Road accidents

Road accidents

This file photo shows a bus and a microbus that collided head-on at the Chunati Jangalia portion of the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway on 2 April 2025. Photo: TBS

314 accident-prone upazilas identified, 139 classified as highly risky

Among them, 21 upazilas are considered extremely high-risk

A truck and a bus involved in an accident that left two people killed and 10 injured in Munshiganj on 13 June 2025. File Photo: TBS

Road accidents claim 312 lives in 12 days during Eid holidays: RSF

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18 killed in road crashes nationwide in six days

A Barisal Express bus that kept speeding for six kilometers despite its roof was torn off after hitting a covered van on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway. Photo: TBS

Why Dhaka-Mawa Expressway is becoming a hotspot for deadly crashes

Sections of central reservation have been cut to create pathways for shortcut crossing on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. Three-wheelers and other vehicles use these cut-throughs in an extremely risky manner, posing a threat to the safety of the highway. The photo was taken from Miar Bazar in Cumilla’s Chouddogram on Saturday. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Dhaka-Chattogram Highway: Illegal crossings fuel deadly accidents

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Over 30% of road deaths linked to motorbike crashes, reckless riding blamed

Motorcyclists wait in front of the Padma Bridge toll plaza ahead of the Eid vacation on 28 March 2025. Photo: TBS

Eid journey: Road to celebration or road to tragedy?

A bus crashed into a tree in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj on 22 February. Photo: UNB

87 children among 578 killed in road accidents in February: Road Safety Foundation

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Motorbikes behind most road crash fatalities in Jan: Study

Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan speaks at a discussion in Dhaka's Osmani Memorial Auditorium on 22 October 2024. Photo: PID

Govt working to control road accidents: Adviser Fouzul

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92 killed, 104 injured in road accidents in five days of Eid holidays: BRTA

Photo: UNB

Locals block Sylhet-Tamabil highway protesting rising road accidents

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Road accidents claimed 475 lives in November: Jatri Kalyan Samity