Road accidents decreased by 21.13 percent and fatalities by 34.03 percent in August, compared to July this year.
Road Safety Foundation, an organisation working on road accidents, released these statistics today.
In a press release sent to the media this afternoon, the foundation said 403 road accidents were reported in the country in August. As many as 378 people were killed and 794 injured. In July, 573 people were killed in 511 road accidents.
Of the 378 people killed in August, 44 were women and 51 were children. A total of 146 were killed in 142 motorcycle accidents, which is 38.62 percent of the total deaths.
At least 93 pedestrians were killed in road accidents, which is 24.6 percent of the total deaths. Some 57 drivers and their helpers were killed, which is 15.07 percent of the total deaths.
The accident statistics have been prepared on the basis of information from nine national dailies, seven online news portals and electronic media.
The Road Safety Foundation also said 17 people were killed in 11 boat accidents during this period and nine people were injured and six were missing.
Meanwhile, 37 people were killed and 19 injured in 28 accidents on the railway tracks.
According to the analysis of road accident data, 169 accidents took place on national highways, 148 on regional roads, 45 on rural roads, 37 on city roads and four in other places.
Dhaka division recorded the highest number of accidents and fatalities; 126 people were killed in 143 accidents. Sylhet division had the lowest number of accidents with 19, which claimed 16 lives. Gazipur has the highest number of accidents as a single district with 29 people killed in 31 accidents.
