532 road crashes kill 463 in June

FE Team | Published: July 15, 2026 01:10:25

At least 463 people were killed and 1,323 others injured in 532 road accidents across the country in June, according to a report by Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (Bangladesh Passengers Welfare Association) on Tuesday, reports UNB.
According to the report, the same month also saw 53 railway accidents that killed 45 people and injured eight, while five waterway accidents claimed five lives and left five others hurt.
Combining road, rail and waterway accidents, the country recorded 590 accidents in June that killed 513 people and injured 1,336 others, the report said.
Motorcycle accidents alone accounted for 172 crashes, killing 173 people and injuring 132 - representing 32.33 percent of all accidents, 37.36 percent of deaths and 9.97 percent of injuries recorded during the month, it added.
Chattogram division recorded the highest number of road accidents in June with 128 crashes that killed 126 people and injured 373, while Mymensingh division saw the fewest, with 25 accidents killing 26 and injuring 35.
The Samity's Accident Monitoring Cell compiled the data by reviewing media reports, noting that the actual casualty figures could be significantly higher, as many incidents go unreported in newspapers.
Among those affected in road accidents, the report identified 22 law enforcement personnel, 116 drivers, 82 pedestrians, 29 transport workers, 87 students, 10 teachers, 52 women, 55 children, one journalist, one engineer, and 10 political party activists. Fatalities included two police members, one army member, one engineer, 111 drivers of various vehicles, 71 pedestrians, 45 women, 47 children, 60 students, 11 transport workers, 10 teachers, and nine political party activists, according to the report.
Of the 795 vehicles identified as involved in road accidents, motorcycles made up 26.79 per cent, followed by trucks, pickups, covered vans and lorries at 25.28 per cent, buses at 17.35 per cent, battery-run rickshaws and easy-bikes at 14.96 per cent, CNG-run auto-rickshaws at 5.28 per cent, nosimon-korimon-mahindra-tractors and leguna at 4.15 per cent, and cars, jeeps and microbuses at 6.16 per cent.
By type, 27.63 per cent of accidents involved vehicles hitting or running over victims, 43.23 per cent were head-on collisions, 20.67 per cent involved vehicles losing control and falling into ditches, 7.14 per cent were attributed to miscellaneous causes, 0.18 per cent to scarves getting entangled in wheels, and 1.12 per cent to train-vehicle collisions.