injuries,” said the statement prepared by accident monitoring cell of the BJKS signed by its Secretary General Md. Mozammel Haque Chowdhury.

The highest number of road accidents occurred in Chittagong division, with 138 road accidents resulting in 136 deaths and 377 injuries, while the lowest number of road accidents occurred in Sylhet division, with 31 deaths and 51 injuries in 28 road accidents.