Road accidents kill 408 in May: RSF

FE REPORT
At least 408 people were killed and 631 others injured in some 491 road accidents occurred across the country in May, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) on Friday.
Of the total dead victims, 67 were women and 78 children, said the foundation.
As many as 141 people were killed in 156 motorcycle accidents, accounting for 34.55 per cent of the total deaths.
As many as 104 pedestrians were killed in accidents, which is 25.49 per cent of the total fatalities, according to a press release of the Road Safety Foundation.
The Road Safety Foundation has prepared the report based on information from nine national dailies, seven online news portals and electronic media.
Seventy-two drivers and their assistants died in road accidents last month, which is 17.64 per cent of the total deaths.
During this period, four people were killed and two were missing in six boat accidents.
Twenty-three people were killed and six injured in 25 railway accidents, said the release.
According to the Road Safety Foundation's monitoring and analysis, 165 (33.60 per cent) of the accidents occurred on national highways, 201 (40.93 per cent) on regional roads, 73 (14.86 per cent) on rural roads, 48 (9.77 per cent) on city roads and 4 (0.81 per cent) occurred in other locations.
Most accidents and fatalities occurred in Dhaka division. A total of 102 people died in 134 accidents.
UNB adds: According to statistics on vehicle-based deaths in accidents, 141 motorcyclists and pillion riders were killed (34.55%); bus passengers killed were six (1.47%); truck, covered-van, pickup, tractor, trolley, lorry, tanker riders killed were 36 (8.82%); private car, microbus, ambulance riders dead were 18 (4.41%); 68 three-wheeler passengers (easy bike, auto-rickshaw, mishuk) riders dead (16.66%); 15 (3.67%) killed in locally modified vehicle (Nosimon-Karimon-Mahindra-Brickbhanga machine cars) accidents; and 20 (4.90%) were killed in bicycle-rickshaw-rickshaw van accidents.
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