8505 killed on roads, rail tracks and waterways in 2023

As many as 8,505 people were killed and 10,999 others were injured in 6,929 accidents on roads, rail tracks, and waterways across the country in the outgoing year 2023, according to a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

The organisation’s Secretary General Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury disclosed the information at a press conference held at Dhaka Reporter’s Unity in the capital’s Segunbagicha on Sunday (January 14).

According to the annual road accident report prepared by the organization, some 7,902 were killed and 10,372 were injured in 6261 accidents on roads last year. 512 were killed and 475 were injured in 520 accidents on railways while waterway accidents accounted for 148 incidents, resulting in 91 deaths, 152 injuries, and 109 missing persons.

Meanwhile, motorcycle accidents contributed the most to this toll, with 2,031 incidents resulting in 2,152 deaths and 1,339 injuries.