At least 417 people were killed and 682 injured in 446 road accidents across the country in September, according to a report published by the Road Safety Foundation on Saturday.
Motorcycle accidents accounted 151 or 33.85 per cent of the total accidents and 143 or 34.29 per cent of the 417 deaths.
Additionally, 27 people were killed and 13 others were injured in 29 railway accidents in September.
In 17 waterways accidents during the period, 21 people were killed and six remained missing.
The foundation issued a press release with a summary of their monthly report based on media reports.
Of the road crash fatalities, 47 were children, 112 were pedestrians, 56 were transport workers including drivers of the vehicles and 49 were students.
Of the fatalities, the highest, 34.29 per cent, were motorcycle riders and their pillions followed by 16.54 per cent three-wheeler passengers and drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws, auto vans and human haulers known as leguna, 8.39 per cent were bus drivers and passengers, 5.51 per cent were drivers and illegal passengers of trucks, covered vans, pickup trucks and trolley trucks, 3.83 per cent locally made Nasimon, Karimon, Bhotbhoti, Tomtom and Mahindra passengers and drivers, 2.63 per cent rickshaw and bicycle riders and 1.91 per cent were passengers and drivers of cars, microbuses and ambulances.
Division-wise, the highest number of road crashes was 128 that occurred in Dhaka division killing 124 people. According to the report, solely in the capital, in 42 road accidents 18 were killed.
In Barishal division, in 16, which is the lowest number of road accidents, 14 people were killed.
The highest, 36.09 per cent road crashes took place on national highways, followed by 31.16 per cent on regional highways, 19.95 per cent on urban settings, and 12.78 per cent on rural roads.
The highest percentage of road accidents, 30.04 per cent, occurred in the morning, 23.54 per cent at night, 20.62 per cent about noon, 10.76 per cent at the afternoon, 7.84 per cent at dawn and 7.17 per cent in the evening.
The foundation blamed movement of unfit and slow moving vehicles, damaged roads, reckless driving, physically unfit drivers, and breaking traffic laws for the fatalities on roads.
