409 road accidents in Dhaka claimed 219 lives in 2025: Road Safety Foundation
It identified Jatrabari, Demra, Mohammadpur, Kuril Bishwa Road, and Airport Road as major accident hotspots in the capital city.
A total of 219 people were killed and 511 injured in 409 road accidents in Dhaka city alone in 2025, according to a report by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) released today (21 January).
The report showed that men were the most affected, accounting for 80.36% (176 deaths), while women made up 11.41% (25 deaths) and children 8.21% (18 deaths) of the fatalities.
It identified Jatrabari, Demra, Mohammadpur, Kuril Bishwa Road, and Airport Road as major accident hotspots in the capital city.
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Among those killed, pedestrians accounted for the highest share at 47.03%, followed by motorcycle drivers and riders at 43.37%. Also, 9.58% were drivers and passengers of various vehicles, including buses, rickshaws, and CNG-run auto-rickshaws.
The report also identified trucks, covered vans, pickups, and garbage trucks as the most accident-prone vehicles, accounting for 35.14%. Buses were involved in 24.87% of the accidents, followed by motorcycles at 21.53%, three-wheelers such as CNG-run and battery-run auto-rickshaws at 11.82%, microbuses and private cars at 4.12%, and rickshaws at 2.48%.
Accident timing analysis revealed that road crashes were most frequent at night, with 41.56% occurring during nighttime. Accidents also occurred 18.33% in the morning, 13.44% in the afternoon, 11.24% at dawn, 9.53% at noon, and 5.86% in the evening.
According to the report, key causes of road accidents include expired and faulty vehicles, inadequate road capacity compared to vehicle numbers, mixed-speed traffic on the same roads, footpath encroachment by hawkers, lack of proper road signs and markings, poorly located or unusable foot overbridges, low public awareness, and extortion on roads and in public transport.
To address the situation, RSF recommended introducing company-based modern bus services through route rationalisation, removing expired vehicles, creating dedicated bus lanes, expanding and improving public transport, controlling auto-rickshaws through better alternatives, keeping footpaths free from encroachment, and strengthening coordination among the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), traffic police, and city corporations.
