Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Communications
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority
NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
REPORT 2007
BRTA RTA Annual Report 2007
Prepared by 1. Mr Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman, BRTA.
2. Mr Md. Abdur Rauf, Director (Enforcement), BRTA.
3. Mr Syed Muhammad Mujibul Hoque, Deputy Director (Enforcement), BRTA.
4. Mr A.B.M. Abubaker Siddique, Accident Data Analyst, BRTA.
This report has been produced with assistance from the Transport Sector Management Reform (TSMR) Programme. TSMR is a governance project supported by DFID, UK.
BRTA RTA Annual Report 2007
PREFACE This document presents data on road traffic accidents in Bangladesh for the year 2007.
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has collected and analysed road traffic
accident statistics since 2001. The system of accident data collection and analysis was set up at
that time with assistance from the Institutional Development Component (IDC) programme which
was funded by the UK Department for International Development. Since 2005, the Bangladesh
Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has been continuing this process of data collection and
analysis independently, without international assistance.
The data presented in this document represent a valuable and consistent source of information
about the casualties caused by traffic accidents. BRTA is aware that the actual number of traffic
casualties on the roads in Bangladesh is undoubtedly higher than the records reported on these
pages.
But the conclusions from the data that are shown in this report are clear: too many accidents
occur needlessly and take the lives of innocent people, mainly through the reckless behaviour of
the drivers of buses and trucks.
We strongly urge government agencies involved in roads and traffic as well as the road using
public to do everything possible to reduce this terrible toll.
Sunil Kanti Bose Chairman
BRTA
BRTA RTA Annual Report 2007
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 1 2 THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE .................................................................. 2
2.1 DATA COLLECTION ....................................................................................................... 2
2.2 REPORTING.................................................................................................................. 2
2.3 INTERPRETATION OF DATA ............................................................................................ 3
3 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS .................................................................................................... 4 4 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION ......................................................... 8 5 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION........................................................ 19 6 TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS ....................................... 25 7 CASUALTIES .................................................................................................................... 35 8 FATALITIES....................................................................................................................... 39 9 FATALITIES IN DHAKA METROPOLITAN AREA............................................................ 44 10 HOW TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL RTA DATABASE.................................................... 47
10.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 47
10.2 CONTENT OF THE RTA DATABASE............................................................................... 47
10.3 ACCESS TO THE RTA DATABASE................................................................................. 48
11 COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION....................................................................................... 49 11.1 FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS .................................................................................. 49
11.2 MULTIPLE FATALITY ACCIDENTS.................................................................................. 49
11.3 BUSES AND HEAVY VEHICLES ..................................................................................... 49
12 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 50 12.1 LOW COST INTERVENTIONS......................................................................................... 50
12.2 ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES .......................................................................................... 50
12.3 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ................................................................................................. 51 List of Tables Table 3-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City..........................................................4 Table 3-2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents, 1999 - 2007....................................................5 Table 3-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila) ................................................................6 Table 4-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision..........................................................8 Table 4-2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time...........................................................................10
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Table 4-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day..............................................................12 Table 4-4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month.........................................................................13 Table 4-5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City .............................15 Table 4-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as percentage of
total fatal accidents in Division or City ............................................................................15 Table 4-7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, 1999 - 2007 .......................16 Table 4-8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision ...................................................................................16 Table 4-9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila)....................................17 Table 5-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction ........................................................19 Table 5-2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City ......................21 Table 5-3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as percentage
of total fatal accidents in Division or City ........................................................................21 Table 5-4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, 1999 - 2007 .......................22 Table 5-5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction ...................................................................................22 Table 5-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila) ....................................23 Table 6-1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road
Environment and Road Class.........................................................................................25 Table 6-2 : Types of Registered Vehicles in Bangladesh .................................................................28 Table 6-3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of
Collision ..........................................................................................................................29 Table 6-4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road
Environment and Road Class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area ............................................32 Table 7-1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City......................................................................35 Table 7-2 : Change in Recorded Casualties, 1999 – 2007...............................................................36 Table 7-3 : Recorded Casualties by District (Zila) ............................................................................37 Table 8-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age.....................................................................................39 Table 8-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex.............................................................................40 Table 8-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex.............................................................................41 Table 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet ..............................42 Table 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol.............................................................43 Table 9-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka ....................................................................44 Table 9-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka............................................................45 Table 9-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka............................................................46 Table 10-1 : Number of accidents recorded in the National RTA Database.......................................47 Table 12-1 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives................................................................52
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List of Figures Figure 3-1 : Casualty Accident Rate by Division and City....................................................................4 Figure 3-2 : Casualty Accident Rate 1999-2007 .................................................................................5 Figure 4-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision and Road Class......................................................8 Figure 4-2 : Accidents by Time ..........................................................................................................11 Figure 4-3 : Total Accidents by Month ...............................................................................................14 Figure 5-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and Road Class ....................................................19 Figure 6-1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents ......................................28 Figure 7-1 : Casualty Rate by Division and Metropolitan Area ..........................................................35 Figure 7-2 : Casualty Rates, 1999-2007 ............................................................................................36 Figure 8-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age...................................................................39 Figure 8-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex...........................................................40 Figure 8-3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex...........................................................41 Figure 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet ..............................42 Figure 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol.............................................................43 Figure 9-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka ..................................................44 Figure 9-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka ..........................................45 Figure 9-3 : Number of pedestrians Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka.........................................46
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1 INTRODUCTION
This National Road Traffic Accident Report for the period 2007 is the seventh consecutive
annual report on road traffic accident statistics produced and published by BRTA.
Since its inception in January 2001, BRTA has been preparing reports based on the National
Road Traffic Accident (RTA) database. BRTA and the Police have been working closely together
to safeguard the integrity of the database and to promote its statistical accuracy. It is recognised
by road safety practitioners in Bangladesh, including the BRTA and the Police, that this Road
Traffic Accident database is neither complete nor entirely an accurate record of all road
accidents that have occurred during 2007 in Bangladesh. In other words, a level of under-
recording of RTAs must be accepted. Since the end of the technical support by DFID to BRTA in
early 2005, the BRTA has not had the means to continue with the training of the police on the
collection and entry of road traffic accident statistics. It is therefore probable that the level of
accident recording compared to the number of actual accidents has been further reduced.
Previous reports have included a commentary on certain aspects of road safety in Bangladesh,
in addition to the standard statistical reporting as described above. This report will help
researchers compare safety condition prevailing in Bangladesh with other countries.
This report presents a database that different research organisations and scholars may use to
contribute to the field of accident management. BRTA believes that, despite their shortcomings,
these data and their analysis will help in the formulation and enforcement of policies aimed at
reducing the number of road traffic accidents in Bangladesh.
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2 THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE
2.1 DATA COLLECTION
Road accident data are reported by Police working at the thana level in an Accident Reporting
Form (ARF) which was introduced nation-wide in 1997. This form, which is written in Bangla and
published by the Government of Bangladesh, is a mandatory part of the investigation First
Information Report (FIR) completed by the Investigating Officer for each road accident case.
Completed ARFs are compiled at the Accident Data Units (ADUs) in six Ranges and four
Metropolitan Police offices (Dhaka Metro, Dhaka Range, Chittagong Metro, Chittagong Range,
Rajshahi Metro, Rajshahi Range, Khulna Metro, Khulna Range, Sylhet Range and Barisal
Range) where the data is entered into an electronic database.
The software used to compile and later interrogate the database is known as MAAP (for Micro-
computer Accident Analysis Package, developed and produced by TRL, UK). The database is
commonly referred to as the MAAP data. From these regional ADUs, the accident data is
transferred by computer diskette (floppy disk) to the National ADU at Police Headquarters,
Dhaka. BRTA collects these data from the Police Headquarters and enters it into its own master
database.
The MAAP software, which is used to compile and interrogate the electronic accident database,
resides on the computers in each of the Police Range and Metro ADUs, the ADU at Police
Headquarters and at the BRTA Resource Centre. The software is a DOS-based version.
2.2 REPORTING
This Report, the National Road Traffic Accident (RTA) Report 2007, is the seventh annual report
produced by the BRTA. The previous reports set the standard for annual RTA reporting with full
and comprehensive tabulation of national statistics for road accidents in which casualties are
involved, and for casualties (fatalities and injured persons).
As with the previous reports, the annual report for 2007 presents data on the following:
• Casualty Accidents
− by Divisions and Cities
− by type of collision
− by type of junction
− by type of vehicle involved
− by month and time of day
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• Casualties
− by Divisions and Cities
− fatalities by age and road user group
− passenger fatalities by age and sex
− pedestrian fatalities by age and sex
− driver fatalities by age
The cities reported herein are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi. RTA data for the cities
of Sylhet and Barisal is not separately reported herein as, in the database, the data for these two
cities are not fully differentiated from those of their respective districts. The RTA data for these
two cities are included with the data for their respective Divisions.
Additionally, a safety profile which reports the rate of fatal accident occurrence for various links
on the National Highway road network is presented. This analysis enables links to be ranked
according to their safety performance which can provide a criteria for determining a road
reconstruction and development programme and a criteria for prioritising and selection of road
sections for road safety improvement.
2.3 INTERPRETATION OF DATA
For targeting road safety improvement initiatives, interpretation of the accident data presented
herein can be undertaken with a measured degree of confidence when establishing accident
profiles or when comparing accident rates by District, Division or City. Caution is advised
however when making comparisons of safety performance with that of other countries or when
trying to determine an absolute value of total accident occurrence.
As stated elsewhere, it needs to be recognised that these recorded RTAs only represent a
fraction of the total number of accidents that occur on the roads in Bangladesh. Under-reporting
of RTAs has a number of reasons, of administrative, social or political nature. One important
circumstance is that accidents only tend to be recorded if they result in immediate fatalities.
Many incidents in which a victim of an accident dies away from the scene of the accident (such
as in hospital) will not be recorded. Similarly, in multiple-fatality RTAs, only those that died
immediately at the scene of the accident will be recorded in the police report.
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3 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS
Table 3-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City
number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Division or City
fatal grievous simple injurytotal
population2
('000,000) fatal
accidents fatal + injury
accidents Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 105 19 1 125 8.860 0.119 0.141Chittagong 410 76 30 516 22.713 0.181 0.227Sylhet 210 46 12 268 8.628 0.243 0.311Dhaka 830 199 37 1066 36.368 0.228 0.293Khulna 179 30 10 219 14.958 0.120 0.146Rajshahi 562 124 35 721 32.338 0.174 0.223total 2296 494 125 2915 123.865 0.185 0.235Cities Chittagong City 116 15 12 143 3.498 0.332 0.409Dhaka City 417 151 25 593 5.874 0.710 1.010Khulna City 31 8 8 47 0.844 0.367 0.557Rajshahi City 33 11 2 46 0.419 0.788 1.098total 597 185 47 829 10.635 0.561 0.780TOTAL 2893 679 172 3744 134.500 0.215 0.278Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Property damage only accidents
are not included. 2. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population
Census 2001 Preliminary Report.
Figure 3-1 : Casualty Accident Rate by Division and City
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Table 3-2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents, 1999 - 2007
number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Year
fatal grievous simple injurytotal
population2
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accidents fatal + injury
accidents Divisions, excluding the Cities
1999 1984 595 170 2749 110.057 0.180 0.250 2000 2129 579 160 2868 111.735 0.191 0.257 2001 1688 407 117 2212 113.414 0.149 0.195 2002 2087 557 158 2802 115.092 0.181 0.243 2003 2241 602 183 3026 116.772 0.192 0.259 2004 1994 462 170 2626 118.524 0.168 0.222 2005 2047 452 121 2620 120.278 0.170 0.218 2006 2140 436 116 2692 122.058 0.175 0.221 2007 2296 494 125 2915 123.865 0.185 0.235
Cities 3 1999 448 391 134 973 9.449 0.474 1.030 2000 394 450 49 893 9.593 0.411 0.931 2001 341 235 20 596 9.738 0.350 0.612 2002 512 347 42 901 9.882 0.518 0.912 2003 511 319 56 886 10.026 0.510 0.884 2004 453 202 41 696 10.176 0.445 0.684 2005 377 179 21 577 10.327 0.365 0.559 2006 528 174 11 713 10.480 0.365 0.680 2007 597 185 47 829 10.635 0.561 0.780
Bangladesh 1999 2432 986 304 3722 119.506 0.204 0.311 2000 2523 1029 209 3761 121.328 0.208 0.310 2001 2029 642 137 2808 123.152 0.165 0.228 2002 2599 904 200 3703 124.974 0.208 0.296 2003 2752 921 239 3912 126.798 0.217 0.309 2004 2447 664 211 3322 128.700 0.190 0.258 2005 2424 631 142 3197 130.605 0.186 0.245 2006 2668 610 127 3405 132.538 0.201 0.257 2007 2893 679 172 3744 134.500 0.215 0.278
Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Property damage only accidents are not included.
2. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.
3. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka Khulna and Rajshahi.
Figure 3-2 : Casualty Accident Rate 1999-2007
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Table 3-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila)
number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n)
Division and
District fatal grievous simple injurytotal
population2
('000,000)
grievous simple injuryBarisal Division Barguna 21 4 0 25 0.915 0.229 0.273Barisal 23 6 1 30 2.546 0.090 0.118Bhola 18 2 0 20 1.831 0.098 0.109Jhalakati 13 0 0 13 0.760 0.171 0.171Patuakhali 14 6 0 20 1.577 0.089 0.127Pirojpur 16 1 0 17 1.230 0.130 0.138Total 105 19 1 125 8.860 0.119 0.141
Chittagong Division Bandarban 9 3 1 13 0.320 0.281 0.406Brahmanbaria 40 6 4 50 2.584 0.155 0.194Chandpur 33 6 2 41 2.414 0.137 0.170Chittagong District 109 23 11 143 3.650 0.299 0.392Chittagong City 116 15 12 143 3.498 0.332 0.409Comilla 74 10 4 88 5.010 0.148 0.176Cox's Bazar 13 0 0 13 1.919 0.068 0.068Feni 40 7 1 48 1.306 0.306 0.367Khagrachhari 14 6 2 22 0.573 0.244 0.384Lakshmipur 32 5 2 39 1.616 0.198 0.241Noakhali 35 6 0 41 2.767 0.126 0.148Rangamati 11 4 3 18 0.554 0.199 0.325Total 526 91 42 659 26.211 0.201 0.251Dhaka Division Dhaka District 114 33 3 150 3.492 0.326 0.430Dhaka City 417 151 25 593 5.874 0.710 1.010Faridpur 85 14 3 102 1.872 0.454 0.545Gazipur 112 14 2 128 2.213 0.506 0.578Gopalganj 23 7 1 31 1.236 0.186 0.251Jamalpur 31 8 1 40 2.282 0.136 0.175Kishoreganj 38 10 1 49 2.758 0.138 0.178Madaripur 8 1 0 9 1.242 0.064 0.072Manikganj 28 7 2 37 1.392 0.201 0.266Munshiganj 20 5 2 27 1.413 0.142 0.191Mymensingh 117 27 10 154 4.848 0.241 0.318Narayanganj 77 11 5 93 2.336 0.330 0.398Narsingdi 46 20 1 67 2.066 0.223 0.324Netrokona 23 10 1 34 2.122 0.108 0.160Rajbari 25 15 2 42 1.027 0.243 0.409Shariatpur 8 2 0 10 1.155 0.069 0.087Sherpur 8 4 0 12 1.361 0.059 0.088Tangail 67 11 3 81 3.554 0.189 0.228Total 1247 350 62 1659 42.242 0.295 0.393
Table 3-3 continued on next page
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Table 3-3, continued
number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n)
Division and
District fatal grievous simple injurytotal
population2
('000,000)
grievous simple injury Sylhet Division Hobiganj 66 6 4 76 1.919 0.344 0.396 Moulavibazar 36 8 6 50 1.752 0.205 0.285 Sunamganj 39 16 0 55 2.150 0.181 0.256 Sylhet 69 16 2 87 2.807 0.246 0.310 Total 210 46 12 268 8.628 0.243 0.311 Khulna Division Bagerhat 11 5 0 16 1.655 0.066 0.097 Chaudanga 27 4 2 33 1.078 0.250 0.306 Jessore 19 5 3 27 2.666 0.071 0.101 Jhenaidah 43 7 0 50 1.698 0.253 0.295 Khulna District 22 2 3 27 1.705 0.129 0.158 Khulna City 31 8 8 47 0.844 0.367 0.557 Kushtia 11 2 1 14 1.871 0.059 0.075 Magura 16 1 1 18 0.886 0.181 0.203 Maherpur 8 0 0 8 0.633 0.126 0.126 Narail 4 1 0 5 0.753 0.053 0.066 Satkhira 18 3 0 21 2.013 0.089 0.104 Total 210 38 18 266 15.802 0.133 0.168
Rajshahi Division Bogra 85 15 8 108 3.264 0.260 0.331 Dinajpur 19 4 1 24 2.925 0.065 0.082 Gaibandha 29 5 3 37 2.313 0.125 0.160 Joypurhat 15 4 1 20 0.923 0.163 0.217 Kurigram 8 4 1 13 1.881 0.043 0.069 Lalmonirhat 22 3 4 29 1.189 0.185 0.244 Natore 43 10 3 56 2.596 0.166 0.216 Nawabganj 32 4 0 36 1.662 0.193 0.217 Nilphamari 13 5 0 18 1.550 0.084 0.116 Naogaon 42 6 1 49 1.694 0.248 0.289 Pabhna 33 5 0 38 2.352 0.140 0.162 Panchgarh 13 6 1 20 0.906 0.144 0.221 Rajshahi District 42 9 3 54 2.052 0.205 0.263 Rajshahi City 33 11 2 46 0.419 0.788 1.098 Rangpur 46 16 1 63 2.768 0.166 0.228 Sirajganj 96 25 7 128 2.956 0.325 0.433 Thakurgaon 24 3 1 28 1.307 0.184 0.214 Total 595 135 37 767 32.757 0.182 0.234 TOTAL 2,893 679 172 3,744 134.500 0.215 0.278
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4 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION
Table 4-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision
Table 4-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents
number of accidents
road environment road class Collision type
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Head on 99 268 367 192 58 73 28 25 376Rear end 122 144 266 125 33 39 12 65 274Right angle 2 4 6 2 2 1 1 0 6Side swipe 43 89 132 60 25 36 7 7 135Overturned vehicle 55 141 196 91 27 58 22 10 208Hit object in road 10 19 29 15 3 4 3 5 30Hit object off road 10 28 38 20 7 7 2 3 39Hit parked vehicle 9 21 30 22 2 5 1 4 34Hit pedestrian 622 1,008 1,630 720 226 293 151 274 1,664Hit animal 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 5Other 39 72 111 45 14 25 15 14 113Unknown 27 56 83 2 2 2 1 2 9
TOTAL 1,039 1,854 2,893 1,297 401 543 243 409 2,893% total 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 8% 14% 100%
Note: Collision type is the primary accident event.
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Table 4-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Collision type
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Head on 50 112 162 72 30 38 8 19 167Rear end 84 65 149 56 21 23 4 46 150Right angle 5 5 10 3 0 3 0 4 10Side swipe 33 40 73 38 7 13 5 12 75Overturned vehicle 17 59 76 42 8 18 7 3 78Hit object in road 5 4 9 5 0 1 0 3 9Hit object off road 6 14 20 12 2 3 2 1 20Hit parked vehicle 8 13 21 13 2 3 0 3 21Hit pedestrian 123 153 276 99 31 58 21 72 281Hit animal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 24 14 38 10 4 2 4 19 39Unknown 7 10 17 1 1
TOTAL 362 489 851 351 105 162 51 182 851% total 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100%
Table 4-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of accidents road environment road class Collision type
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Head on 149 380 529 264 88 111 36 44 543Rear end 206 209 415 181 54 62 16 111 424Right angle 7 9 16 5 2 4 1 4 16Side swipe 76 129 205 98 32 49 12 19 210Overturned vehicle 72 200 272 133 35 76 29 13 286Hit object in road 15 23 38 20 3 5 3 8 39Hit object off road 16 42 58 32 9 10 4 4 59Hit parked vehicle 17 34 51 35 4 8 1 7 55Hit pedestrian 745 1,161 1906 819 257 351 172 346 1,945Hit animal 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 5Other 63 86 149 55 18 27 19 33 152Unknown 34 66 100 3 2 2 1 2 10
TOTAL 1,401 2,343 3,744 1,648 506 705 294 591 3,744% total 37% 63% 100% 44% 14% 19% 8% 16% 100%
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Table 4-2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time
Table 4-2 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Time
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
0/01 50 57 107 70 9 15 4 13 11102/03 64 61 125 62 14 23 1 27 12704/05 74 89 163 98 21 14 6 27 16606/07 95 149 244 107 35 44 21 43 25008/09 109 210 319 126 56 69 33 45 32910/11 136 274 410 183 64 85 37 57 42612/13 111 236 347 164 48 70 31 40 35314/15 82 205 287 125 41 74 27 26 29316/17 90 229 319 128 49 77 40 33 32718/19 64 133 197 93 31 30 23 27 20420/21 80 94 174 70 24 22 16 45 17722/24 53 44 97 58 6 12 3 23 102
Unknown 54 50 104 11 4 6 5 2 28
TOTAL 1,062 1,831 2,893 1,295 402 541 247 408 2,893% total 37% 63% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100%
Table 4-2 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents
number of accidents
road environment road class Time
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
0/01 18 16 34 16 6 3 1 8 3402/03 11 14 25 14 2 1 3 5 2504/05 15 24 39 14 10 6 3 6 3906/07 30 37 67 31 3 12 6 17 6908/09 48 43 91 32 16 16 2 26 9210/11 50 78 128 50 23 24 8 26 13112/13 50 64 114 54 10 21 5 24 11414/15 37 69 106 46 14 27 5 15 10716/17 35 59 94 35 6 29 9 19 9818/19 18 38 56 23 8 11 7 10 5920/21 23 19 42 17 3 7 1 16 4422/24 20 13 33 15 3 4 1 10 33
Unknown 13 9 22 3 1 1 0 1 6
TOTAL 368 483 851 350 105 162 51 183 851% total 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 22% 100%
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Table 4-2 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of accidents
road environment road class Time
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
0/01 68 73 141 86 15 18 5 21 14502/03 75 75 150 76 16 24 4 32 15204/05 89 113 202 112 31 20 9 33 20506/07 125 186 311 138 38 56 27 60 31908/09 157 253 410 158 72 85 35 71 42110/11 186 352 538 233 87 109 45 83 55712/13 161 300 461 218 58 91 36 64 46714/15 119 274 393 171 55 101 32 41 40016/17 125 288 413 163 55 106 49 52 42518/19 82 171 253 116 39 41 30 37 26320/21 103 113 216 87 27 29 17 61 22122/24 73 57 130 73 9 16 4 33 135
Unknown 67 59 126 14 5 7 5 3 34
TOTAL 1,430 2,314 3,744 1,645 507 703 298 591 3,744% total 38% 62% 100% 44% 14% 19% 8% 16% 100%
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Table 4-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day
Table 4-3 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Day in a week
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Monday 122 258 380 180 73 58 36 45 392Tuesday 165 232 397 174 57 75 36 68 410Wednesday 140 263 403 183 55 83 35 57 413Thursday 153 281 434 193 59 95 41 57 445Friday 125 258 383 191 39 79 28 56 393Saturday 161 221 382 180 47 65 30 68 390Sunday 146 287 433 194 69 86 40 56 445Unknown 35 46 81 2 1 1 0 1 5
TOTAL 1,047 1,846 2,893 1,297 400 542 246 408 2,893% total 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100%
Table 4-3 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Day in a week
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Monday 46 66 112 51 13 22 9 20 115Tuesday 43 60 103 46 10 23 3 23 105Wednesday 52 71 123 51 18 23 5 29 126Thursday 44 67 111 41 18 21 8 26 114Friday 61 86 147 59 17 31 8 35 150Saturday 52 68 120 54 10 22 12 23 121Sunday 57 62 119 48 19 21 6 26 120Unknown 10 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 365 486 851 350 105 163 51 182 851% total 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100%
Table 4-3 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of accidents
road environment road class Day in a week
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Monday 168 324 492 231 86 80 45 65 507Tuesday 208 292 500 220 67 98 39 91 515Wednesday 192 334 526 234 73 106 40 86 539Thursday 197 348 545 234 77 116 49 83 559Friday 186 344 530 250 56 110 36 91 543Saturday 213 289 502 234 57 87 42 91 511Sunday 203 349 552 242 88 107 46 82 565Unknown 45 52 97 2 1 1 0 1 5
TOTAL 1,412 2,332 3,744 1,647 505 705 297 590 3,744% total 38% 62% 100% 44% 13% 19% 8% 16% 100%
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Table 4-4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month
Table 4-4 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Month
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
January 57 161 218 105 25 50 22 21 223February 75 135 210 94 27 36 22 34 213March 85 204 289 131 32 57 30 44 294April 87 164 251 112 30 47 24 44 257May 69 141 210 81 36 48 24 25 214June 81 84 165 74 25 27 14 28 168July 96 146 242 134 37 45 11 28 255August 85 140 225 102 30 37 18 46 233September 88 134 222 101 40 38 19 34 232October 95 183 278 139 41 56 22 31 289November 91 152 243 124 35 42 13 35 249December 103 156 259 98 41 58 27 37 261
Unknown 30 51 81 1 1 1 1 1 5
TOTAL 1,042 1,851 2,893 1,296 400 542 247 408 2,893% total 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100%
Note: Collision type is the primary accident event.
Table 4-4 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Month
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
January 20 40 60 36 4 10 2 10 62February 22 28 50 28 4 7 2 10 51March 21 82 103 40 17 26 10 12 105April 36 44 80 36 7 13 2 23 81May 39 44 83 34 13 16 5 19 87June 42 32 74 30 8 7 6 23 74July 36 41 77 26 10 16 10 17 79August 32 29 61 23 7 13 2 17 62September 32 29 61 24 8 10 1 20 63October 37 40 77 28 10 19 3 17 77November 18 40 58 24 8 14 5 8 59December 20 31 51 21 9 12 3 6 51
Unknown 6 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 361 490 851 350 105 163 51 182 851% total 42% 58% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100%
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Table 4-4 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Month
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
January 77 201 278 141 29 60 24 31 285February 97 163 260 122 31 43 24 44 264March 106 286 392 171 49 83 40 56 399April 123 208 331 148 37 60 26 67 338May 108 185 293 115 49 64 29 44 301June 123 116 239 104 33 34 20 51 242July 132 187 319 160 47 61 21 45 334August 117 169 286 125 37 50 20 63 295September 120 163 283 125 48 48 20 54 295October 132 223 355 167 51 75 25 48 366November 109 192 301 148 43 56 18 43 308December 123 187 310 119 50 70 30 43 312
Unknown 36 61 97 1 1 1 1 1 5
TOTAL 1,403 2,341 3,744 1,646 505 705 298 590 3,744% total 37% 63% 100% 44% 13% 19% 8% 16% 100%
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Table 4-5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City
number of fatal accidents collision type
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Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 14 8 0 2 2 1 3 1 67 0 7 0 105Chittagong 80 30 3 17 47 9 10 7 192 0 13 2 410Sylhet 32 21 0 4 18 1 0 5 122 0 5 2 210Dhaka 95 66 1 40 71 8 14 12 488 2 33 0 830Khulna 43 21 1 8 7 2 0 0 86 3 8 0 179Rajshahi 71 42 1 47 50 4 9 5 309 0 24 0 562total 335 188 6 118 195 25 36 30 1,264 5 90 4 2,296
Cities Chittagong City 14 16 0 2 5 4 2 4 61 0 8 0 116Dhaka City 19 65 0 1 7 2 1 0 314 0 8 0 417Khulna City 5 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 0 31Rajshahi City 4 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 33total 42 88 0 16 13 6 3 4 402 0 23 0 597
TOTAL 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1,666 5 113 4 2,893
Table 4-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as
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% of fatal accidents in Division or City collision type
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Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 105 13% 8% 0% 2% 2% 1% 3% 1% 64% 0% 7% 0%Chittagong 410 20% 7% 1% 4% 11% 2% 2% 2% 47% 0% 3% 0%Sylhet 210 15% 10% 0% 2% 9% 0% 0% 2% 58% 0% 2% 1%Dhaka 830 11% 8% 0% 5% 9% 1% 2% 1% 59% 0% 4% 0%Khulna 179 24% 12% 1% 4% 4% 1% 0% 0% 48% 2% 4% 0%Rajshahi 562 13% 7% 0% 8% 9% 1% 2% 1% 55% 0% 4% 0%total 2,296 15% 8% 0% 5% 8% 1% 2% 1% 55% 0% 4% 0%
Cities Chittagong City 116 12% 14% 0% 2% 4% 3% 2% 3% 53% 0% 7% 0%Dhaka City 417 5% 16% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 2% 0%Khulna City 31 16% 10% 0% 19% 0% 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 13% 0%Rajshahi City 33 12% 12% 0% 21% 3% 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 9% 0%total 597 7% 15% 0% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% 67% 0% 4% 0%TOTAL 2,893 13% 10% 0% 5% 7% 1% 1% 1% 58% 0% 4% 0%
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Table 4-7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, 1999 - 2007
number of fatal accidents collision type
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Divisions, excluding Cities 1999 262 197 6 94 232 11 50 39 994 0 97 2 1,9842000 274 253 11 78 226 6 46 36 1,074 3 122 0 2,1292001 207 187 4 69 211 14 31 37 834 1 92 1 1,6882002 307 235 29 109 248 36 65 76 917 24 110 24 2,1802003 329 248 7 106 265 14 53 61 1,060 0 93 4 2,2402004 310 209 7 103 196 13 35 28 1,025 0 64 4 1,9942005 311 176 13 102 203 31 80 30 1,021 2 71 7 2,0472006 307 207 11 130 201 29 41 33 1,113 2 62 4 2,1402007 335 188 6 118 195 25 36 30 1,264 5 90 4 2,296
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1999 26 71 4 19 12 1 2 1 302 0 10 0 4482000 22 76 3 8 9 4 4 1 255 0 12 0 3942001 25 66 10 1 14 1 5 0 211 0 8 0 3412002 26 70 9 12 10 1 3 7 353 0 19 0 5102003 28 66 5 10 9 0 5 6 363 0 20 0 5122004 27 49 5 15 12 4 1 4 308 0 28 0 4532005 21 52 2 11 8 4 6 5 254 0 14 0 3772006 42 74 1 17 7 6 9 2 357 0 13 0 5282007 42 88 0 16 13 6 3 4 402 0 23 0 597
Bangladesh 1999 288 268 10 113 244 12 52 40 1,296 0 107 2 2,4322000 296 329 14 86 235 10 50 37 1,329 3 134 0 2,5232001 232 253 14 70 225 15 36 37 1,045 1 100 1 2,0292002 333 305 38 121 258 37 68 83 1,270 24 129 24 2,6902003 357 314 12 116 274 14 58 67 1,423 0 113 4 2,7522004 337 258 12 118 208 17 36 52 1,333 0 92 4 2,4472005 332 228 15 113 211 35 86 35 1,275 2 85 7 2,4242006 349 281 12 147 208 35 50 35 1,470 2 75 4 2,6682007 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1,666 5 113 4 2,893
1. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.
Table 4-8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision collision type number of
fatalities number of fatal
accidents fatality index
Head on 527 377 1.40 Rear end 313 276 1.13 Right angle 8 6 1.33 Side swipe 154 135 1.14 Overturned vehicle 269 208 1.29 Hit object in road 33 30 1.10 Hit object off road 49 39 1.26 Hit parked vehicle 40 34 1.18 Hit pedestrian 1,714 1,666 1.03 Hit animal 6 5 1.20 Other 132 113 1.17
Note: fatality index = no. fatalities / no. fatal accidents
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Table 4-9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila)
number of fatal accidents collision type
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Barisal Division Barguna 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 21Barisal 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 12 0 2 0 23Bhola 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 4 0 18Jhalakati 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 13Patuakhali 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 14Pirojpur 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 0 1 0 16Total 14 8 0 2 2 1 3 1 67 0 7 0 105Chittagong Division Bandarban 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 9Brahmanbaria 2 6 0 2 9 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 40Chandpur 4 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 33Chittagong District 30 11 1 7 6 4 1 1 46 0 2 0 109Chittagong City 14 16 0 2 5 4 2 4 61 0 8 0 116Comilla 25 6 0 4 8 1 2 3 20 0 4 1 74Cox's Bazar 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 13Feni 8 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 18 0 1 1 40Khagrachhari 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14Lakshmipur 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 0 32Noakhali 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 22 0 1 0 35Rangamati 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 11
94 46 3 19 52 13 12 11 253 0 21 2 526Total
Dhaka Division Dhaka District 7 7 0 4 5 1 0 1 81 1 7 0 114Dhaka City 19 65 0 1 7 2 1 0 314 0 8 0 417Faridpur 12 4 0 7 16 0 1 1 42 1 1 0 85Gazipur 9 10 1 1 4 0 4 0 82 0 1 0 112Gopalganj 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 9 0 3 0 23Jamalpur 4 3 0 2 8 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 31Kishoreganj 7 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 19 0 1 0 38Madaripur 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8Manikganj 1 4 0 2 3 0 1 1 16 0 0 0 28Munshiganj 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 20Mymensingh 13 11 0 1 8 0 4 0 72 0 8 0 117Narayanganj 7 8 0 3 6 1 0 1 50 0 1 0 77Narsingdi 6 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 31 0 1 0 46Netrokona 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 12 0 4 0 23Rajbari 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 14 0 2 0 25Shariatpur 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Sherpur 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8Tangail 13 7 0 6 6 0 0 5 27 0 3 0 67Total 114 131 1 41 78 10 15 12 802 2 41 0 1,247
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Table 4-9 , continued number of fatal accidents
collision type total
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Sylhet Division Hobiganj 8 9 0 1 6 0 0 1 39 0 1 1 66Moulavibazar 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 25 0 0 0 36Sunamganj 5 2 0 1 5 1 0 1 23 0 1 0 39Sylhet 14 6 0 1 7 0 0 2 35 0 3 1 69Total 32 21 0 4 18 1 0 5 122 0 5 2 210Khulna Division Bagerhat 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 11Chaudanga 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 27Jessore 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 19Jhenaidah 6 9 1 6 0 0 0 0 18 0 3 0 43Khulna District 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 1 0 22Khulna City 5 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 0 31Kushtia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 11Magura 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 16Maherpur 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8Narail 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4Satkhira 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 18Total 48 24 1 14 7 2 0 0 99 3 12 0 210Rajshahi Division Bogra 12 7 0 6 13 0 1 0 44 0 2 0 85Dinajpur 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 19Gaibandha 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 14 0 5 0 29Joypurhat 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 15Kurigram 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 8Lalmonirhat 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 22Natore 6 6 1 1 7 1 2 0 17 0 2 0 43Nawabganj 5 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 18 0 1 0 32Nilphamari 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 13Naogaon 3 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 25 0 3 0 42Pabhna 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 33Panchgarh 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 13Rajshahi District 5 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 22 0 3 0 42Rajshahi City 4 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 33Rangpur 4 5 0 3 7 0 0 1 26 0 0 0 46Sirajganj 14 9 0 5 7 1 1 1 53 0 5 0 96Thakurgaon 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 24Total 75 46 1 54 51 4 9 5 323 0 27 0 595TOTAL 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1,666 5 113 4 2,893
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5 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION.
Table 5-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction
Table 5-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of accidents
road environment road class Junction type
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total Not at junction 608 1,116 1724 844 203 327 105 270 1,749Cross junction 63 49 112 47 10 16 11 34 118Tee junction 84 101 185 84 19 23 18 48 192Off-set tee junction 17 22 39 15 12 7 2 3 39Roundabout 5 3 8 5 1 1 0 1 8Railway crossing 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 3Other 222 419 641 254 137 139 80 49 659Unknown 85 96 181 82 10 8 6 19 125
TOTAL 1,085 1,808 2,893 1,332 392 522 222 425 2,893% total 38% 62% 100% 46% 14% 18% 8% 15% 100%
Figure 5-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and Road Class
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Table 5-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents
number of accidents
road environment road class Junction type
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total Not at junction 206 310 516 230 57 111 19 106 523Cross junction 36 15 51 19 2 5 1 24 51Tee junction 33 19 52 18 3 4 2 25 52Off-set tee junction 4 10 14 2 2 5 3 2 14Roundabout 6 1 7 1 0 1 1 4 7Railway crossing 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1Other 64 98 162 65 35 30 20 18 168Unknown 19 29 48 15 7 6 3 4 35
TOTAL 368 483 851 351 106 162 49 183 851% total 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 22% 100%
Table 5-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of accidents
road environment road class Junction type
urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total Not at junction 814 1,426 2,240 1,074 260 438 124 376 2,272Cross junction 99 64 163 66 12 21 12 58 169Tee junction 117 120 237 102 22 27 20 73 244Off-set tee junction 21 32 53 17 14 12 5 5 53Roundabout 11 4 15 6 1 2 1 5 15Railway crossing 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 4Other 286 517 803 319 172 169 100 67 827Unknown 104 125 229 97 17 14 9 23 160
TOTAL 1,453 2,291 3,744 1,683 498 684 271 608 3,744% total 39% 61% 100% 45% 13% 18% 7% 16% 100%
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Table 5-2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City
number of fatal accidents junction type
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Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 62 8 13 5 1 0 16 0 105Chittagong 135 15 39 3 2 0 128 88 410Sylhet 67 17 14 2 0 0 78 32 210Dhaka 675 12 17 8 1 2 115 0 830Khulna 143 6 8 0 0 0 22 0 179Rajshahi 260 20 33 15 2 0 232 0 562total 1,342 78 124 33 6 2 591 120 2,296Cities Chittagong City 66 13 7 2 0 0 28 0 116Dhaka City 311 23 54 3 1 0 25 0 417Khulna City 13 3 3 0 1 0 11 0 31Rajshahi City 19 2 4 1 0 1 6 0 33total 409 41 68 6 2 1 70 0 597TOTAL 1,751 119 192 39 8 3 661 120 2,893
Table 5-3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as
percentage of total fatal accidents in Division or City
% of total fatal accidents in Division or City junction type
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Table 5-4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, 1999 - 2007
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1999 296 49 70 3 23 0 6 1 4482000 292 39 51 1 3 4 3 1 3942001 254 22 38 2 7 2 14 2 3412002 335 39 72 4 12 4 32 14 5122003 336 41 45 5 16 3 59 6 5112004 281 28 52 9 29 1 52 1 4532005 250 31 54 2 17 2 21 0 3772006 344 58 67 9 7 2 41 0 5282007 409 41 68 6 2 1 70 0 597
Bangladesh 1999 2,061 84 171 13 27 1 73 2 2,4322000 2,150 76 163 34 4 4 90 2 2,5232001 1,695 63 115 17 9 2 121 7 2,0292002 2,168 88 143 16 16 4 144 20 2,5992003 2,080 86 168 26 18 3 303 68 2,5982004 1,778 84 158 28 32 8 304 58 2,4472005 1,687 98 155 20 25 3 350 86 2,4242006 1,902 122 160 30 14 4 359 77 2,6682007 1,751 119 192 39 8 3 661 120 2,893
1. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.
Table 5-5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction
Junction type number of fatalities
number of fatal accidents fatality index
Not at junction 1,961 1,751 1.12 Cross junction 139 119 1.17 Tee junction 212 192 1.10 Off-set tee junction 45 39 1.15 Roundabout 9 8 1.13 Railway crossing 3 3 1.00 Other 740 661 1.12
Note: fatality index = no. fatalities / no. fatal accidents
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Table 5-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila)
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Barisal Division Barguna 11 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 21Barisal 15 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 23Bhola 12 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 18Jhalakati 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13Patuakhali 9 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 14Pirojpur 5 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 16total 62 8 13 5 1 0 16 0 105Chittagong Division Bandarban 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 9Brahmanbaria 11 2 5 0 1 0 13 8 40Chandpur 6 1 1 0 1 0 19 5 33Chittagong District 29 3 19 1 0 0 27 30 109Chittagong City 66 13 7 2 0 0 28 116Comilla 31 4 4 0 0 0 24 11 74Cox's Bazar 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 13Feni 17 1 2 1 0 0 5 14 40Khagrachhari 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 14Lakshmipur 13 1 3 0 0 0 6 9 32Noakhali 13 0 2 1 0 0 14 5 35Rangamati 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 11total 201 28 46 5 2 0 156 88 526Dhaka Division Dhaka District 91 3 2 1 0 0 17 0 114Dhaka City 311 23 54 3 1 0 25 0 417Faridpur 74 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 85Gazipur 107 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 112Gopalganj 17 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 23Jamalpur 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 31Kishoreganj 25 2 0 1 0 0 10 0 38Madaripur 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Manikganj 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28Munshiganj 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20Mymensingh 84 3 2 2 0 0 26 0 117Narayanganj 60 2 7 2 0 0 6 0 77Narsingdi 36 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 46Netrokona 17 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 23Rajbari 16 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 25Shariatpur 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8Sherpur 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8Tangail 53 1 1 1 0 0 11 0 67total 986 35 71 11 2 2 140 0 1,247
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Table 5-6, continued
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Sylhet Division Hobiganj 23 12 6 0 0 0 18 7 66Moulavibazar 16 2 4 0 0 0 7 7 36Sunamganj 8 1 2 0 0 0 16 12 39Sylhet 20 2 2 2 0 0 37 6 69total 67 17 14 2 0 0 78 32 210Khulna Division Bagerhat 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11Chaudanga 24 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27Jessore 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 19Jhenaidah 37 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 43Khulna District 18 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 22Khulna City 13 3 3 0 1 0 11 0 31Kushtia 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11Magura 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 16Maherpur 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8Narail 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4Satkhira 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 18total 156 9 11 0 1 0 33 0 210Rajshahi Division Bogra 43 2 5 3 0 0 32 0 85Dinajpur 9 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 19Gaibandha 13 0 4 0 0 0 12 0 29Joypurhat 5 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 15Kurigram 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 8Lalmonirhat 16 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 22Natore 26 2 2 4 1 0 8 0 43Nawabganj 11 0 4 2 0 0 15 0 32Nilphamari 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 13Naogaon 5 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 42Pabhna 9 0 1 0 1 0 22 0 33Panchgarh 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13Rajshahi District 19 1 7 1 0 0 14 0 42Rajshahi City 19 2 4 1 0 1 6 0 33Rangpur 25 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 46Sirajganj 48 8 3 1 0 0 36 0 96Thakurgaon 13 2 1 1 0 0 7 0 24total 279 22 37 16 2 1 238 0 595TOTAL 1,751 119 192 39 8 3 661 120 2,893
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6 TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS
Table 6-1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class
Table 6-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents
number of vehicles
road environment road class Vehicle type vehicles
per accident urban rural total national regional feeder rural
road city total
Bicycle 1 8 9 4 0 4 0 1 9Rickshaw 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2Push cart 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2Motor cycle 16 73 89 18 17 28 23 4 90Baby taxi 19 14 33 11 2 9 2 12 36Tempo 24 45 69 11 8 26 13 14 72Microbus 19 48 67 37 11 11 5 7 71Minibus 51 111 162 64 40 33 15 15 167Bus 241 383 624 332 73 108 25 97 635Car 20 17 37 19 2 4 1 11 37Jeep 7 33 40 7 2 10 20 3 42Pick-up 11 49 60 30 13 10 7 3 63Truck 17 37 54 23 9 10 11 3 56Heavy truck 163 211 374 169 55 68 17 70 379Artic truck 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 3 5Oil tanker 0 6 6 3 2 1 0 0 6Tractor 5 25 30 2 5 10 13 0 30Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 49 125 174 61 24 42 29 19 175Unknown
one
129 160 289 140 45 30 20 14 249
Bicycle 29 61 90 28 17 32 3 11 91Rickshaw 63 47 110 47 18 15 2 32 114Push cart 3 11 14 7 1 4 0 2 14Motor cycle 34 80 114 46 27 23 13 8 117Baby taxi 11 41 52 23 4 12 7 7 53Tempo 21 47 68 28 14 16 5 6 69Microbus 17 31 48 26 8 6 5 7 52Minibus 25 79 104 43 21 25 10 5 104Bus 113 203 316 192 41 48 10 34 325Car 15 12 27 15 3 2 0 9 29Jeep 4 7 11 6 1 3 0 1 11Pick-up 12 15 27 17 2 7 0 3 29Truck 12 36 48 27 5 10 6 1 49Heavy truck 102 174 276 165 44 40 7 27 283Artic. truck 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 4Oil tanker 2 6 8 5 0 2 0 1 8Tractor 7 15 22 8 5 6 2 1 22Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 26 76 102 45 19 26 8 5 103Unknown
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59 41 100 33 16 5 4 6 64
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Table 6-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents
number of vehicles road environment road class Vehicle type
vehicles per
accident urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Bicycle 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1Rickshaw 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Motor cycle 10 15 25 5 3 4 7 6 25Baby taxi 7 7 14 3 2 2 4 3 14Tempo 3 6 9 4 1 2 1 1 9Microbus 8 9 17 5 2 5 0 6 18Minibus 11 30 41 16 7 7 5 6 41Bus 71 71 142 71 10 20 7 37 145Car 21 7 28 4 4 3 0 17 28Jeep 1 5 6 0 0 2 3 1 6Pick-up 4 12 16 7 1 4 1 3 16Truck 11 11 22 8 5 7 1 1 22Heavy truck 18 54 72 37 5 18 3 11 74Artic truck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1Oil tanker 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1Tractor 0 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 4Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 11 21 32 11 6 8 2 7 34Unknown
one
10 12 22 8 1 1 2 2 14
Bicycle 14 13 27 7 6 7 2 6 28Rickshaw 35 21 56 13 5 12 2 24 56Push cart 3 4 7 1 1 2 0 3 7Motor cycle 34 40 74 21 10 17 7 19 74Baby taxi 9 24 33 7 6 12 4 6 35Tempo 9 16 25 9 5 6 3 2 25Microbus 12 20 32 13 5 8 0 6 32Minibus 20 30 50 23 16 5 2 6 52Bus 73 96 169 91 24 30 2 24 171Car 35 10 45 19 1 1 0 27 48Jeep 1 7 8 4 1 3 0 0 8Pick-up 9 17 26 19 1 4 0 2 26Truck 9 17 26 15 4 6 1 0 26Heavy truck 59 75 134 71 15 22 3 25 136Artic. truck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1Oil tanker 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1Tractor 2 3 5 2 2 0 1 0 5Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 9 37 46 14 8 13 5 6 46Unknown
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12 20 32 4 6 4 0 6 20
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Table 6-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of vehicles road environment road class Vehicle type
vehicles per
accident urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total
Bicycle 2 8 10 4 0 5 0 1 10Rickshaw 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 4Push cart 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2Motor cycle 26 88 114 23 20 32 30 10 115Baby taxi 26 21 47 14 4 11 6 15 50Tempo 27 51 78 15 9 28 14 15 81Microbus 27 57 84 42 13 16 5 13 89Minibus 62 141 203 80 47 40 20 21 208Bus 312 454 766 403 83 128 32 134 780Car 41 24 65 23 6 7 1 28 65Jeep 8 38 46 7 2 12 23 4 48Pick-up 15 61 76 37 14 14 8 6 79Truck 28 48 76 31 14 17 12 4 78Heavy truck 181 265 446 206 60 86 20 81 453Artic truck 5 1 6 2 0 0 0 4 6Oil tanker 0 7 7 3 3 1 0 0 7Tractor 5 29 34 3 5 13 13 0 34Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 60 146 206 72 30 50 31 26 209Unknown
one
139 172 311 148 46 31 22 16 263
Bicycle 43 74 117 35 23 39 5 17 119Rickshaw 98 68 166 60 23 27 4 56 170Push cart 6 15 21 8 2 6 0 5 21Motor cycle 68 120 188 67 37 40 20 27 191Baby taxi 20 65 85 30 10 24 11 13 88Tempo 30 63 93 37 19 22 8 8 94Microbus 29 51 80 39 13 14 5 13 84Minibus 45 109 154 66 37 30 12 11 156Bus 186 299 485 283 65 78 12 58 496Car 50 22 72 34 4 3 0 36 77Jeep 5 14 19 10 2 6 0 1 19Pick-up 21 32 53 36 3 11 0 5 55Truck 21 53 74 42 9 16 7 1 75Heavy truck 161 249 410 236 59 62 10 52 419Artic. truck 1 4 5 3 1 0 0 1 5Oil tanker 3 6 9 6 0 2 0 1 9Tractor 9 18 27 10 7 6 3 1 27Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 35 113 148 59 27 39 13 11 149Unknown
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71 61 132 37 22 9 4 12 84
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Table 6-2 : Types of Registered Vehicles in Bangladesh
registered vehicles vehicles involved in fatal single vehicle
accidents
vehicles involved in fatal multiple vehicle
accidents Vehicle type
number % of total number % of total number % of total Motor cycle 525,751 49.9% 89 4.3% 114 8.7%Baby taxi and Tempo 129,758 12.3% 102 4.9% 120 9.2%Microbus, Jeep and Pick-up 67,031 6.4% 167 8.0% 86 6.6%Minibus 34,970 3.3% 162 7.8% 104 8.0%Bus 34,645 3.3% 624 30.0% 316 24.2%Car/Taxi 160,702 15.2% 37 1.8% 27 2.1%Truck, Heavy truck, Artic. truck and Oil tanker 62,335 5.9% 439 21.1% 336 25.7%Other 38,865 3.7% 463 22.2% 202 15.5%
total 1,054,057 2,083 1,305
Figure 6-1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents
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Table 6-3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision
Table 6-3 (a) : Fatal Accidents
number of vehicles
collision type
Vehicle type vehicles
per accident
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Bicycle 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 9 0.4%Rickshaw 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.1%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1%Motor cycle 2 4 0 2 3 1 1 0 76 0 2 91 4.3%Baby taxi 1 0 0 4 6 0 0 1 23 0 1 36 1.7%Tempo 2 1 0 1 16 0 1 2 47 0 2 72 3.4%Microbus 1 3 0 2 5 0 1 1 55 0 3 71 3.3%Minibus 2 3 0 2 14 4 2 0 130 1 8 166 7.8%Bus 9 9 1 10 49 6 4 2 504 1 40 635 29.9%Car 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 32 0 1 38 1.8%Jeep 1 3 0 1 11 2 1 0 21 0 2 42 2.0%Pick-up 1 0 0 3 7 1 3 0 47 0 1 63 3.0%Truck 1 2 0 0 8 0 2 0 41 0 2 56 2.6%Heavy truck 7 13 0 7 42 1 5 1 288 1 14 379 17.8%Artic. truck 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 0.3%Tractor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 2 30 1.4%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 1 0 1 15 0 3 0 135 0 20 175 8.2%Unknown
one
0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 215 0 0 248 11.7%
Bicycle 29 36 0 17 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 91 5.9%Rickshaw 24 64 1 13 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 114 7.4%Push cart 1 5 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0.9%Motor cycle 57 31 1 24 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 116 7.5%Baby taxi 37 12 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 54 3.5%Tempo 42 8 1 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 69 4.5%Microbus 34 12 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 3.4%Minibus 68 15 1 16 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 104 6.7%Bus 151 94 3 35 8 6 5 12 8 0 3 325 21.1%Car 16 8 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 29 1.9%Jeep 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.7%Pick-up 14 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 1.9%Truck 25 9 0 6 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 49 3.2%Heavy truck 106 98 2 34 6 5 6 19 3 0 6 285 18.5%Artic. truck 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.3%Oil tanker 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.5%Tractor 12 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 1.4%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 47 32 1 11 2 2 2 5 1 0 0 103 6.7%Unknown
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28 14 0 8 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 62 4.0%
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Table 6-3 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents
number of vehicles collision type
Vehicle type vehicles
per accident
Hea
d on
Rea
r end
Rig
ht a
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total % total
Bicycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.2%Rickshaw 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.4%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Motor cycle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 0 0 25 5.5%Baby taxi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 9 0 0 14 3.1%Tempo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 2.0%Microbus 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 14 0 0 18 4.0%Minibus 0 2 1 1 14 0 2 0 17 0 4 41 9.0%Bus 2 1 0 6 23 1 9 1 86 0 16 145 31.9%Car 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 0 5 28 6.2%Jeep 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 1.3%Pick-up 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 10 0 1 16 3.5%Truck 1 0 0 1 9 0 1 0 10 0 0 22 4.8%Heavy truck 0 4 0 5 9 3 5 1 43 0 3 73 16.0%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.2%Tractor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0.9%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 24 0 4 34 7.5%Unknown
one
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 0 15 3.3%
Bicycle 7 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 3.5%Rickshaw 12 38 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 56 7.0%Push cart 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.9%Motor cycle 29 24 1 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 74 9.3%Baby taxi 15 9 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 35 4.4%Tempo 14 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3.1%Microbus 10 10 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 32 4.0%Minibus 27 16 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 52 6.5%Bus 77 52 4 23 4 1 0 8 0 0 2 171 21.5%Car 20 23 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 48 6.0%Jeep 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.0%Pick-up 12 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 3.3%Truck 8 10 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 3.3%Heavy truck 57 48 3 17 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 136 17.1%Artic. truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1%Oil tanker 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1%Tractor 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.6%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 15 16 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 46 5.8%Unknown
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9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 2.5%
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Table 6-3 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of vehicles collision type
Vehicle type vehicles
per accident
Hea
d on
Rea
r end
Rig
ht a
ngle
Side
sw
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Ove
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total % total
Bicycle 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 10 0.4%Rickshaw 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.2%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1%Motor cycle 2 4 0 2 3 2 1 0 100 0 2 116 4.5%Baby taxi 2 1 0 4 8 0 1 1 32 0 1 50 1.9%Tempo 2 1 0 1 18 0 1 2 54 0 2 81 3.1%Microbus 1 3 0 3 7 0 2 1 69 0 3 89 3.4%Minibus 2 5 12 1 3 28 4 4 0 147 1 207 8.0%Bus 11 10 1 16 72 7 13 3 590 1 56 780 30.2%Car 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 53 0 6 66 2.6%Jeep 1 3 0 1 14 2 1 0 24 0 2 48 1.9%Pick-up 1 0 0 4 9 2 4 0 57 0 2 79 3.1%Truck 2 2 0 1 17 0 3 0 51 0 2 78 3.0%Heavy truck 7 17 0 12 51 4 10 2 331 1 17 452 17.5%Artic. truck 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 0.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0.3%Tractor 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 29 0 2 34 1.3%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 1 0 2 19 1 3 0 159 0 24 209 8.1%Unknown 0
one
0 0 0 0 35 0 0 228 0 0 263 10.2%
Bicycle 36 51 1 21 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 119 5.1%Rickshaw 36 102 1 17 2 6 2 3 0 0 1 170 7.3%Push cart 2 8 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0.9%Motor cycle 86 55 2 41 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 190 8.1%Baby taxi 52 21 1 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 89 3.8%Tempo 56 15 2 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 94 4.0%Microbus 44 22 2 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 84 3.6%Minibus 95 31 1 20 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 156 6.7%Bus 228 146 7 58 12 7 5 20 8 0 5 496 21.2%Car 36 31 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 77 3.3%Jeep 11 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 0.8%Pick-up 26 14 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 55 2.4%Truck 33 19 1 10 3 1 1 3 2 0 2 75 3.2%Heavy truck 163 146 5 51 9 5 6 27 3 0 6 421 18.0%Artic. truck 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.2%Oil tanker 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.4%Tractor 15 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 1.2%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 62 48 2 22 3 2 2 6 1 0 1 149 6.4%Unknown
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Table 6-4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area
Table 6-4 (a): Fatal Accidents
number of vehicles
collision type
Vehicle type vehicles
per accident
Hea
d on
Rea
r end
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total % total
Bicycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Rickshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Motor cycle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 2.1%Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 9 3.7%Tempo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 10 4.1%Microbus 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 3.3%Minibus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 13 5.4%Bus 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 105 0 5 114 47.1%Car 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 6.6%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.4%Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 2.5%Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.4%Heavy truck 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54 0 1 58 24.0%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.4%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 0 17 7.0%Unknown
one
2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 71 0 0 77 31.8%
Bicycle 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.3%Rickshaw 3 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 14.3%Push cart 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4%Motor cycle 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.5%Baby taxi 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.0%Tempo 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.8%Microbus 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.6%Minibus 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.5%Bus 5 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 15.2%Car 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 4.1%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Pick-up 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.5%Truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0 0 1 0.4%Heavy truck 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 29 11.9%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.3%Unknown 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.6%
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Table 6-4 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents
number of vehicles
collision type
Vehicle type vehicles
per accident
Hea
d on
Rea
r end
Rig
ht a
ngle
Side
sw
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Ove
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Bicycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%
Rickshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Motor cycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3.5%Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4.7%Tempo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.2%Microbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5.9%Minibus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5.9%Bus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27 0 11 40 47.1%Car 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 5 17 20.0%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.2%Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 3.5%Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.2%Heavy truck 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 4.7%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 8 9.4%Unknown
one
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.4%
Bicycle 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.4%
Rickshaw 4 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 14.5%Push cart 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8%Motor cycle 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9.1%Baby taxi 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.6%Tempo 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.2%Microbus 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.2%Minibus 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.0%Bus 4 16 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 16.4%Car 8 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 18.8%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Pick-up 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.0%Truck 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6%Heavy truck 2 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 14.5%Artic. truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.6%Unknown
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1.8%
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Table 6-4 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents
number of vehicles collision type
Vehicle type vehicles
per accident
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Bicycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Rickshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Motor cycle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 2.4%Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 13 4.0%Tempo 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 11 3.4%Microbus 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 13 4.0%Minibus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 18 5.5%Bus 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 132 0 16 154 47.1%Car 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 5 33 10.1%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.6%Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 2.8%Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.6%Heavy truck 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 57 0 1 62 19.0%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.6%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 18 0 1 25 7.6%Unknown
one
2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 73 0 0 79 24.2%
Bicycle 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.9%Rickshaw 7 51 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 14.4%Push cart 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0%Motor cycle 4 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5.1%Baby taxi 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.7%Tempo 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0%Microbus 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.7%Minibus 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.7%Bus 9 46 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 64 15.6%Car 12 24 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 41 10.0%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Pick-up 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.7%Truck 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5%Heavy truck 6 36 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 53 13.0%Artic. truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.4%Unknown
two
or m
ore
0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 1.7%
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7 CASUALTIES
Table 7-1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City
number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Division or City
fatal grievous injury
simple injury
total
population1
('000,000)
fatalities total casualties
Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 118 48 28 194 8.860 0.133 0.219Chittagong 504 251 158 913 22.713 0.222 0.402Sylhet 226 127 74 427 8.628 0.262 0.495Dhaka 937 381 96 1,414 36.368 0.258 0.389Khulna 197 84 20 301 14.958 0.132 0.201Rajshahi 645 308 78 1,031 32.338 0.199 0.319total 2,627 1,199 454 4,280 123.865 0.212 0.346Cities Chittagong City 127 35 26 188 3.498 0.363 0.537Dhaka City 428 267 44 739 5.874 0.729 1.258Khulna City 34 10 15 59 0.844 0.403 0.699Rajshahi City 34 21 31 86 0.419 0.811 2.052total 623 333 116 1,072 10.635 0.586 1.008TOTAL 3,250 1,532 570 5,352 134.500 0.798 1.354
Notes: 1. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.
Figure 7-1 : Casualty Rate by Division and Metropolitan Area
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Table 7-2 : Change in Recorded Casualties, 1999 – 2007
number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Year
fatal grievous injury simple injury
total
population 1
(no. per
10,000 pop'n) fatalities total casualties
Divisions, excluding the Cities 1999 2,416 1,531 979 4,926 110.057 0.220 0.4482000 2,638 1,552 1,079 5,269 111.735 0.236 0.4722001 2,025 1,221 840 4,086 113.414 0.179 0.3602002 2,513 1,556 1,011 5,080 115.092 0.218 0.4412003 2,786 1,874 1,173 5,833 116.772 0.239 0.5002004 2,578 1,609 892 5,079 118.524 0.218 0.4292005 2,566 1,508 653 4,727 120.53 0.213 0.3922006 2,608 1,248 507 4,363 122.058 0.214 0.3922007 2,627 1,199 454 4,280 123.865 0.212 0.346
Cities2 1999 473 634 322 1,429 9.449 0.501 1.5122000 420 718 136 1,274 9.593 0.438 1.3282001 363 440 64 867 9.738 0.373 0.8902002 623 333 116 1,072 9.882 0.630 1.0852003 548 547 146 1,241 10.026 0.547 1.2382004 501 358 92 951 10.176 0.492 0.9352005 271 228 12 511 10.327 0.223 0.4222006 552 324 44 920 10.480 0.223 0.4222007 623 333 116 1,072 10.635 0.586 1.008
Bangladesh 1999 2,889 2,165 1,301 6,355 119.506 0.242 0.5322000 3,058 2,270 1,215 6,543 121.328 0.252 0.5392001 2,388 1,661 904 4,953 123.152 0.194 0.4022002 3,136 1,889 1,127 6,152 124.974 0.251 0.4922003 3,334 2,421 1,319 7,074 126.798 0.263 0.5582004 3,079 1,967 984 6,030 128.700 0.239 0.4692005 2,960 1,830 740 5,530 130.857 0.226 0.4602006 3,160 1,572 551 5,283 132.538 0.238 0.4602007 3,250 1,532 570 5,352 134.500 0.242 0.398
Figure 7-2 : Casualty Rates, 1999-2007
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Table 7-3 : Recorded Casualties by District (Zila)
number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Division and
District fatal grievous
injury simple injurytotal
population1
(no. per
10,000 pop'n) fatalities total casualties
Barisal Division Barguna 24 7 11 42 0.915 0.262 0.459Barisal 25 22 11 58 2.546 0.098 0.228Bhola 18 2 0 20 1.831 0.098 0.109Jhalakati 14 2 0 16 0.760 0.184 0.210Patuakhali 15 9 5 29 1.577 0.095 0.184Pirojpur 22 6 1 29 1.230 0.179 0.236Total 118 48 28 194 8.860 0.133 0.219Chittagong Division Bandarban 10 6 9 25 0.320 0.313 0.782Brahmanbaria 43 19 8 70 2.584 0.166 0.271Chandpur 44 15 8 67 2.414 0.182 0.278Chittagong District 127 84 46 257 3.650 0.348 0.704Chittagong City 127 35 26 188 3.498 0.363 0.537Comilla 102 50 29 181 5.010 0.204 0.361Cox's Bazar 14 7 0 21 1.919 0.073 0.109Feni 53 20 11 84 1.306 0.406 0.643Khagrachhari 16 22 19 57 0.573 0.279 0.994Lakshmipur 35 5 3 43 1.616 0.217 0.266Noakhali 39 14 6 59 2.767 0.141 0.213Rangamati 21 9 19 49 0.554 0.379 0.885Total 631 286 184 1,101 26.211 0.241 0.420Dhaka Division Dhaka District 119 49 6 174 3.492 0.341 0.498Dhaka City 428 267 44 739 5.874 0.729 1.258Faridpur 97 32 6 135 1.872 0.518 0.721Gazipur 122 22 11 155 2.213 0.551 0.700Gopalganj 28 18 2 48 1.236 0.226 0.388Jamalpur 34 24 5 63 2.282 0.149 0.276Kishoreganj 44 20 2 66 2.758 0.160 0.239Madaripur 8 1 0 9 1.242 0.064 0.072Manikganj 32 12 2 46 1.392 0.230 0.330Munshiganj 25 8 2 35 1.413 0.177 0.248Mymensingh 129 49 23 201 4.848 0.266 0.415Narayanganj 88 22 12 122 2.336 0.377 0.522Narsingdi 47 27 2 76 2.066 0.228 0.368Netrokona 24 23 5 52 2.122 0.113 0.245Rajbari 26 25 7 58 1.027 0.253 0.565Shariatpur 12 2 1 15 1.155 0.104 0.130Sherpur 12 13 0 25 1.361 0.088 0.184Tangail 90 34 10 134 3.554 0.253 0.377Total 1,365 648 140 2,153 42.242 0.323 0.510
Table 7-3 continued on next page
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, continued Table 7-3
number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n)
Division and
District fatal grievous injury simple injury
total
population1
(no. per
10,000 pop'n) fatalities total casualties
Sylhet Division Hobiganj 72 28 19 119 1.919 0.375 0.620Moulavibazar 38 23 28 89 1.752 0.217 0.508Sunamganj 42 30 6 78 2.150 0.195 0.363Sylhet 74 46 21 141 2.807 0.264 0.502Total 226 127 74 427 8.628 0.262 0.495Khulna Division Bagerhat 11 23 0 34 1.655 0.066 0.205Chaudanga 27 9 3 39 1.078 0.250 0.362Jessore 21 11 4 36 2.666 0.079 0.135Jhenaidah 44 14 1 59 1.698 0.259 0.348Khulna District 27 8 6 41 1.705 0.158 0.240Khulna City 34 10 15 59 0.844 0.403 0.699Kushtia 11 3 1 15 1.871 0.059 0.080Magura 20 1 5 26 0.886 0.226 0.293Maherpur 8 1 0 9 0.633 0.126 0.142Narail 4 1 0 5 0.753 0.053 0.066Satkhira 24 13 0 37 2.013 0.119 0.184Total 231 94 35 360 15.802 0.146 0.228Rajshahi Division Bogra 107 31 16 154 3.264 0.328 0.472Dinajpur 21 9 1 31 2.925 0.072 0.106Gaibandha 31 15 5 51 2.313 0.134 0.220Joypurhat 17 9 1 27 0.923 0.184 0.293Kurigram 8 8 1 17 1.881 0.043 0.090Lalmonirhat 27 9 6 42 1.189 0.227 0.353Natore 47 35 7 89 2.596 0.181 0.343Nawabganj 35 14 1 50 1.662 0.211 0.301Nilphamari 14 5 1 20 1.550 0.090 0.129Naogaon 44 13 3 60 1.694 0.260 0.354Pabhna 39 13 2 54 2.352 0.166 0.230Panchgarh 13 11 1 25 0.906 0.144 0.276Rajshahi District 47 22 10 79 2.052 0.229 0.385Rajshahi City 34 21 31 86 0.419 0.811 2.052Rangpur 50 46 1 97 2.768 0.181 0.350Sirajganj 120 63 20 203 2.956 0.406 0.687Thakurgaon 25 5 2 32 1.307 0.191 0.245Total 679 329 109 1117 32.757 0.207 0.341TOTAL 3,250 1,532 570 5,352 134.500 0.242 0.398
Notes: 1. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.
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8 FATALITIES
Table 8-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age
number of fatalities Age (years) driver passenger pedestrian total
0 - 5 0 17 91 108 6 - 10 2 34 172 208
11 - 15 10 25 95 130 16 - 20 16 46 78 140 21 - 25 30 102 99 231 26 - 30 52 101 130 283 31 - 35 31 101 102 234 36 - 40 17 79 125 221 41 - 45 28 53 94 175 46 - 50 20 40 88 148 51 - 55 5 26 64 95 56 - 60 6 19 98 123 61 - 65 3 14 64 81 66 - 70 2 10 48 60 71 - 75 0 4 23 27
> 75 1 1 25 27 unknown 203 258 498 959
TOTAL 426 930 1894 3250 % total 13% 29% 58% 100%
Figure 8-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age
0
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140
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180
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0-5 6 - 10. 11-15. 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 > 75
Age
driver
passenger
pedestrian
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Table 8-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex
number of passenger fatalities Age (years) male female total
0 - 5 12 5 17 6 - 10 21 13 34
11 - 15 18 7 25 16 - 20 42 4 46 21 - 25 93 9 102 26 - 30 86 15 101 31 - 35 87 14 101 36 - 40 69 10 79 41 - 45 42 11 53 46 - 50 33 7 40 51 - 55 24 2 26 56 - 60 16 3 19 61 - 65 9 5 14 66 - 70 7 3 10 71 - 75 2 2 4
> 75 1 0 1 unknown 203 55 258
TOTAL 765 165 930 % total 82% 18% 100%
Figure 8-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex
0
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Age
male
female
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Table 8-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex
number of pedestrian fatalities Age
(years) male female total 0 - 5 56 33 89
6 - 10 114 58 172 11 - 15 80 15 95 16 - 20 63 15 78 21 - 25 76 22 98 26 - 30 116 14 130 31 - 35 81 21 102 36 - 40 110 15 125 41 - 45 73 21 94 46 - 50 60 28 88 51 - 55 50 14 64 56 - 60 70 28 98 61 - 65 50 14 64 66 - 70 40 8 48 71 - 75 14 9 23
> 75 19 6 25 unknown 432 69 501
TOTAL 1504 390 1894 % total 79% 21% 100%
Figure 8-3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex
0
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120
Num
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f Fat
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0-5 6 - 10. 11-15. 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 > 75
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male
female
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Table 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet
number of fatalities Helmet Age
(years) Worn Not Worn Total
0 - 5 0 0 0 6 - 10 0 0 0
11 - 15 0 0 0 16 - 20 1 3 4 21 - 25 0 7 7 26 - 30 6 6 12 31 - 35 1 2 3 36 - 40 1 3 4 41 - 45 0 1 1 46 - 50 1 4 5 51 - 55 0 2 2 56 - 60 0 2 2 61 - 65 0 1 1 66 - 70 0 1 1 71 - 75 0 0 0
> 75 0 0 0 unknown 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 32 42 % total 24% 76% 100%
Figure 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet
0
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56 -60
61 -65
66 -70
71 -75
> 75
Age
WornNot Worn
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Table 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol
number of fatalities
Alcohol Age (years)
Suspect Non Suspected Total 0 - 5 0 0 0
6 - 10 0 2 2 11 - 15 0 10 10 16 - 20 1 14 15 21 - 25 1 25 26 26 - 30 2 42 44 31 - 35 0 27 27 36 - 40 0 14 14 41 - 45 1 24 25 46 - 50 1 19 20 51 - 55 0 5 5 56 - 60 0 5 5 61 - 65 0 3 3 66 - 70 0 2 2 71 - 75 0 0 0
> 75 0 1 1 unknown 51 176 227
TOTAL 57 369 426 % total 13% 87% 100%
Figure 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol
0
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66 -70
71 -75
> 75
Age
Suspected
Not Suspect
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9 FATALITIES IN DHAKA METROPOLITAN AREA
Table 9-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka
number of fatalities Age
(years) driver passenger pedestrian total 0 - 5 0 2 9 11
6 - 10 0 0 12 12 11 - 15 1 1 18 20 16 - 20 0 7 21 28 21 - 25 4 10 40 54 26 - 30 10 7 47 64 31 - 35 3 2 35 40 36 - 40 3 8 50 61 41 - 45 4 7 37 48 46 - 50 1 2 22 25 51 - 55 1 2 18 21 56 - 60 0 3 14 17 61 - 65 0 0 7 7 66 - 70 0 0 4 4 71 - 75 0 1 2 3
> 75 0 0 0 0 unknown 13 0 0 13
TOTAL 40 52 336 428 % total 9% 12% 79% 100%
Figure 9-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
No. o
f Dea
th
0 - 5 6 -10.
11 -15.
16 -20
21 -25
26 -30
31 -35
36 -40
41 -45
46 -50
51 -55
56 -60
61 -65
66 -70
71 -75
> 75
Age
driverpassengerpedestrian
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Table 9-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka
number of passenger fatalities Age (years) male female total
0 - 5 0 2 2 6 - 10 0 0 0
11 - 15 0 1 1 16 - 20 7 0 7 21 - 25 7 3 10 26 - 30 4 3 7 31 - 35 1 1 2 36 - 40 8 0 8 41 - 45 5 2 7 46 - 50 1 1 2 51 - 55 2 0 2 56 - 60 2 1 3 61 - 65 0 0 0 66 - 70 0 0 0 71 - 75 0 1 1
> 75 0 0 0 unknown 0 0 0
TOTAL 37 15 52 % total 71% 29% 100%
Figure 9-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka
0
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4
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6
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No.
of D
eath
0 - 5 6 -10.
11 -15.
16 -20
21 -25
26 -30
31 -35
36 -40
41 -45
46 -50
51 -55
56 -60
61 -65
66 -70
71 -75
> 75
Age
male
female
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Table 9-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka
number of pedestrian fatalities Age (years) male female total
0 - 5 5 4 9 6 - 10 10 2 12
11 - 15 14 4 18 16 - 20 14 7 21 21 - 25 32 8 40 26 - 30 42 5 47 31 - 35 27 8 35 36 - 40 45 5 50 41 - 45 32 5 37 46 - 50 14 8 22 51 - 55 13 5 18 56 - 60 11 3 14 61 - 65 7 0 7 66 - 70 3 1 4 71 - 75 2 0 2
> 75 0 0 0 unknown 0 0 0
TOTAL 271 65 336 % total 81% 19% 100%
Figure 9-3 : Number of pedestrians Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka
0
5
10
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45
No.
of D
eath
0 - 5 6 -10.
11 -15.
16 -20
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71 -75
> 75
Age
male
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10 HOW TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL RTA DATABASE
10.1 INTRODUCTION
The impact of road traffic accidents (RTAs) is wide ranging and cuts across sectoral boundaries.
Road safety involves the social, health, economic and development sectors, and persons who
may be interested in road safety and the use of the RTA Database come from a variety of
professional and organisations. They may be politicians, engineers, social workers, health
advisors, the media, or planners; they may be from Government offices, the private sector or
non-government organisations. For anyone planning road safety initiatives, statistical information
on RTAs is an essential resource to correctly target and design the intervention measures.
The BRTA is the custodian of the National RTA Database. Details of the database are available
to all who seek the information.
This section of the Annual RTA Report describes the form of the database so that anyone
therefore seeking RTA information is aware of the database content and can properly formulate
their requirements. A sample of the reporting form is included as annex.
10.2 CONTENT OF THE RTA DATABASE
There are details of nearly 40,000 road accident events held in the National Road Traffic
Accident (RTA) database. Table 10-1 below summarises the number of RTAs recorded in the
database since its inception in 1996.
Table 10-1 : Number of accidents recorded in the National RTA Database
type of accident Year
fatal grievous injury
simple injury collision
total
1997 1,281 875 233 238 2,627 1998 2,000 1,137 193 203 3,533 1999 2,432 986 304 220 3,942 2000 2,523 1,029 209 209 3,970 2001* 2,029 642 137 117 2,925 2002 2,599 904 200 238 3,941 2003 2,752 921 239 202 4,114 2004 2,447 664 211 202 3,524 2005 2,424 631 142 125 3,322 2006 2,668 610 127 144 3,549 2007 2,893 679 172 166 3,910
* Incomplete National coverage, data not comparable with data of other years.
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Accident details recorded in the database details are technical. There is no record in the
database of persons’ names nor vehicle identification, other than a general classification, e.g.
car, truck, etc. Personal information concerning traffic accidents is retained by the Police.
Each accident record in the database contains several fields. These are contained in the first
part of the general accident details section.
10.3 ACCESS TO THE RTA DATABASE
When requesting a database search, conditions can be set so that only a sub-set of the accident
record is contained in the search output. Conditions are used to screen the data so that the
search output contains only the accident records for the area of interest and for the type of
accident specified. Conditions are set by nominating what fields are to be included in the
search. One, more than one, or all of the fields may be selected.
To request data from the RTA Database, a standard form (available from the BRTA) should be
completed.
The form will guide the person requesting the information through the process for correctly
specifying the area of interest and the selection of data fields. Data fields are selected by a “tick
box” method. The area of interest may be described in either of two ways.
(a) either by administrative area, by specifying either
(i) the Thanas, or
(ii) the City or Municipality, or
(iii) the District(s), or
(iv) the Division(s) of interest
(b) or by route, by specifying the route number with a start displacement and an end
displacement.
When requesting data for a City or Municipality, the data output can be screened, if required, to
include only the accidents which have occurred on named main or arterial roads.
Specifying an area of interest by route applies to national highways, regional highways and
district roads.
The BRTA retains an inventory of all national and regional highways, which details landmarks
within each kilometre section of highway. Landmarks are located as a measured distance
(displacement) from a fixed reference point. These documents should be referred to when
specifying an area of interest for a national or regional highway by the route methodology.
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Specifying an area of interest for a feeder road requires a statement of the route number only.
Start and end displacements are not necessary for feeder roads.
The data output from the RTA database can be provided either in coded format (for experienced
analysts) or English. Data output is a table of the requested information, and an electronic copy
(MS Excel format) can be provided.
11 COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION
11.1 FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS
The predominant type of fatal collision on any type of road and in either an urban or rural
environment is a vehicle hitting a pedestrian (refer Figure 4-1). The pattern of half of all fatal
accidents being collisions where a vehicle hits a pedestrian is evident in all Divisions and Cities.
Minor changes have been noticed showing improvement compared to previous year (55%) in
total hit pedestrians. The range is 42%-75%. Dhaka City (75%) and Khulna, Rajshahi City are
the upper end of this range (refer Table 4-6). The incidence of “Hit pedestrian” is the highest on
the national highways.
More than half of the fatal victims of road accidents are pedestrians (refer T ). Physical
works which either provide a safer environment for pedestrians (e.g. speed limit zones) or
provide safer pedestrian facilities (e.g. footpaths, full width shoulders, pedestrian over-bridges)
are the types of the measures which can address this safety problem. Most importantly, reckless
behaviour of the drivers of buses and trucks will need to be controlled.
able 8-1
igure 4-1
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Table 6-2
11.2 MULTIPLE FATALITY ACCIDENTS
Following pedestrians, head-on, rear end and overturning are other major collision types in the
rural areas that account for a high proportion of fatal accidents (F ). Dangerous driving,
reckless overtaking and over-speeding are some of the factors responsible for these types of
accidents. Of course, badly designed and constructed roads are also a contributing factor.
The high numbers of persons killed on average in head-on and overturned vehicle types of fatal
collisions (T , high fatality index), with the high occurrence of these fatal collision types,
means that dangerous driving, reckless overtaking and over-speeding are issues to be targeted
in road safety driver education and enforcement programmes.
11.3 BUSES AND HEAVY VEHICLES
demonstrates that a disproportionate number of fatal accidents involve minibuses,
buses and trucks. These are the predominant types of vehicles involved in fatal accidents. To
target this feature of accident occurrence, driver and helper education programmes should target
companies and organisations operating buses and heavy vehicles.
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12 CONCLUSION
3-1
12.1 LOW COST INTERVENTIONS
Dhaka City and Rajshahi City have comparatively high fatal accident rates (more than twice that
of any other city, refer Table ), with a predominance of pedestrian accidents and rear end
accidents. For Dhaka city, pedestrian accidents are 75% and rear end accidents are 16% of all
fatal accidents; for Rajshahi City, the proportions are 42% and 12 (see Table 4-6). In this
scenario, low cost engineering interventions, coupled with public education programmes, are
likely to achieve good results.
Dhaka City is recommended as a potential target area for low cost interventions, which can be
monitored to assess their application for other cities as well as municipalities and other parts of
the network.
12.2 ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES
The profile of fatal road accidents remains similar to the profile reported in previous years:
• Fatal accidents mainly occur on national highways.
• Predominantly, fatal accidents involve vehicles hitting pedestrians.
• The greatest number of fatal accidents by far involve buses and heavy vehicles.
• The highest number of fatalities per accident occurs when vehicles collide head on.
• Persons who are killed as the result of a road accident are predominantly young pedestrians (children less than 10 years old), adult male pedestrians, and passengers.
In other words: Buses kill pedestrians and passengers on national highways. As the profile of
fatal road accidents remains more or less as before, there will be no change in the
recommendations for road safety initiatives to that reported in previous annual reports. The
priority action by government should be to enforce improved behaviour by drivers of buses and
trucks.
Table 12-1 on the following page is a list of recommended road safety initiatives which focus on
providing safer roads, safer people and safer vehicles. These initiatives can be applied nationally
across all parts of the network, but it is recommended, because resources are limited, that their
application be targeted to sections of the network which will yield the greatest benefit in terms of
potential accident reduction.
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12.3 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
With 45% of all fatal accidents occurring on National Highways, these roads continue to be the
principal target of recommendations for road safety initiatives. The recommendations are listed in
table 12-1. These initiatives may be actioned independently but preferably they should be
actioned in combination with each other on selected sections of national highway of some length
(typically lengths between 10 km and 50 km).
Dhaka Division and Rajshahi Division, outside the city areas of Dhaka and Rajshahi, account for
the majority of fatal accidents and should be the principal target areas for these initiatives.
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Table 12-1 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives
Road Safety Attribute Recommended Road Safety Initiatives Comment
a. Rationalisation of inappropriate activities on, adjacent to or near the road.
Different parts of the road are designed for different purposes. Inappropriate activities are those which reduce the capacity of any part of the road to serve its design purpose.
b. Provision of facility where appropriate for conflicting road uses.
Conflicting road uses are, for example, turn and through traffic; stopped and through traffic; non-motorised and motorised traffic; slow and faster traffic; pedestrians and vehicles.
c. Establishment of speed limit zones where warranted.
Speed limit zones can only be established where the nature and extent of adjacent activities warrants reduced vehicle speed. In other cases, initiative (a) applies.
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d. Provision of road signs and pavement markings throughout the network, and removal of any obstruction to the placement and effective visibility of signs.
The BRTA Traffic Signs Manual contains the standards for road signs and pavement markings.
e. Education of pedestrians, particular children, on safe practices when near the road.
An education programme should focus in communities near the national highways.
f. Education of drivers, particularly heavy vehicle and bus drivers, on road rules and safe driving practices.
Sustainable education requires production of a highway code in a format appropriate for all road users. Safer People
g. Increased enforcement of Regulations regarding excessive speed (especially in speed limit zones) and reckless or dangerous driving.
Sections 142 (Driving at excessive speed) and 143 (Driving recklessly or dangerously) of MVO 1983 apply and should be enforced.
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regarding unsafe vehicle condition and overloading.
Sections 86 (Limits of weight) and 149 (Using vehicle in unsafe condition) of MVO 1983 apply.
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