Na Brta Report 2008

BRTA RTA Annual Report 2008

Prepared by

1. Md. Ehsanul Hoque, Chairman, BRTA.

2. Mr. Tapan Kumar Sarker, Director (Enforcement), BRTA.

3. Md. Syed Muhammad Mujibul Hoque, Deputy Director (Enforcement), BRTA.

4. A.B.M. Abubaker Siddique, Accident Data Analyst ,BRTA.

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Table of contents Page

1 Introduction..................................………………………………………………... 5

2 The Road Traffic Accidents Database............................................................. 6

2.1 Data collection ..................................................................................…. 6

2.2 Reporting................................................................................................. 6

2.3 Interpretation of Data.............................................................................. 7

3 Casualty Accidents............................................................................................ 8

4 Casualty Accident by Type of Collision………………………………………….. 12

5 Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction............................................................ 23

6 Type of Vehicles Involved in casualty Accidents .............................................. 29

7 Casualties ......................................................................................................... 39

8 Fatalities ........................................................................................................... 43

9 Fatalities in Dhaka metropolitan Area................................................................ 47

10 How to Access the National RTA Database ……………………………………... 50

10.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………….... 50

10.2 Content of RTA Database....................................................................... 50

10.3 Access of the RTA Database………………………………………………. 51

11 Comments and Discussion................................................................................ 52

11.1 Fatal pedestrians Accidents ................................................................... 52

11.2 Multiple Fatalities Accidents.................................................................... 52

11.3 Buses and Heavy Vehicles..................................................................... 52

12 Conclusion........................................................................................................ 52

12.1 Low cost Intervention............................................................................. 52

12.2 Road Safety Initiative............................................................................. 53

12.3 National Highway…………………………………………………………….. 53

12.4 Causes of Road Accident…………………………………………………… 53

12.5 Recommendations …………………………….……………………………. 54

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List of Tables Page

Table 1.1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City.......................................... 8

Table 1.2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents , 1999-2008..................................... 9

Table 1.3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District(Zilla) ......................................……... 10

Table 2.1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision........................................... 12

Table 2.2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time............................................................. 14

Table 2.3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day................................................. 16

Table 2.4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month........................................................... 17

Table 2.5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City............... 19

Table 2.6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as percentage of total fatal accidents in Division or City........................................

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Table 2.7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision 1999-2008.......... 20

Table 2.8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision ………………………………....................... 20

Table 2.9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District(Zilla) ..................... 21

Table 3.1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction ......................................... 23

Table 3.2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City 25

Table 3.3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as percentage of total fatal accidents in Division or City. ......................................

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Table 3.4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision 1999-2008............ 26

Table 3.5 : Fatalities Rate by Type of Junction ………………………………………………. 26

Table 3.6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District(Zilla)……………… 27

Table 4.1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class. ................................................................

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Table 4.2 : Type of registered Vehicles in Bangladesh. ..................................................... 32

Table 4.3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision. ……………………………………………………………………

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Table 4.4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area………………

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Table 5.1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City........................................................ 39

Table 5.2 : Change in Recorded Casualties 1999-2008..................................................... 40

Table 5.3 : Recorded Casualties by District(Zilla) .............................................................. 41

Table 6.1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age...................................................................... 43

Table 6.2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex............................................................... 44

Table 6.3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex.............................................................. 45

Table 6.4 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol............................................. 46

Table 7.1 : Road Accidents Fatalities by Age for Dhaka Metropolitan Area....................... 47

Table 7.2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka Metropolitan Area................ 48

Table 7.3 : Pedestrians Fatalities by Age and Sex Dhaka Metropolitan Area.................... 49

Table 8.1 : Number of Accidents recorded in the National RTA Database......................... 50

Table 8.2 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives.................................................. 54

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List of Figure & Graph Page

Table 1.1 : Casualty Accidents Rate by Division and City......................................... 8

Table 1.2 : Casualty Accident rate , 1999-2008......................................................... 9

Table 2.1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision and Road Class.......................….. 12

Table 2.2 : Accidents by Time.................................................................................. 15

Table 2.4 : Total Accidents by Month....................................................................... 18

Table 3.1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and Road Class............................ 23

Table 4.1 : Comparison of motor Vehicle types involved in fatal accidents. ............. 32

Table 5.1 : Casualty rate by Division and Metropolitan Area.................................... 39

Table 5.2 : Casualty rates 1999-2008....................................................................... 40

Table 6.1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age........................................... 43

Table 6.2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex................................... 44

Table 6.3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex.................................. 45

Table 6.4 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcolol...................................... 46

Table 7.1 : Number Road Accidents Fatalities by Age for Dhaka Metropolitan Area 47

Table 7.2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka Metropolitan Area...... 48

Table 7.3 : Pedestrians Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka Metropolitan Area..... 49

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1 INTRODUCTION

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is the apex Government Organization in the road transport sector under the Ministry of Communication mandated for providing services namely Registration of Motor Vehicles, Issuance of fitness certificate of motor vehicles, Issuance of Route permit for Transport Vehicles, Issuance of Motor Driving Licences, Issuance of Motor Driving Instructor’s License, Registration of Motor Driving Training Schools, Inspection of Motor Vehicles involved in road accidents, Inspection of Government Vehicles for Repair etc. Besides, BRTA takes different measures in order to promote road safety and coordinates road safety prevention activities undertaken by different agencies/organizations. BRTA prepares the Annual Report of Road Traffic Accidents on the basis of reported data on road traffic accidents from Bangladesh Police. Using the data received from the Police BRTA has already published 7 consecutive annual reports since 2001. BRTA believes that the Report will help find gap in the activities aiming at reducing accidents by the road safety practitioners.

The Road Traffic Accident database is being maintained and updated by BRTA on the basis of police MAAP (Micro-Computer Accident Analysis Package) information. BRTA and the Bangladesh Police have been working together to maintain the integrity of the database and promoting its statistical accuracy. The shortcoming of the database is that it is prepared on the basis of reported accidents only. It’s a fact that there exist some accidents in the country side which are not reported to the police, making the database virtually incomplete. However, it will invariably serve the purpose as it covers most and major parts of the accidents of the country.

BRTA believe that despite of shortcoming, this report will be helpful to the researchers, planners, administrators and other stakeholders for making future plan aiming at reducing road traffic accidents in Bangladesh. Any suggestions in relation to this report will be accepted cordially.

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2 THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE

2.1 Data Collection

Road Traffic accident data are collected by the Police working at thana level by filling in ‘Accident Reporting Form (ARF)’ one for each accident, which was introduced nation-wide in 1997. This form is written in Bangla and published by the Government of Bangladesh. ARFs are compiled at the Regional Accident Data Units (ADUs) maintained in six police Ranges and four Metropolitan Police offices. The ranges and metropolis offices are Dhaka Metro, Dhaka Range, Chittagong Metro, Chittagong Range, Rajshahi Metro, Rajshahi Range, Khulna Metro, Khulna Range, Sylhet Range and Barisal Range. The data so collected, are entered into an electronic database. called the ‘Micro-computer Accident Analysis Package (MAAP)’. The customized software application (database) was developed by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL, UK.

The ADUs regularly transfer accident data to the National Accident Data Unit (ADU) at Police Headquarters, Dhaka by computer diskettes. BRTA collects these data from the Police Headquarters and enters those data into its own master database and then compiles processes and analyses those data to reveal its inherent characteristics to generate required information.

2.2 Reporting

Road Traffic Accident (RTA) Report 2008, is the annual report of year 2008 and is the 8th consecutive report of its kind being prepared and published from year 2001 by BRTA. As earlier, this report sets the standard for annual Road Traffic Accident (RTA) reporting with full and comprehensive tabulation of national statistics in relation to road accidents and casualties (fatalities and injured persons).

This National Road Traffic Accident annual report for 2008 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

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

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The cities reported herein are Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna. Road Traffic Accident (RTA) data for the cities of Sylhet and Barisal is not separately reported here as in the database. The data for these two cities are not fully differentiated from those of its respective districts. The RTA data for these two cities are included with the data for their respective Divisions.

2.3 Interpretation of Data

Road safety improvement initiatives, interpretation of the accident data presented in the report to either establish accident profiles or compare accident rates by Districts, Divisions or Cities can be undertaken with a measured degree of confidence.

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3 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS

Table 1.1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City

Division or City

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accidentsDivisions, excluding CitiesBarisal 90 20 4 114 10.149 0.089 0.112Chittagong 378 58 17 453 26.016 0.145 0.174Sylhet 183 36 9 228 9.883 0.185 0.231Dhaka 787 202 47 1036 41.658 0.189 0.249Khulna 232 50 9 291 17.133 0.135 0.170Rajshahi 540 103 23 666 37.041 0.146 0.180total 2210 469 109 2788 141.879 0.156 0.197Cities Chittagong City 68 31 0 99 4.007 0.170 0.247Dhaka City 392 133 34 559 6.728 0.583 0.831Khulna City 14 8 4 26 0.967 0.145 0.269Rajshahi City 39 17 3 59 0.480 0.813 1.229total 513 189 41 743 12.182 0.421 0.610TOTAL 2723 658 150 3531 154.060 0.177 0.229

Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Accidents causing only damage of property are not included in the report.

2. Year 2008 population are derived from statistics published in the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.

Figure 1.1: Casualty Accident Rate by Division and City

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Table 1.2: Change in Recorded Casualties involved in Accidents, 1999 - 2008

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1999 1984 595 170 2749 110.057 0.180 0.2502000 2129 579 160 2868 111.735 0.191 0.2572001 1688 407 117 2212 113.414 0.149 0.1952002 2087 557 158 2802 115.092 0.181 0.2432003 2241 602 183 3026 116.772 0.192 0.2592004 1994 462 170 2626 118.524 0.168 0.2222005 2047 452 121 2620 120.278 0.170 0.2182006 2140 436 116 2692 122.058 0.175 0.2212007 2296 494 125 2915 123.865 0.185 0.2352008 2210 469 109 2788 141.879 0.156 0.197

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1999 448 391 134 973 9.449 0.474 1.0302000 394 450 49 893 9.593 0.411 0.9312001 341 235 20 596 9.738 0.350 0.6122002 512 347 42 901 9.882 0.518 0.9122003 511 319 56 886 10.026 0.510 0.8842004 453 202 41 696 10.176 0.445 0.6842005 377 179 21 577 10.327 0.365 0.5592006 528 174 11 713 10.480 0.365 0.6802007 597 185 47 829 10.635 0.561 0.7802008 513 189 41 743 12.182 0.421 0.610

Bangladesh1999 2432 986 304 3722 119.506 0.204 0.3112000 2523 1029 209 3761 121.328 0.208 0.3102001 2029 642 137 2808 123.152 0.165 0.2282002 2599 904 200 3703 124.974 0.208 0.2962003 2752 921 239 3912 126.798 0.217 0.3092004 2447 664 211 3322 128.700 0.190 0.2582005 2424 631 142 3197 130.605 0.186 0.2452006 2668 610 127 3405 132.538 0.201 0.2572007 2893 679 172 3744 134.500 0.215 0.2782008 2723 658 150 3531 154.060 0.177 0.229

Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Accidents causing only damage of property are not included in the report.

2. Year 2008 populations are derived from statistics published in the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.

3. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.

Figure 1.2 : Casualty Accident Rate 1999-2008

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Table 1.3: Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila)

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fatal grievous simple injury grievous simple injuryBarisal DivisionBarguna 24 8 1 33 1.048 0.229 0.315Barisal 23 6 1 30 2.916 0.079 0.103Bhola 15 2 1 18 2.097 0.072 0.086Jhalakati 7 1 0 8 0.871 0.080 0.092Patuakhali 5 1 1 7 1.807 0.028 0.039Pirojpur 16 2 0 18 1.409 0.114 0.128Total 90 20 4 114 10.149 0.089 0.112

Chittagong DivisionBandarban 13 3 4 20 0.366 0.355 0.546Brahmanbaria 75 10 1 86 2.960 0.253 0.291Chandpur 9 1 2 12 2.765 0.033 0.043Chittagong District 103 13 1 117 4.181 0.246 0.280Chittagong City 68 31 0 99 4.007 0.170 0.247Comilla 77 9 1 87 5.738 0.134 0.152

Cox's Bazar 24 7 1 32 2.198 0.109 0.146Feni 29 6 1 36 1.496 0.194 0.241Khagrachhari 8 2 0 10 0.657 0.122 0.152Lakshmipur 15 1 2 18 1.851 0.081 0.097Noakhali 17 2 2 21 3.169 0.054 0.066Rangamati 8 4 2 14 0.634 0.126 0.221Total 446 89 17 552 30.023 0.149 0.184

Dhaka DivisionDhaka District 79 11 2 92 4.000 0.197 0.230Dhaka City 392 133 34 559 6.728 0.583 0.831Faridpur 74 13 4 91 2.145 0.345 0.424Gazipur 25 5 1 31 2.535 0.099 0.122Gopalganj 19 3 1 23 1.416 0.134 0.162Jamalpur 23 8 1 32 2.614 0.088 0.122Kishoreganj 41 16 1 58 3.159 0.130 0.184Madaripur 30 14 2 46 1.422 0.211 0.323Manikganj 14 11 5 30 1.595 0.088 0.188Munshiganj 7 5 0 12 1.618 0.043 0.074Mymensingh 107 30 4 141 5.553 0.193 0.254Narayanganj 89 22 2 113 2.675 0.333 0.422Narsingdi 67 23 8 98 2.366 0.283 0.414Netrokona 16 3 2 21 2.430 0.066 0.086Rajbari 53 17 1 71 1.176 0.451 0.604Shariatpur 13 1 1 15 1.323 0.098 0.113Sherpur 16 4 1 21 1.559 0.103 0.135Tangail 114 16 11 141 4.071 0.280 0.346Total 1179 335 81 1595 48.385 0.244 0.330

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Table , continued

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total('000,000) (no. per 10,000 pop'n)

fatal grievous simple injury grievous simple injurySylhet DivisionHobiganj 41 11 3 55 2.198 0.186 0.250Moulavibazar 32 12 2 46 2.007 0.159 0.229Sunamganj 42 7 2 51 2.463 0.171 0.207Sylhet 68 6 2 76 3.215 0.212 0.236Total 183 36 9 228 9.883 0.185 0.231

Khulna DivisionBagerhat 29 7 0 36 1.705 0.170 0.211Chaudanga 22 3 1 26 1.111 0.198 0.234Jessore 55 1 3 59 2.745 0.200 0.215Jhenaidah 21 6 0 27 1.748 0.120 0.154Khulna District 14 6 1 21 1.756 0.080 0.120Khulna City 14 8 4 26 0.870 0.161 0.299Kushtia 55 10 1 66 1.927 0.285 0.343Magura 13 7 0 20 0.912 0.142 0.219Maherpur 6 2 0 8 0.652 0.092 0.123Narail 6 5 0 11 0.775 0.077 0.142Satkhira 11 3 3 17 2.073 0.053 0.082Total 246 58 13 317 16.273 0.151 0.195

Rajshahi DivisionBogra 70 8 2 80 3.739 0.187 0.214Dinajpur 19 8 1 28 3.350 0.057 0.084Gaibandha 32 4 2 38 2.650 0.121 0.143Joypurhat 12 6 1 19 1.057 0.114 0.180Kurigram 9 3 1 13 2.155 0.042 0.060Lalmonirhat 18 4 1 23 1.362 0.132 0.169Natore 58 9 0 67 2.974 0.195 0.225Nawabganj 67 5 1 73 1.903 0.352 0.384Nilphamari 10 5 0 15 1.776 0.056 0.084Naogaon 33 9 4 46 1.940 0.170 0.237Pabhna 34 2 0 36 2.695 0.126 0.134Panchgarh 13 1 0 14 1.038 0.125 0.135Rajshahi District 37 14 1 52 2.350 0.157 0.221Rajshahi City 39 17 3 59 0.480 0.813 1.229Rangpur 38 12 6 56 3.170 0.120 0.177Sirajganj 70 11 3 84 3.386 0.207 0.248Thakurgaon 20 2 0 22 1.497 0.134 0.147Total 579 120 26 725 37.521 0.154 0.193

TOTAL 2723 658 150 3531 154.060 0.177 0.229

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4 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION.

Table 2.1: Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision

Table (a) : Fatal Accidents

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road environment road class

urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total

Head on 104 279 383 253 50 35 33 20 391Rear end 135 176 311 167 38 36 20 52 313Right angle 7 7 14 8 3 0 0 3 14Side swipe 50 101 151 76 20 26 18 12 152Overturned vehicle 31 166 197 93 31 41 32 5 202Hit object in road 11 12 23 9 4 1 2 7 23Hit object off road 12 35 47 23 9 7 8 0 47Hit parked vehicle 19 42 61 42 8 7 2 2 61Hit pedestrian 538 845 1383 687 170 148 155 246 1406Hit animal 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1Other 37 61 98 38 14 18 16 14 100Unknown 13 41 54 2 3 3 2 3 13

TOTAL 957 1766 2723 1399 350 322 288 364 2723% total 35% 65% 100% 51% 13% 12% 11% 13% 100%

Note: Collision type is the primary accident event.

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Table (b): Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents

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Head on 39 122 161 82 21 26 18 16 163Rear end 95 61 156 64 16 14 7 56 157Right angle 7 2 9 3 0 2 0 4 9Side swipe 24 48 72 34 11 10 7 10 72Overturned vehicle 10 49 59 20 10 18 8 3 59Hit object in road 2 4 6 4 1 1 0 0 6Hit object off road 4 13 17 9 1 6 0 1 17Hit parked vehicle 7 24 31 14 3 9 2 3 31Hit pedestrian 134 128 262 89 28 39 26 81 263Hit animal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 12 17 29 12 1 5 4 7 29

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TOTAL 336 472 808 332 92 130 73 181 808% total 42% 58% 100% 41% 11% 16% 9% 22% 100%

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Head on 143 401 544 335 71 61 51 36 554Rear end 230 237 467 231 54 50 27 108 470Right angle 14 9 23 11 3 2 0 7 23Side swipe 74 149 223 110 31 36 25 22 224Overturned vehicle 41 215 256 113 41 59 40 8 261Hit object in road 13 16 29 13 5 2 2 7 29Hit object off road 16 48 64 32 10 13 8 1 64Hit parked vehicle 26 66 92 56 11 16 4 5 92Hit pedestrian 672 973 1645 776 198 187 181 327 1669Hit animal 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1Other 49 78 127 50 15 23 20 21 129Unknown 15 45 60 3 3 3 3 3 15

TOTAL 1293 2238 3531 1731 442 452 361 545 3531% total 37% 63% 100% 49% 13% 13% 10% 15% 100%

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Table 2.2: Recorded Casualty Accidents by time

Table 2.2(a): Fatal Accidents

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0/01 53 77 130 79 15 15 5 21 13502/03 37 62 99 60 7 7 12 13 9904/05 70 95 165 93 24 20 11 21 16906/07 99 121 220 117 30 17 17 40 22108/09 114 194 308 143 41 45 39 43 31110/11 108 233 341 160 51 45 42 46 34412/13 96 212 308 176 36 36 39 26 31314/15 65 163 228 115 28 33 31 27 23416/17 94 234 328 163 45 38 47 37 33018/19 80 143 223 112 21 35 27 35 23020/21 66 116 182 105 23 19 15 22 18422/24 57 67 124 70 19 9 2 27 127Unknown 25 42 67 5 7 5 5 4 26

TOTAL 964 1759 2723 1398 347 324 292 362 2723% total 35% 65% 100% 51% 13% 12% 11% 13% 100%

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0/01 11 21 32 17 3 4 2 6 3202/03 9 5 14 8 1 0 0 5 1404/05 10 21 31 11 5 7 2 6 3106/07 19 29 48 15 4 13 5 13 5008/09 42 48 90 33 12 16 7 22 9010/11 66 62 128 47 15 18 12 36 12812/13 42 59 101 41 13 19 10 18 10114/15 33 63 96 42 12 14 12 16 9616/17 39 67 106 46 14 18 13 15 10618/19 25 31 56 26 4 9 3 15 5720/21 20 42 62 26 6 8 5 17 6222/24 13 19 32 15 3 5 1 9 33Unknown 6 6 12 4 1 0 0 3 8

TOTAL 335 473 808 331 93 131 72 181 808% total 41% 59% 100% 41% 12% 16% 9% 22% 100%

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Table 2.2(c): Total Casualty Accidents

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0/01 64 98 162 96 18 19 7 27 16702/03 46 67 113 68 8 7 12 18 11304/05 80 116 196 104 29 27 13 27 20006/07 118 150 268 132 34 30 22 53 27108/09 156 242 398 176 53 61 46 65 40110/11 174 295 469 207 66 63 54 82 47212/13 138 271 409 217 49 55 49 44 41414/15 98 226 324 157 40 47 43 43 33016/17 133 301 434 209 59 56 60 52 43618/19 105 174 279 138 25 44 30 50 28720/21 86 158 244 131 29 27 20 39 24622/24 70 86 156 85 22 14 3 36 160Unknown 31 48 79 9 8 5 5 7 34

TOTAL 1299 2232 3531 1729 440 455 364 543 3531% total 37% 63% 100% 49% 12% 13% 10% 15% 100%

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Table 2.3: Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day


Day in a week

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Monday 152 249 401 207 53 42 42 64 408Tuesday 129 251 380 209 30 54 44 49 386Wednesday 144 215 359 185 51 47 37 48 368Thursday 135 284 419 217 62 48 47 49 423Friday 137 261 398 199 60 47 43 54 403Saturday 117 228 345 182 40 37 34 56 349Sunday 130 240 370 199 51 43 42 41 376Unknown 20 31 51 2 2 2 2 2 10TOTAL 964 1759 2723 1400 349 320 291 363 2723% total 35% 65% 100% 51% 13% 12% 11% 13% 100%


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Table 2.4: Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month


Month

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January 120 173 293 148 33 42 45 29 297February 85 136 221 121 23 20 31 29 224March 91 162 253 135 34 31 34 30 264April 83 132 215 103 37 26 24 30 220May 92 165 257 135 27 39 25 36 262June 68 120 188 100 17 20 17 35 189July 78 160 238 138 30 22 15 35 240August 77 138 215 115 33 25 16 29 218September 72 146 218 126 23 21 22 28 220October 56 149 205 99 42 23 19 25 208November 60 125 185 95 16 17 27 30 185December 62 123 185 83 32 33 14 25 187

Unknown 20 30 50 2 2 2 1 2 9TOTAL 964 1759 2723 1400 349 321 290 363 2723% total 35% 65% 100% 51% 13% 12% 11% 13% 100%


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January 32 49 81 17 3 4 2 6 32February 27 48 75 8 1 0 0 5 14March 28 61 89 11 5 7 2 6 31April 30 51 81 15 4 13 5 13 50May 31 37 68 33 12 16 7 22 90June 32 25 57 47 15 18 12 36 128July 21 23 44 41 13 19 10 18 101August 29 38 67 42 12 14 12 16 96September 23 31 54 46 14 18 13 15 106October 26 47 73 26 4 9 3 15 57November 37 26 63 26 6 8 5 17 62December 18 33 51 15 3 5 1 9 33Unknown 2 3 5 4 0 0 1 3 8TOTAL 336 472 808 331 92 131 73 181 808% total 42% 58% 100% 41% 11% 16% 9% 22% 100%


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January 152 222 374 165 36 46 47 35 329February 112 184 296 129 24 20 31 34 238March 119 223 342 146 39 38 36 36 295April 113 183 296 118 41 39 29 43 270May 123 202 325 168 39 55 32 58 352June 100 145 245 147 32 38 29 71 317July 99 183 282 179 43 41 25 53 341August 106 176 282 157 45 39 28 45 314September 95 177 272 172 37 39 35 43 326October 82 196 278 125 46 32 22 40 265November 97 151 248 121 22 25 32 47 247December 80 156 236 98 35 38 15 34 220Unknown 22 33 55 6 2 2 2 5 17TOTAL 1300 2231 3531 1731 441 452 363 544 3531% total 37% 63% 100% 49% 12% 13% 10% 15% 100%

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Table 2.5: Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City

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total 364 231 11 142 198 16 44 55 1058 1 83 7 2210

CitiesChittagong City 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 46 0 4 0 68Dhaka City 15 69 3 4 4 4 3 1 281 0 8 0 392Khulna City 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 14Rajshahi City 3 7 0 6 0 2 0 2 17 0 2 0 39

total 29 83 3 12 4 7 3 6 351 0 15 0 513

TOTAL 393 314 14 154 202 23 47 61 1409 1 98 7 2723

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total 513 6% 16% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 68% 0% 3% 0%

TOTAL 2723 14% 12% 1% 6% 7% 1% 2% 2% 52% 0% 4% 0%

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Table 2.7: Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, 1999 - 2008

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2003 329 248 7 106 265 14 53 61 1060 0 93 4 2240

2004 310 209 7 103 196 13 35 28 1025 0 64 4 1994

2005 311 176 13 102 203 31 80 30 1021 2 71 7 2047

2006 307 207 11 130 201 29 41 33 1113 2 62 4 2140

2007 335 188 6 118 195 25 36 30 1264 5 90 4 2296

2008 364 231 11 142 198 16 44 55 1058 1 83 7 2210Cities 1

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 0 510

2003 28 66 5 10 9 0 5 6 363 0 20 0 512

2004 27 49 5 15 12 4 1 4 308 0 28 0 453

2005 21 52 2 11 8 4 6 5 254 0 14 0 377

2006 42 74 1 17 7 6 9 2 357 0 13 0 528

2007 42 88 0 16 13 6 3 4 402 0 23 0 597

2008 29 83 3 12 4 7 3 6 351 0 15 0 513Bangladesh

1999 288 268 10 113 244 12 52 40 1296 0 107 2 24322000 296 329 14 86 235 10 50 37 1329 3 134 0 25232001 232 253 14 70 225 15 36 37 1045 1 100 1 20292002 333 305 38 121 258 37 68 83 1270 24 129 24 26902003 357 314 12 116 274 14 58 67 1423 0 113 4 27522004 337 258 12 118 208 17 36 52 1333 0 92 4 2447

2005 332 228 15 113 211 35 86 35 1275 2 85 7 2424

2006 349 281 12 147 208 35 50 35 1470 2 75 4 2668

2007 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1666 5 113 4 2893

2008 393 314 14 154 202 23 47 61 1409 1 98 7 27231. Cities include Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.

Table 2.8: Fatality Rate by Type of Collision

collision typenumber of fatalities

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fatality index

Head on 698 393 1.78Rear end 386 314 1.23Right angle 19 14 1.36Side swipe 181 154 1.18Overturned vehicle 327 202 1.62Hit object in road 37 23 1.61Hit object off road 77 47 1.64Hit parked vehicle 87 61 1.43Hit pedestrian 1485 1409 1.05Hit animal 1 1 1.00Other 121 100 1.21

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Table 2.9: Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila)


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Chittagong DivisionBandarban 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13Brahmanbaria 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 48 0 1 0 75Chandpur 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 9Chittagong District 25 9 0 9 4 0 5 4 44 0 3 0 103Chittagong City 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 46 0 4 0 68Comilla 26 5 0 4 3 0 2 6 29 0 2 0 77Cox's Bazar 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 24Feni 12 3 0 3 1 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 29Khagrachhari 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 8Lakshmipur 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 15Noakhali 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 17Rangamati 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8Total 102 27 0 19 31 2 15 16 220 0 14 0 446

Dhaka Division Dhaka District 13 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 55 0 0 0 79Dhaka City 15 69 3 4 4 4 3 1 281 0 8 0 392Faridpur 15 9 0 4 8 0 0 1 35 1 1 0 74Gazipur 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 17 0 1 0 25Gopalganj 2 2 0 2 5 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 19Jamalpur 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 0 2 0 23Kishoreganj 2 7 0 1 5 0 0 1 24 0 1 0 41Madaripur 1 3 0 4 4 0 1 1 15 0 1 0 30Manikganj 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 14Munshiganj 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7Mymensingh 16 15 0 6 8 0 2 3 55 0 2 0 107Narayanganj 11 7 2 0 2 1 0 1 63 0 2 0 89Narsingdi 7 7 0 6 11 0 1 2 32 0 1 0 67Netrokona 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 16Rajbari 2 8 1 3 7 0 1 1 27 0 3 0 53Shariatpur 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 13Sherpur 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 16Tangail 31 12 0 7 14 1 2 3 39 0 5 0 114

Total 131 150 7 45 86 7 16 15 693 1 28 0 1179

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Table , continued

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Khulna Division Bagerhat 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 29Chaudanga 3 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 22Jessore 7 11 0 3 5 0 2 0 24 0 3 0 55Jhenaidah 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 10 0 1 0 21Khulna District 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 14Khulna City 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 14Kushtia 8 7 0 0 7 0 0 3 25 0 5 0 55Magura 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 13Maherpur 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6Narail 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6Satkhira 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11Total 43 39 1 14 18 3 4 7 105 0 12 0 246

Rajshahi DivisionBogra 23 4 0 6 6 0 2 1 24 0 4 0 70Dinajpur 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 19Gaibandha 2 6 0 5 0 0 1 1 13 0 4 0 32Joypurhat 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 12Kurigram 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 9Lalmonirhat 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 18Natore 7 12 0 6 5 2 1 3 21 0 1 0 58Nawabganj 2 15 0 9 4 0 2 0 33 0 2 0 67Nilphamari 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 10Naogaon 4 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 16 0 2 0 33Pabhna 2 5 2 1 4 0 0 1 14 0 5 0 34Panchgarh 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 13Rajshahi District 4 10 0 5 1 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 37Rajshahi City 3 7 0 6 0 2 0 2 17 0 2 0 39Rangpur 7 2 0 7 4 1 0 2 14 0 1 0 38Sirajganj 8 0 1 5 8 2 2 4 36 0 4 0 70Thakurgaon 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 20Total 74 84 3 62 43 7 9 16 247 0 34 0 579

TOTAL 393 314 14 154 202 23 47 61 1409 1 98 7 2723

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5 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION.

Table 3.1: Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction

Table (a) : Fatal Accidents

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Not at junction 550 1212 1762 1001 207 194 173 207 1782Cross junction 84 85 169 86 15 11 12 49 173

Tee junction 108 86 194 71 30 30 12 58 201

Off-set tee junction 11 14 25 12 2 1 6 5 26

Roundabout 8 2 10 6 1 0 1 2 10

Railway crossing 3 2 5 1 0 1 1 2 5

Other 179 312 491 218 89 78 77 37 499

Unknown 30 37 67 7 5 4 3 8 27

TOTAL 973 1750 2723 1402 349 319 285 368 2723% total 36% 64% 100% 51% 13% 12% 10% 14% 100%

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Table (b): Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents

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Not at junction 194 331 525 234 59 90 47 98 528

Cross junction 44 21 65 25 2 4 3 32 66

Tee junction 38 22 60 18 8 9 1 23 59


Roundabout 5 4 9 5 0 0 0 4 9


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TOTAL 340 468 808 331 92 131 71 183 808

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Table (c) : Total Casualty Accidents

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Not at junction 744 1543 2287 1235 266 284 220 305 2310

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TOTAL 1313 2218 3531 1733 441 450 356 551 3531

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Table 3.2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City

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Chittagong City 27 17 8 1 0 0 15 0 68Dhaka City 254 37 59 2 2 2 36 0 392Khulna City 7 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 14Rajshahi City 19 4 5 2 0 0 9 0 39total 307 60 75 6 2 3 60 0 513TOTAL 1783 175 201 26 10 5 500 23 2723

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Chittagong City 68 40% 25% 12% 1% 0% 0% 22% 0%Dhaka City 392 65% 9% 15% 1% 1% 1% 9% 0%Khulna City 14 50% 14% 21% 7% 0% 7% 0% 0%Rajshahi City 39 49% 10% 13% 5% 0% 0% 23% 0%total 513 60% 12% 15% 1% 0% 1% 12% 0%

TOTAL 2723 65% 6% 7% 1% 0% 0% 18% 1%

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BRTA RTA Annual Report 2008Table 3.4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, 1999 - 2008

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2003 1744 45 123 21 2 0 244 62 2087

2004 1497 56 106 19 3 4 252 57 1994

2005 1437 67 101 18 8 1 329 86 2047

2006 1558 64 93 21 7 2 318 77 2140

2007 1342 78 124 33 6 2 591 120 2296

2008 1476 115 126 20 8 2 440 23 2210

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2000 292 39 51 1 3 4 3 1 394

2001 254 22 38 2 7 2 14 2 341

2002 335 39 72 4 12 4 32 14 512

2003 336 41 45 5 16 3 59 6 511

2004 281 28 52 9 29 1 52 1 453

2005 250 31 54 2 17 2 21 0 377

2006 344 58 67 9 7 2 41 0 528

2007 409 41 68 6 2 1 70 0 597

2008 307 60 75 6 2 3 60 0 513

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2000 2150 76 163 34 4 4 90 2 2523

2001 1695 63 115 17 9 2 121 7 2029

2002 2168 88 143 16 16 4 144 20 2599

2003 2080 86 168 26 18 3 303 68 2598

2004 1778 84 158 28 32 8 304 58 2447

2005 1687 98 155 20 25 3 350 86 24242006 1902 122 160 30 14 4 359 77 26682007 1751 119 192 39 8 3 661 120 2893

2008 1783 175 201 26 10 5 500 23 27231. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.

Table 3.5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction

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Not at junction 2294 1783 1.29Cross junction 202 175 1.15Tee junction 222 201 1.10Off-set tee junction 32 26 1.23Roundabout 17 10 1.70Railway crossing 5 5 1.00Other 627 500 1.25

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Table 3.6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila)

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Chittagong DivisionBandarban 8 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 13Brahmanbaria 54 2 1 1 2 0 15 0 75Chandpur 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9Chittagong District 79 3 3 0 0 0 18 0 103Chittagong City 27 17 8 1 0 0 15 0 68Comilla 63 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 77Cox's Bazar 14 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 24Feni 25 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 29Khagrachhari 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 8Lakshmipur 8 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 15Noakhali 4 3 1 0 0 0 9 0 17Rangamati 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 8total 295 30 31 5 2 0 83 0 446

Dhaka Division Dhaka District 65 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 79Dhaka City 254 37 59 2 2 2 36 0 392Faridpur 62 2 2 1 1 0 6 0 74Gazipur 22 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 25Gopalganj 17 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19Jamalpur 19 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 23Kishoreganj 35 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 41Madaripur 25 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 30Manikganj 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14Munshiganj 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7Mymensingh 94 4 4 0 0 0 5 0 107Narayanganj 76 3 5 2 0 0 3 0 89Narsingdi 62 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 67Netrokona 12 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16Rajbari 46 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 53Shariatpur 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13Sherpur 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16Tangail 87 9 10 0 0 0 8 0 114total 919 67 97 8 5 2 81 0 1179

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Table 3.6, continued

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Khulna Division Bagerhat 20 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 29Chaudanga 12 0 2 0 0 0 7 1 22Jessore 53 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 55Jhenaidah 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21Khulna District 10 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14Khulna City 7 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 14Kushtia 49 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 55Magura 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13Maherpur 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6Narail 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6Satkhira 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11total 203 9 6 3 0 1 23 1 246

Rajshahi DivisionBogra 22 4 4 1 0 0 39 0 70Dinajpur 4 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 19Gaibandha 16 3 2 0 0 0 11 0 32Joypurhat 3 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 12Kurigram 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 9Lalmonirhat 11 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 18Natore 31 1 2 0 0 0 24 0 58Nawabganj 27 4 14 0 0 0 22 0 67Nilphamari 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 10Naogaon 16 1 4 1 1 0 10 0 33Pabhna 11 3 3 0 0 0 17 0 34Panchgarh 5 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 13Rajshahi District 19 3 1 0 0 0 14 0 37Rajshahi City 19 4 5 2 0 0 9 0 39Rangpur 15 3 1 2 0 0 17 0 38Sirajganj 27 4 6 0 1 1 31 0 70Thakurgaon 12 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 20total 246 36 52 8 2 1 234 0 579

TOTAL 1783 175 201 26 10 5 500 23 2723

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6 TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS

Table 4.1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class

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Motor cycle 54 109 163 82 26 20 18 16 162

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Tempo 24 50 74 39 7 14 9 7 76

Microbus 11 53 64 44 9 8 2 3 66

Minibus 37 65 102 49 18 14 11 9 101

Bus 122 223 345 240 37 25 11 37 350

Car 11 22 33 21 1 3 2 7 34

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Pick-up 9 33 42 30 7 4 1 1 43

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Heavy truck 115 215 330 222 30 39 9 35 335

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Table 4.1(b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents


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Minibus 12 18 30 8 8 5 1 8 30

Bus 51 71 122 54 11 18 11 28 122

Car 24 8 32 6 1 3 4 18 32

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Tempo 12 25 37 16 6 7 2 6 37

Microbus 14 28 42 16 6 8 4 8 42

Minibus 24 38 62 25 14 11 1 11 62

Bus 63 97 160 103 12 13 6 28 162

Car 32 26 58 26 3 4 2 24 59

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Table 4.1(c) : Total Casualty Accidents


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Bus 244 405 649 371 76 62 43 100 652Car 43 30 73 23 7 9 7 29 75Jeep 4 14 18 3 3 7 2 3 18Pick-up 15 39 54 29 9 8 3 4 53Truck 22 63 85 37 16 13 17 3 86Heavy truck 149 223 372 162 52 51 42 70 377Artic truck 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 4Oil tanker 2 5 7 1 0 2 2 2 7Tractor 4 27 31 2 6 10 13 1 32Animal drawn 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2Other 36 80 116 42 12 25 29 13 121Unknown 140 195 335 156 51 43 38 18 306Bicycle

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Table 4.2 : Accidents by Type of Registered Vehicles

vehicle typeregistered vehicles

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vehicles involved in fatal multiple vehicle

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number % of total number % of total number % of totalMotor cycle 619,292 51.7% 102 5.6% 163 10.9%Baby taxi and Tempo 148,829 12.4% 69 3.8% 157 10.5%Microbus, Jeep and Pick-up 73,568 6.1% 113 6.2% 117 7.8%Minibus 35,277 2.9% 141 7.8% 102 6.8%Bus 35,987 3.0% 527 29.1% 345 23.1%Car/Taxi 177,638 14.8% 41 2.3% 33 2.2%Truck, Heavy truck, Artic. truck and Oil tanker 64,944 5.4% 402 22.2% 393 26.3%Other 42,941 3.6% 417 23.0% 185 12.4%

total 1,198,476 1,812 1,495

Figure 4.1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents

Categories: 1 Registered vehicles2 Vehicles involved in fatal single vehicle accidents3 Vehicles involved in fatal multiple vehicle accidents

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Table 4.3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision

Table 4.3 (a) : Fatal Accidents


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Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 19 0 1 30 1.6%

Tempo 0 1 0 1 13 0 2 0 25 0 2 44 2.4%

Microbus 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 53 0 4 63 3.4%

Minibus 2 2 1 4 13 2 5 2 101 0 13 145 7.9%

Bus 7 15 0 5 77 4 15 2 380 1 23 529 28.7%

Car 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 38 0 0 43 2.3%

Jeep 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 12 0.7%

Pick-up 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 32 0 1 41 2.2%

Truck 1 1 0 2 12 2 1 1 54 0 3 77 4.2%

Heavy truck 8 10 0 2 34 4 8 0 238 0 12 316 17.1%

Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.2%

Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 7 0.4%

Tractor 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 16 0 4 29 1.6%

Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1%

Other 2 1 1 0 10 0 3 1 75 0 10 103 5.6%

Unknown 1 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 265 0 5 292 15.8%

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Rickshaw 15 63 4 13 0 2 1 7 0 0 6 111 6.3%

Push cart 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 13 0.7%

Motor cycle 80 50 2 21 2 3 0 1 0 0 5 164 9.3%

Baby taxi 48 10 1 15 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 83 4.7%

Tempo 37 24 0 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 76 4.3%

Microbus 37 14 0 10 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 66 3.7%

Minibus 50 26 0 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 102 5.8%

Bus 178 88 2 45 1 5 0 21 6 0 6 352 19.9%

Car 17 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 34 1.9%

Jeep 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.6%

Pick-up 24 11 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 43 2.4%

Truck 13 18 1 4 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 44 2.5%

Heavy truck 131 103 5 49 0 5 0 30 4 0 8 335 19.0%

Artic. truck 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.5%

Oil tanker 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 0.6%

Tractor 12 11 1 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 36 2.0%

Animal drawn 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.3%

Other 37 46 0 26 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 125 7.1%

Unknown 15 10 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 37 2.1%

Table 4.3 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents

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Baby taxi 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 2.3%

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Microbus 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 0 0 24 6.1%

Minibus 2 6 0 3 4 0 1 0 13 0 1 30 7.7%

Bus 3 3 0 1 35 1 5 1 64 0 9 122 31.2%

Car 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 0 2 32 8.2%

Jeep 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 1.5%

Pick-up 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 13 3.3%

Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 1.5%

Heavy truck 0 1 1 2 5 2 3 1 41 0 5 61 15.6%

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 3 0 0 3 0.8%

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Unknown 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 15 3.8%

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Rickshaw 10 41 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 60 7.1%

Push cart 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.5%

Motor cycle 37 36 5 20 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 104 12.4%

Baby taxi 14 12 0 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 35 4.2%

Tempo 17 8 0 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 37 4.4%

Microbus 21 8 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 42 5.0%

Minibus 25 25 1 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 62 7.4%

Bus 66 48 2 22 3 2 0 14 2 0 3 162 19.3%

Car 17 31 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 59 7.0%

Jeep 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.0%

Pick-up 11 8 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 29 3.5%

Truck 10 5 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 25 3.0%

Heavy truck 45 29 1 28 1 2 0 6 2 0 0 114 13.6%

Artic. truck 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1%

Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

Tractor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.4%

Animal drawn 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.4%

Other 19 22 1 2 2 0 6 4 0 0 0 56 6.7%

Unknown 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.8%

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Rickshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Push cart 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.1%Motor cycle 2 4 1 3 5 1 1 2 121 0 3 143 6.4%Baby taxi 1 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 24 0 1 39 1.7%Tempo 0 1 0 1 16 0 2 0 30 0 3 53 2.4%Microbus 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 75 0 4 87 3.9%Minibus 4 8 1 7 17 2 6 2 114 0 14 175 7.8%

Bus 10 18 0 6 112 5 20 3 444 1 32 651 29.1%Car 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 66 0 2 75 3.4%Jeep 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 7 0 0 18 0.8%Pick-up 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 43 0 2 54 2.4%Truck 1 1 0 2 12 2 1 2 59 0 3 83 3.7%Heavy truck 8 11 1 4 39 6 11 1 279 0 17 377 16.9%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 7 0.3%Tractor 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 19 0 4 32 1.4%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1%Other 2 2 1 0 12 0 5 1 88 0 11 122 5.5%Unknown 1 2 0 0 21 0 0 0 278 0 5 307 13.7%Bicycle

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30 68 2 28 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 138 5.3%Rickshaw 25 104 5 17 0 2 1 9 0 0 8 171 6.6%Push cart 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 17 0.7%Motor cycle 117 86 7 41 2 4 0 6 0 0 5 268 10.3%Baby taxi 62 22 1 19 0 1 1 9 2 0 1 118 4.5%Tempo 54 32 0 14 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 113 4.3%Microbus 58 22 0 18 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 108 4.1%Minibus 75 51 1 23 3 0 2 6 0 0 3 164 6.3%Bus 244 136 4 67 4 7 0 35 8 0 9 514 19.7%Car 34 42 2 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 93 3.6%Jeep 11 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 0.7%Pick-up 35 19 2 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 72 2.8%Truck 23 23 1 11 0 0 0 7 2 0 2 69 2.6%Heavy truck 176 132 6 77 1 7 0 36 6 0 8 449 17.2%Artic. truck 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.3%Oil tanker 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 0.4%Tractor 13 11 1 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 39 1.5%Animal drawn 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 0.3%Other 56 68 1 28 4 2 6 16 0 0 0 181 6.9%Unknown 21 11 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 44 1.7%

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Table 4.4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area.

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Motor cycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 3.2%

Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1.6%

Tempo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3.2%

Microbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 2.6%

Minibus 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 0 1 19 10.0%

Bus 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 71 0 2 80 42.1%

Car 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 6.8%

Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.5%

Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 2.1%

Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

Heavy truck 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 43 0 2 51 26.8%

Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.5%

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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 9 4.7%

Unknown 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 103 0 0 107 56.3%

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1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.1%

Rickshaw 2 27 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 11.8%

Push cart 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1%

Motor cycle 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6.1%

Baby taxi 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.4%

Tempo 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.6%

Microbus 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1%

Minibus 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.4%

Bus 6 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 44 15.7%

Car 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.5%

Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

Pick-up 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.1%

Truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4%

Heavy truck 2 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 10.0%

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 1 1 0.4%

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%

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Table 4.4 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents


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Motor cycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 5.1%

Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3.8%

Tempo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.5%

Microbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 5.1%

Minibus 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 7.6%

Bus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 2 29 36.7%

Car 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 17 21.5%

Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.5%

Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2.5%

Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%

Heavy truck 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 10 12.7%

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.3%

Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 6.3%

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Rickshaw 2 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 15.8%

Push cart 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6%

Motor cycle 2 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 12.7%

Baby taxi 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.8%

Tempo 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2.4%

Microbus 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.0%

Minibus 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.9%

Bus 3 22 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 35 21.2%

Car 2 22 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 17.6%

Jeep 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6%

Pick-up 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.0%

Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.6%

Heavy truck 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 5.5%

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 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 5.5%

Unknown 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8%

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Table 4.4 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents


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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 1 0 0 1 0.4%Motor cycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 10 3.7%Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 2.2%Tempo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 3.0%Microbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 3.3%Minibus 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 19 0 1 25 9.3%

Bus 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 97 0 4 109 40.5%Car 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 1 30 11.2%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1.1%Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 6 2.2%Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Heavy truck 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 50 0 3 61 22.7%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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 10 3.7%Unknown 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 107 0 1 112 41.6%Bicycle

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1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.6%Rickshaw 4 50 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 59 13.3%Push cart 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.9%Motor cycle 3 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 8.5%Baby taxi 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.7%Tempo 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 3.1%Microbus 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.8%Minibus 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3.8%Bus 9 53 1 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 79 17.8%Car 3 28 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 36 8.1%Jeep 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2%Pick-up 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.8%Truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.4%Heavy truck 2 29 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 37 8.3%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 1 1 0.2%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 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 2.9%Unknown 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 2.0%

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7 CASUALTIES

Table 5.1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City

Division or City

number of casualties population1 casualty rates

severitytotal

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injurysimple injury fatalities

total casualties

Divisions, excluding CitiesBarisal 117 47 17 181 10.149 0.115 0.178Chittagong 578 157 75 810 26.016 0.222 0.311Sylhet 217 112 54 383 9.883 0.220 0.388Dhaka 1083 406 166 1655 41.658 0.260 0.397Khulna 276 125 39 440 17.133 0.161 0.257Rajshahi 629 229 84 942 37.041 0.170 0.254total 2900 1076 435 4411 141.879 0.204 0.311

CitiesChittagong City 75 51 14 140 4.007 0.187 0.349Dhaka City 395 208 73 676 6.728 0.587 1.005Khulna City 14 13 7 34 0.967 0.145 0.352Rajshahi City 40 32 16 88 0.480 0.833 1.834total 524 304 110 938 12.182 0.430 0.770

TOTAL 3424 1380 545 5349 154.060 0.222 0.347Notes: 1. Year 2008 population are derived from statistics published in the Population Census 2001

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Table 5.2 : Change in Recorded Casualties, 1999 – 2008

year

number of casualties population 1 casualty rates

severitytotal

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Divisions, excluding the Cities1999 2416 1531 979 4926 110.057 0.220 0.448

2000 2638 1552 1079 5269 111.735 0.236 0.472

2001 2025 1221 840 4086 113.414 0.179 0.360

2002 2513 1556 1011 5080 115.092 0.218 0.441

2003 2786 1874 1173 5833 116.772 0.239 0.500

2004 2578 1609 892 5079 118.524 0.218 0.429

2005 2566 1508 653 4727 120.53 0.213 0.392

2006 2608 1248 507 4363 122.058 0.214 0.392

2007 2627 1199 454 4280 123.8648 0.212 0.346

2008 2900 1076 435 4411 141.879 0.204 0.311

Cities 2 1999 473 634 322 1429 9.449 0.501 1.512

2000 420 718 136 1274 9.593 0.438 1.328

2001 363 440 64 867 9.738 0.373 0.890

2002 524 304 110 938 9.882 0.530 0.949

2003 548 547 146 1241 10.026 0.547 1.238

2004 501 358 92 951 10.176 0.492 0.935

2005 271 228 12 511 10.327 0.262 0.422

2006 552 324 44 920 10.480 0.527 0.422

2007 623 333 116 1072 10.635 0.586 1.008

2008 524 304 110 938 12.182 0.430 0.770

Bangladesh 1999 2889 2165 1301 6355 119.506 0.242 0.532

2000 3058 2270 1215 6543 121.328 0.252 0.539

2001 2388 1661 904 4953 123.152 0.194 0.402

2002 3037 1860 1121 6018 124.974 0.243 0.482

2003 3334 2421 1319 7074 126.798 0.263 0.558

2004 3079 1967 984 6030 128.700 0.239 0.469

2005 2960 1830 740 5530 130.857 0.226 0.4602006 3160 1572 551 5283 132.538 0.238 0.460

2007 3250 1532 570 5352 134.500 0.242 0.398

2008 3424 1380 545 5349 154.060 0.222 0.347

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Table 5.3 : Recorded Casualties by District (Zila)

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total(no. per 10,000

pop'n)(no. per 10,000 pop'n)

fatal grievous injury simple injury fatalities total casualtiesBarisal Division

Barguna 31 15 1 47 1.048 0.296 0.448

Barisal 37 14 11 62 2.916 0.127 0.213

Bhola 18 6 2 26 2.097 0.086 0.124

Jhalakati 8 5 0 13 0.871 0.092 0.149

Patuakhali 7 4 3 14 1.807 0.039 0.077

Pirojpur 16 3 0 19 1.409 0.114 0.135

Total 117 47 17 181 10.149 0.115 0.178

Chittagong Division

Bandarban 26 6 13 45 0.366 0.710 1.228

Brahmanbaria 116 27 4 147 2.960 0.392 0.497

Chandpur 13 2 6 21 2.765 0.047 0.076

Chittagong District 159 36 8 203 4.181 0.380 0.486

Chittagong City 75 51 14 140 4.007 0.187 0.349

Comilla 117 26 15 158 5.738 0.204 0.275

Cox's Bazar 36 22 11 69 2.198 0.164 0.314

Feni 38 20 5 63 1.496 0.254 0.421

Khagrachhari 18 7 1 26 0.657 0.274 0.396

Lakshmipur 21 2 4 27 1.851 0.113 0.146

Noakhali 26 4 3 33 3.169 0.082 0.104

Rangamati 8 5 5 18 0.634 0.126 0.284

Total 653 208 89 950 30.023 0.218 0.316

Dhaka DivisionDhaka District 103 24 11 138 4.000 0.257 0.345

Dhaka City 395 208 73 676 6.728 0.587 1.005

Faridpur 117 38 16 171 2.145 0.546 0.797

Gazipur 28 12 3 43 2.535 0.110 0.170

Gopalganj 32 5 6 43 1.416 0.226 0.304

Jamalpur 25 16 5 46 2.614 0.096 0.176

Kishoreganj 47 25 7 79 3.159 0.149 0.250

Madaripur 36 18 3 57 1.422 0.253 0.401

Manikganj 20 18 9 47 1.595 0.125 0.295

Munshiganj 8 8 0 16 1.618 0.049 0.099

Mymensingh 151 66 25 242 5.553 0.272 0.436

Narayanganj 117 41 6 164 2.675 0.437 0.613

Narsingdi 88 46 23 157 2.366 0.372 0.664

Netrokona 23 9 5 37 2.430 0.095 0.152

Rajbari 65 30 6 101 1.176 0.553 0.859

Shariatpur 14 7 2 23 1.323 0.106 0.174

Sherpur 22 6 4 32 1.559 0.141 0.205

Tangail 187 37 35 259 4.071 0.459 0.636

Total 1478 614 239 2331 48.385 0.305 0.482

Table 5.3 continued on next page

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Table 5.3, continued

Divisionand

District

number of casualties population1 casualty ratesseverity

total(no. per 10,000

pop'n)(no. per 10,000 pop'n)

fatal grievous injury simple injury fatalities total casualtiesSylhet Division

Hobiganj 51 52 18 121 2.198 0.232 0.550

Moulavibazar 32 26 14 72 2.007 0.159 0.359

Sunamganj 46 19 10 75 2.463 0.187 0.305

Sylhet 88 15 12 115 3.215 0.274 0.358

Total 217 112 54 383 9.883 0.220 0.388

Khulna DivisionBagerhat 41 12 0 53 1.896 0.216 0.279

Chaudanga 24 7 2 33 1.235 0.194 0.267

Jessore 63 11 6 80 3.053 0.206 0.262

Jhenaidah 26 23 2 51 1.945 0.134 0.262

Khulna District 16 12 2 30 1.953 0.082 0.154

Khulna City 14 13 7 34 0.967 0.145 0.352

Kushtia 62 17 3 82 2.143 0.289 0.383

Magura 17 16 1 34 1.015 0.168 0.335

Maherpur 6 3 1 10 0.725 0.083 0.138

Narail 7 19 12 38 0.862 0.081 0.441

Satkhira 14 5 10 29 2.306 0.061 0.126

Total 290 138 46 474 18.100 0.160 0.262

Rajshahi DivisionBogra 89 39 12 140 3.739 0.238 0.374

Dinajpur 21 9 5 35 3.350 0.063 0.104

Gaibandha 35 6 5 46 2.650 0.132 0.174

Joypurhat 16 9 1 26 1.057 0.151 0.246

Kurigram 11 5 4 20 2.155 0.051 0.093

Lalmonirhat 18 9 3 30 1.362 0.132 0.220

Natore 68 23 3 94 2.974 0.229 0.316

Nawabganj 75 15 9 99 1.903 0.394 0.520

Nilphamari 10 9 1 20 1.776 0.056 0.113

Naogaon 35 14 10 59 1.940 0.180 0.304

Pabhna 39 4 0 43 2.695 0.145 0.160

Panchgarh 16 1 1 18 1.038 0.154 0.173

Rajshahi District 43 35 6 84 2.350 0.183 0.357

Rajshahi City 40 32 16 88 0.480 0.833 1.834

Rangpur 50 24 15 89 3.170 0.158 0.281

Sirajganj 82 24 9 115 3.386 0.242 0.340

Thakurgaon 21 3 0 24 1.497 0.140 0.160

Total 669 261 100 1030 37.521 0.178 0.275

TOTAL 3424 1380 545 5349 154.060 0.222 0.347Notes: 1. Year 2008 population are derived from statistics published in the Population Census 2001

Preliminary Report.

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8 FATALITIES

Table 6.1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age

age number of fatalities

(years) driver passenger pedestrian total

0 - 5 1 28 77 106

6 - 10. 2 22 160 184

11 - 15. 5 21 58 84

16 - 20 15 85 59 159

21 - 25 34 131 75 240

26 - 30 44 119 119 282

31 - 35 49 119 105 273

36 - 40 38 70 109 217

41 - 45 18 58 66 142

46 - 50 19 41 61 121

51 - 55 11 35 60 106

56 - 60 4 30 56 90

61 - 65 0 18 38 56

66 - 70 3 9 49 61

71 - 75 0 3 20 23

> 75 0 4 21 25

unknown 286 469 500 1255

TOTAL 529 1262 1633 3424

% total 15% 37% 48% 100%

Figure 6.1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age

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Table 6.2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex

age number of passenger fatalities(years) male female total

0 - 5 20 8 286 - 10. 13 9 2211 - 15. 15 6 2116 - 20 71 14 8521 - 25 118 13 13126 - 30 107 12 11931 - 35 92 27 11936 - 40 57 13 7041 - 45 47 10 5746 - 50 31 10 4151 - 55 25 10 3556 - 60 26 4 3061 - 65 12 6 1866 - 70 9 0 971 - 75 3 0 3

> 75 4 0 4unknown 431 39 470

TOTAL 1081 181 1262% total 86% 14% 100%

Figure 6.2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex

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Table 6.3: Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sexage number of pedestrian fatalities

(years) male female total

0 - 5 43 34 776 - 10. 105 55 160

11 - 15. 42 16 58

16 - 20 52 6 58

21 - 25 60 15 75

26 - 30 97 22 119

31 - 35 84 21 105

36 - 40 86 23 109

41 - 45 53 13 66

46 - 50 45 16 61

51 - 55 46 14 60

56 - 60 41 15 56

61 - 65 30 8 38

66 - 70 38 11 49

71 - 75 16 4 20

> 75 18 3 21

unknown 407 94 501

TOTAL 1263 370 1633% total 77% 23% 100%

Figure 6.3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex

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Table 6.4 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol

age number of fatalities

(years)Alcohol

Suspect Non Suspected Total0 - 5 0 1 1

6 - 10. 0 2 211 - 15. 0 5 516 - 20 0 14 1421 - 25 2 32 3426 - 30 2 41 4331 - 35 2 43 4536 - 40 2 35 3741 - 45 1 16 1746 - 50 0 19 1951 - 55 0 11 1156 - 60 0 4 461 - 65 0 0 066 - 70 0 3 371 - 75 0 0 0

> 75 0 0 0unknown 7 287 294TOTAL 16 513 529% total 3% 97% 100%

Figure 6.4 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol

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9 FATALITIES IN DHAKA METROPOLITAN AREA

Table 7.1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age

age number of fatalities(years) driver passenger pedestrian total

0 - 5 0 1 11 126 - 10. 0 1 14 1511 - 15. 1 2 11 1416 - 20 3 9 13 2521 - 25 7 7 35 4926 - 30 9 13 47 6931 - 35 10 9 40 5936 - 40 5 6 42 5341 - 45 2 4 31 3746 - 50 3 1 22 2651 - 55 1 1 10 1256 - 60 0 0 9 961 - 65 0 0 6 666 - 70 0 0 6 671 - 75 0 0 1 1

> 75 0 0 2 2unknown 13 0 0 13

TOTAL 54 54 300 408% total 13% 13% 74% 100%

Figure 7.1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age

0

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Table 7.2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex

age number of passenger fatalities(years) male female total

0 - 5 1 0 16 - 10. 0 1 111 - 15. 2 0 216 - 20 6 3 921 - 25 6 1 726 - 30 11 2 1331 - 35 7 2 936 - 40 5 1 641 - 45 2 2 446 - 50 0 1 151 - 55 1 0 156 - 60 0 0 061 - 65 0 0 066 - 70 0 0 071 - 75 0 0 0

> 75 0 0 0unknown 0 0 0

TOTAL 41 13 54% total 76% 24% 100%

Figure 7.2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex

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Table 7.3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex

age number of pedestrian fatalities(years) male female total

0 - 5 7 4 116 - 10. 12 2 1411 - 15. 6 5 1116 - 20 12 1 1321 - 25 30 5 3526 - 30 42 5 4731 - 35 38 2 4036 - 40 36 6 4241 - 45 28 3 3146 - 50 18 4 2251 - 55 9 1 1056 - 60 7 2 961 - 65 6 0 666 - 70 5 1 671 - 75 1 0 1

> 75 1 1 2unknown 0 0 0

TOTAL 258 42 300% total 86% 14% 100%

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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 sector 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 road traffic accident (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.

The section of the Annual RTA Report describes the form of the database so that persons seeking RTA information are aware of the database content and can properly request their requirements.

10.2 Content of the RTA Database

There are details of almost 43019 road accident events held in the National Road Traffic Accident (RTA) database. Table 8.1 shown below summarises the number of RTAs recorded in the database since its inception in 1996.

Table 8.1 : Number of accidents recorded in the National RTA Database

Yeartype of accident

totalfatal

grievous injury

simple injury

collision

1997 1281 875 233 238 2627

1998 2000 1137 193 203 3533

1999 2432 986 304 220 3942

2000 2523 1029 209 209 3970

*2001 2029 642 137 117 2925

2002 2599 904 200 238 3941

2003 2752 921 239 202 4114

2004 2447 664 211 202 3524

2005 2424 631 142 125 3322

2006 2668 610 127 144 35492007 2893 679 172 166 3910

2008 2723 658 150 131 3662

Incomplete National coverage, data not comparable with data of other years.

Accident details recorded in the database 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.

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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 for 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 or by specifying area

(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 feeder 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.

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

Statistics contained in this report of fatal collision on any type of road and either an urban or rural environment is a vehicle hitting a pedestrians (Figure 2.6). Continuation of dominancy of hitting pedestrians is still vivid in this report. The pattern of half of all fatal accidents being collisions where a vehicle hits a pedestrian is evident in all Divisions and Cities. Minor change have been noticed showing improvement compared to previous year (52%) in total hit pedestrians. The range is 42%-72%. Dhaka City (72%) and Khulna ,Rajshahi City are the upper end of this range(refer

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Table 2.6). Hit pedestrian is the highest in the national highways, which concerned authorities may take into notice and initiate appropriate action.

As the statistics shows an alarming figure of about a half of the fatal victims of road accidents are pedestrians (refer Table 6.1), policy makers may look for ways and suggest a safer environment for pedestrians (e.g. speed limit zones) or safer pedestrian facilities (e.g. footpaths, full width shoulders, pedestrian over-bridges) as a response. Most importantly , reckless behaviour of the drivers of buses and trucks need to be controlled.

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 (figure 2.1). Dangerous driving, reckless overtaking and over-speeding are some responsible for these types of accidents. Of course, improper designed and constructed road is also a responsible factor.

The high numbers of persons killed on average in head-on, rear end and overturned vehicle types of fatal collisions (Table , 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

Table 4.2 shows that a disproportionate number of fatal accidents involve buses, minibuses, and trucks. There 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 vehicle.

12 CONCLUSION

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 1.1), with a predominance of pedestrian accidents, head on and rear end accidents. For Dhaka city, pedestrian accidents are 72% and rear end accidents are18% of all fatal accidents; for Rajshahi City, the proportions are 44% and 8%; refer Table 2.6). In this scenario, low cost engineering interventions, coupled with public education programmes, are likely to achieve good results.

Rajshahi 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.

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12.2 Road Safety Initiatives

The profile of fatal road accidents are : Fatal accidents mainly occur on national highways; Predominantly, fatal accidents involve vehicles hitting pedestrians; The greatest number of fatal accidents by far involve heavy vehicles (Buses and

Trucks); 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.

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.

12.3 National Highways

With 51% 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 8.2.These initiatives may be auctioned independently but preferably they should be auctioned 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.

12.4 Causes of Road Accident

1. Reckless driving;2. Over- speeding;3. Over- Loading;4. Vehicular defects;5. Lack of Knowledge and consciousness of the road users;6. Hazardous roads & road environments;7. Lack of Training to the drivers;8. Lack of training of maintenance of vehicles;9. Poor implementation of Traffic rules & regulations; 10. Driving under influence of alcohol, drugs etc.;11. Unutilization of helmets, seat belts etc.;12. To walk on the roads instead of using the footpath;13. To cross the road without using the foot over bridge; 14. To drive the vehicles by helpers instead of Drivers; 15. Illegal competition to overtake the vehicle.

12.5 recomendations

1. Avoid Reckless driving, Over- speeding and Over- Loading;2. Defective vehicles can not be derived;3. Provide adequate training to drivers and pedestrians; 4. Roads should be properly constructed & maintained;5. Strong implementation of Traffic rules & regulations;6. Pedestrians have to use the footpath instead of walking on the road;7. Safe driving without having alcohol, drugs etc. must be ensured;8. Use foot overbridge or zebra crossing while passing the road;.

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9. Utilize helmets, seat belts, etc.;10. 100% concentration is required while driving the Vehicle; 11. Huge programs should be adopted regarding public awareness of road safety by different NGO’s and other organizations by the side of the Govt.(see table 8.2)

Table 8.2 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives

Road Safety Attribute

Recommended Road Safety Initiatives Comment

Safer People

a. Education of pedestrians, particularly children, women, aged on safe practices when near the road

An education program should focus in road side communities near the national highways whose are the frequent users.

b. Education of drivers, particularly heavy vehicle (buses and trucks) drivers, on road rules and safe driving practices

Sustainable education requires introduction of a highway code in a format appropriate for all road users.

c. 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.

Safer Roads

d. Rationalization 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.

e. Provision of facility where appropriate for conflicting road uses

Conflicting road uses are, turn and through traffic; stopped and through traffic; non-motorized and motorized traffic; slow and faster traffic; pedestrians and vehicles.

f. 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.

g. 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.

Safer Vehicles

h. Increased enforcement of Regulations regarding unsafe vehicle condition and overloading.

Sections 86 (Limits of weight) and 149 (Using vehicle in unsafe condition) of MVO 1983 apply.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority Old Airport RoadAllenbari , TejgoanDhaka, Bangladesh

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