Road accidents claimed 262 lives with 543 injuries in just 13 days during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, as a total of 251 accidents occurred during the period, according to data compiled by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), reports UNB.
Thirty two women and 44 children were among the deceased, RSF noted.
The report was published after analysing the accident reports, published in the country's national and regional dailies and online media during the period.
On average, 20.15 people died per day during the Eid vacation, while it was 21.6 during last year's Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
Besides, 104 people were killed in some 129 motorbike accidents across the country which was 39.69 per cent of the total fatalities.
Among those killed in road accidents in 13 days, 49 were pedestrians. The number was 18.70 per cent of the total deaths, and 28 were drivers and assistants of drivers of different vehicles, which was 10.68 per cent of the total fatalities.
During this period, 12 people were killed and three others injured in seven waterway accidents, while 14 were killed and eight injured in 16 railway accidents, the RSF report mentioned.
Vehicles involved in the accidents include 13.32 per cent buses, 18.57 per cent pick-up vans, covered vans and lorries, 7.31 per cent private cars, jeeps and microbuses, 25.89 per cent motorbikes, 14.58 per cent battery-run human haulers, and 19.88 per cent three-wheeler vehicles.
Of the accidents, 38.64 per cent occurred on national highways, 36.25 per cent on regional roads, and 11.15 per cent on other roads.
The RSF report revealed that Dhaka division saw the highest number of deaths with 28.68 per cent fatalities, while Sylhet division recorded the lowest number of accidents with just 3.18 per cent fatalities.
At least 14 people died and 11 were injured in 18 accidents in the capital.
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